Welcome To Civics Unplugged

At Civics Unplugged, we are building an abundant future by training thousands of young people in the principles of civic innovation. Our unique programs equip high school aged students with the education, support, and intergenerational community they need to successfully develop innovative solutions to the problems they care most deeply about.

Our Programs

The Abundance Equation at the Heart of Civics Unplugged

Our Theory of Change: We help young innovators confront systemic challenges head-on, providing them with the knowledge, support, and resources needed to create innovative solutions that drive immediate change in their communities -- local and beyond.

Education

Programs that equip young changemakers with the tools to build new solutions to community problems

Innovation

Opportunities to apply systems thinking, youth mobilizing, and educational approaches within with support from our Fellowship, Academy, and Lab.

Community

Fellows join a powerful intergenerational network of thousands of leaders

Abundance

Build a society where innovative solutions spark critical change in communities that need them most

What Does Abundance Really Mean?

We’re living in a time when it’s finally possible to build systems that prioritize growth, creativity, and shared well-being. With constant new breakthroughs in technology and our evolving understanding of collaboration, we have a historic opportunity to design a world of expanding opportunity. Civics Unplugged exists to ensure young people are leading the charge by creating the civic and social structures that make this abundant future real, resilient, and human first.

Your Compass to Abundant Change

We don’t just follow another framework – it’s a revolution in how to approach real, lasting civic change rooted in abundance. While the old world celebrates certainty, authority, competition, and individualism, we've discovered a deeper truth: the Four C’s.

Curiosity

We challenge every assumption about how the world “should” work.

Commitment

We approach societal transformation with radical imagination.

Collaboration

As a collective, we generate limitless potential, and exponential impact.

Community

We're not just a network – we're a resilience engine fueled by changemakers.

Your Experience is Your Expertise

Civics Unplugged Fellows have crafted projects born from lived experiences and powered by purpose. Whether it's healing communities through art, cutting school waste through smart tech, or reshaping state education policy, our Fellows are proving that young people aren’t just looking towards the future, they’re building it now. Here is a taste of what our Fellows have built:

Empowering Youth Action

Art & Community

Dylan and Denver Humphrey

Since 2019, youth-led nonprofit Fourddo has created opportunities in arts, health, education, and community development. Their newest initiative, Do-Ology, is an artistic collective that empowers marginalized youth to find their voice through community exchange and education. They believe art has the power to heal, inspire, and drive change through the power of art in any form.

Sustainable Ecosystems

Climate & Sustainability

Carolyn He

Schools generate significant paper waste, impacting both budgets and the environment. A Sustainable Future tackles this issue with a tech-enabled, data-driven approach that reduces waste while empowering students to become environmental activists.

Advocating for Financial Literacy Education

FINANCIAL LITERACY

Patrick Graboviy

When leading financial literacy activities as a volunteer in his community in Oldham County, Kentucky, CU alum Patrick Graboviy identified a larger, systemic problem for children in the rural community– a lack of access to in-school learning opportunities surrounding topics like budgeting, credit, taxes, debt, and more. Seeing this, Patrick worked to propose and advocate for legislation at the Kentucky state level, which would require a for-credit personal finance class to be required in all Kentucky public schools. Patrick succeeded in getting this legislation passed in March 2025.