The discussion, called "Our Budget, Our Economy," is hosted by AmericaSpeaks, a non-partisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. It begins at 8:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public. The ...

AmericaSpeaks closed its doors in January after 19 years of innovative, occasionally controversial, always audacious work to engage Americans in discussing and resolving important public-policy issues ...

A Washington organization that uses technology to bring the traditional town-hall meeting into the 21st century is about to tackle its biggest project yet. AmericaSpeaks is organizing two meetings of ...

Require all agencies to submit plans within 120 days that outline how civic engagement will be incorporated into achieving their missions. The "Champions of Participation" report was created based on ...

D.C. meeting on mental health was fourth national symposium after Obama’s call for mental health focus ...

During her tenure, AmericaSpeaks engaged more than 165,000 people and hosted events across all 50 states and throughout the world. She formerly served as consultant to the White House Chief of Staff ...

Casper joins AmericaSpeaks nationwide meeting By TOM MORTON - Star-Tribune staff writer Jun 27, 2010 Jun 27, 2010 0 ...

Editor's note: Correspondent Tim Monroe volunteered to be the AmericaSpeaks site coordinator for Casper's June nationwide meeting on the federal budget. He and three key team members also ...

CASPER — The participants at Casper’s June 26 AmericaSpeaks national town meeting tended to differ, sometimes greatly, in their opinions from the national average. About 3,500 Americans ...

AmericaSpeaks has worked for months with conservative, moderate and liberal policy groups to come up with a budget explainer and a menu of choices.

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) conducted a poll of people leaving the AmericaSpeaks 21st Century Town Meeting sessions on June 26th. The poll of 74 participants revealed a ...

Ward Four Councilwoman Muriel Bowser has announced the four community sessions for hashing out what should go in the 62-acre empty space at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. But they won’t just ...