Welcome to The Right Question Project

The Right Question Project (RQP) is a non-profit educational organization offering what many people consider to be the simplest, most powerful strategy available for helping people in low and moderate-income communities learn to advocate for themselves, participate in decisions that affect them and partner with service-providers and public officials. RQP's innovative methods are delivered through educational, health care, social service, community-based organizations and public agencies all over the country and beyond.

The RQP Strategy also produces examples of what we call "Microdemocracy," defined as individuals using essential democratic skills to participate in decisions made in their ordinary encounters with public institutions such as their children's school, the job training program, the welfare office and Medicaid-funded health services. Those encounters are often the endpoint of engagement with the public sector. They can become, intead, the first step up the ladder of democratic action. 

A Young Mother, Her Child's Health and Her Questions

Laura is worried about her baby's health and asks questions about decision-makers and access to health care. (3 minutes)  Read more about RQP's work in health care and mental health

I didn’t know I could ask questions at the school. But, by doing that, I was able to get my son the services he needs - Homeless shelter resident in Massachusetts who learned to advocate for her hearing-impaired son and secured an Individual Education Plan that met his needs.