Special projects at Citizen University are led by our Labs Team, who are focused on rapidly ideating, launching, and learning from novel frameworks and methodologies that fortify civic participation. 

The participatory happenings we create help people around the country nurture citizen understanding, skills, and dispositions — for themselves and with others.

What we’re up to lately…

Nourishing Community

CU is collaborating with three hunger relief organizations in diverse communities around the country to support practices that strengthen relational volunteerism.

Connecting Civic Educators + Youth Leaders

CU is reimagining how youth leaders and adult civic educators collaborate, generating abundance through cooperation and modeling new approaches to democratic practice.

Stewarding Broad Perspectives

CU is experimenting with models to build stronger cross-ideological collaboration and trust among civic innovators, with particular focus on right-of-center viewpoints.

Connecting + Ideating

CU is open to your ideas about how our work might resonate with you and the communities you care about. Have an idea for a project, partnership, or experiment? Let us know!