Welcome to The Right Question Project

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Imagine taking away your ability to:

  • focus on decisions that affect you
  • formulate your own questions about those decisions and about other concerns

Would you be able to advocate for yourself and your family?

What if you never had the chance to learn skills for focusing on decisions or asking questions? How would that affect you?

And, in a democracy, what if a large portion of the citizenry is not focusing on key decisions made by elected officials?

What if they are not asking questions about the reasons behind the decisions, the processes for making those decisions and the role they could play in the decision-making processes?

Oh, maybe these are not hypothetical questions.

The Right Question Project (RQP) offers a unique response to these questions. RQP is a non-profit educational organization developing new methods and ideas for tapping the potential of tens of millions of people in low and moderate-income communities to become:

  • more self-sufficient in their own lives
  • active citizens participating on all levels of our democratic society.

RQP’s materials, trainings, web-based resources and consulting services provide a remarkably cost-effective way for a growing number of educational, health care, social service, community-based organizations and public agencies all over the country to enhance and strengthen their on-going work with people in their communities.

Over the past 20 years, we have worked in many fields and many different communities. Evidence  from the field shows that when people learn just two fundamental skills – to formulate their own questions and to focus on key decisions - they gain new understanding of complex issues, acquire greater confidence speak up and are more likely to take effective action.

In fact, the simple, cost-effective and powerful RQP educational strategy is recognized for how it accomplishes more in a short period of time than many lengthy and complicated training and educational programs.

The Right Question Project Educational Strategy is available now in different formats and fields. To learn more about how you can soon put it to work in your community, please contact us.
 

RQP has also developed the concept of Microdemocracy to honor the potential of individuals participating effectively in their ordinary encoutners with public agencies. Those encounters are often the endpoint of engagement with the public sector. They can become, intead, a new starting point for making democracy work better.

 

Laura's Story

Laura discovers a connection between her life and the decisions made by elected officials (3 minutes)