Its a big day for E-Democracy.Org. After years of volunteering for E-Democracy.Org as a sideline to his professional consulting with governments on e-democracy and e-government issues, Steve Clift has now gotten a three year Ashoka fellowship to support his work directly for E-Democracy.Org.
Coming on the heels of our involvement in the UK Local E-Democracy National Project, this signals a potentially transformational moment in the history of our organization – in terms of increasing our capacity to promote and support the development of grassroots, community based, online Issues Forums as powerful tools for connecting communities.
- “The Ashoka fellowship will allow me to dedicate myself full-time to E-Democracy.Org for at least the next three years – no more subsidizing my passion with my often exhausting consulting work while trying to juggle the wonderful obligations of a new father and husband.”