Stories of Impact

Pluralism In Action: Building a Resilient Ecosystem in a Time of Uncertainty

An event that helped 175+ participants align strategies, deepen relationships, and build momentum together.

Bears Ears Partnership: Stewarding Land and Heritage

The Bears Ears Partnership (BEP) is bringing Tribal Nations, local communities, and land stewards together to protect the Bears Ears landscape through a model of shared stewardship rooted in reciprocity and respect.

Reconstructing Reconstruction: How New Orleans Residents Are Restoring Community Memory Together

The Plessy & Ferguson Initiative (PFI), in collaboration with Common Ground USA, is bringing New Orleans residents together to reclaim and reshape their city’s public memory, ensuring the stories that define the community are chosen and carried forward by the people themselves.

Constructive Dialogue Institute: Building Resilient Campus Cultures for a Polarized Era

The Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI) is helping colleges and universities navigate rising polarization by fostering campus cultures rooted in pluralism and civil discourse.

Generation Citizen: Rural Youth Leading Change Through Civics

Across the country, young people are growing up in communities shaken by climate disasters, economic hardship, and deep social divides. Yet in the midst of these challenges, students in rural classrooms are learning to see themselves not as bystanders, but as leaders shaping their communities’ futures.

The After Party Project: When Faith Comes Before Partisanship

A faith-based movement helps Christians reconnect across political divides through conversation, community, and shared spiritual grounding.

Community Cornerstones: Creating Spaces that are Welcoming and Resilient

In North Carolina, leaders use dialogue and trust to unite communities across grief, tension, and division.

All In: Working Together for Homes, Food, and Seats at the Table

Neighbors in Connecticut’s Naugatuck Valley hear each other's stories and build power together.

Warm Cookies of the Revolution: Imagining the Future of Small Towns

Creative gatherings help small towns imagine hopeful futures, building connection, joy, and civic participation.