Choose your lane
Name your skills, causes, and contribution.
Community changemakers wanted
Real people.
Local solutions.
Bigger impact.
A quarter-long design sprint for people ready to learn, collaborate, and turn community ideas into initiatives that last.
Community changemakers
Volunteers
Designers & technologists
Organizers & researchers
Issue experts
The repeatable model
From preparation
to lasting change.
You do not wait for kickoff to contribute. Every stage gives participants something useful to learn, make, share, or decide.
Orient
Meet the cohort and set a goal.
Learn together
Ground the work in equity and community.
Listen locally
Map needs and efforts already underway.
Form teams
Match complementary people around a need.
Frame it
Define value, partners, risks, and a first test.
Prototype
Make, test, listen, and revise in public.
Launch & continue
Commit to ownership beyond the series.
Five ways to contribute
Different skills.
Same goal.
Organize
Bring people together and build momentum.
Research
Listen, study evidence, and define the need.
Design
Turn insight into useful services and stories.
Build
Create tools, systems, and prototypes.
Amplify
Recruit allies and grow participation.
Prepare for impact
Resources to
bring more.
Arrive with sharper questions, a grounded point of view, and useful habits.
Community listening guide
Center lived experience and turn listening into responsible action.
Issue-mapping worksheet
Connect causes, communities, power, and existing efforts.
Team working agreement
Set roles, access practices, decision rules, and rhythm.
Evidence brief
Record what is known, tried, and still uncertain.
Initiative canvas
Frame outcomes, partners, risks, and the first increment.
Storytelling kit
Build support without overstating early impact.
2017
Where this began
A sprint can become
civic infrastructure.
The first Social Good Series brought people together over a quarter to move community initiatives from intention into action. One project that continued is DemocracyLab—a reminder that a real need, a well-formed team, and sustained ownership can outlive the event that connected them.
Explore the 2017 retrospectiveOctober 1, 2026
Don’t wait for kickoff.
Start contributing now.
Tell us what you know, what you care about, and how you want to help. We’ll use it to shape preparation, introductions, and teams.
Next annual cycle: October 1, 2027