School for Participation

School for Participation offers tools for civic engagement drawn from theater, ethnography, philosophy and community education, based on more than a decade of research and practice in the field. We believe the entry point for stronger community participation in local policy and government should be creative. From the block to the neighborhood to cities across the US, our work includes short and long-term residencies, strategic exchanges among cities, and ongoing local hubs that place creative innovation at the center of democratic power. School for Participation stems from a five-city theatrical performance called City Council Meeting, our recent book The City We Make Together, and a curriculum developed to uplift existing community leaders and build the next generation. In the long term, we envision a network of creative civic hubs that work together to build more robust democracies that our current and future challenges call for.