Building Tomorrow's Solutions Together

The Civics Unplugged community is a growing, global ecosystem of young innovators and experienced mentors working side by side to create a more abundant future.

Here, networking means finding the person across the country who’s obsessed with solving the same issue you are. It means co-founding a civic venture with someone you’ve never met in person but who’s just as committed as you. It means growing your idea with the support of people who actually get it.

Whether you're diving into your first Solvathon challenge during the Civic Innovators Fellowship, connecting at alumni meetups, collaborating at a Civic Innovation Academy, or launching your venture in the Lab, the CU community stays with you. It’s built to stretch across borders, and it stays with you as you grow from local changemaker to global leader.

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Alumni Projects Showcase

Every CU alum carries the mission forward in their own way. Explore a collection of projects that were sparked in the Fellowship and grew through collaboration with the CU network. These go beyond passion projects. They’re real-world solutions being piloted, scaled, and sustained by the next generation of civic leaders.

Media & Trust

Girls for Algorithmic Justice was founded by CU alum, Anika Dugal. GFAJ is the world’s largest youth-led organization for gender equity in AI policy. GFAJ has engaged thousands of individuals worldwide, raising awareness about the threat of deepfakes, advocating for legislative change alongside advocacy partners, and more.

Tech and AI

The Center for Youth and AI was founded by CU alum, Saheb Gulati. They’re the leading outlet for the research and publication of AI’s effects on young people, and their work has been featured in TIME and Fortune.

Sustainability & Environment

A Sustainable Future was founded by CU alum 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.

Reimagining Communities

Founded by five CU alumni, Nahom Sisay, Avi Siegel, Liam Hoffman, Emma Shultz, and Jessie Cai, CoFund is a community that drives systematic change by investing in young people with community-based social impact projects for change through funding, mentorship, and professional opportunities.

Education

Extracurriculando is an NGO that aims to democratize access to education in Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries by providing online and free classes to students, especially those from the public educational system. Founded by CU alum Manuela Buesa, Extracurriculando has impacted almost 9,000 students and is currently present in five Portuguese speaking countries.

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Building Real Community

The CU experience goes beyond professional development—it creates profound human connections that sustain civic innovation for the long haul:

85% of Fellows form new meaningful connections during virtual Fellowship

95% of Fellows reported feeling optimistic about the future after taking the program

99% of Fellows formed long-term connections during in-person Academies

Where the Community Convenes

Community gatherings are designed and led by the very changemakers driving the movements changing our world as we know it. Our in-person and hybrid meetups are powered by alumni and Fellows who create experiences built for collaboration, innovation, and momentum. These events offer exclusive access to a network of mission-driven peers working across every niche of social good. From civic tech to climate justice to youth mental health, you will find collaborators, co-founders, and lifelong partners in impact across countless industries - including those that haven’t been invented yet.

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