Sharing decision making with our stakeholders and beneficiaries is an essential part of designing and acting with equity and justice. One of the ways in which these practices show up is in governance structures–sometimes called “peer governance”. These include member- and employee-governed nonprofits, cooperatives, collectives, and others. We will discuss the basic underlying concepts that are found in all of these models, as well as how both sponsors and projects can engage with peer governance in the interest of further empowerment and equity with respect to the communities we serve.

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