Civic Engagement & Community Input

All UR Action programs bring together Americans across divides to 1) engage in constructive dialogue, 2) deepen understanding of societal challenges, and 3) take action to address those challenges. ​The founding team of Urban Rural Action came to the work of advancing peace, democracy, and justice through shared purpose: preventing organized violence in conflict zones. Today it means the U.S. because underlying dynamics that fuel violent conflict globally (e.g., widespread distrust of governing institutions; toxic polarization; income inequality; misinformation; divisive leaders) are also present in our own country.

https://www.uraction.org/ Urban Rural Action Jobs

Similar to Congress at the federal level, we are New York City’s legislative body. The Council is separate from the Mayor’s administration but an equal partner in how our City is run.

https://council.nyc.gov/ New York City Council Jobs

We convene individuals and organizations with divergent views to build trust, identify solutions, and form alliances for action on critical national issues. We bring deep knowledge of policy and process and work with leaders and doers to move past divergent views to identify workable solutions to seemingly intractable issues.

https://convergencepolicy.org/ Convergence | Center for Policy Resolution Jobs

Our democracy has been corrupted by a two-party system that serves moneyed interests. It leaves people apathetic, or having to choose between the lesser of two evils. Neither of which truly serve them. So, important issues continue to go unaddressed. Good Party is not a political party. We’re building tools to change the rules and disrupt the corrupt, creating a brighter future for all! Our plan is to use the free, open-source tech we create as a lever that marshals the creative community and mobilizes digital natives – who will be the majority of voters by 2024 – to vote differently.

https://goodparty.org/ Good Party Jobs

Arizona Coalition for Change is a Black-led organization with a dynamic multicultural team that empowers everyday people to transform their community through building civic power, leadership development, and community collaboration. We advocate for lasting progressive public policies that change the dynamics for our communities by putting people first. We work to develop and uplift voices in our communities to take on our nation's most pressing issues.

https://www.azc4c.org/ Arizona Coalition for Change Jobs

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization committed to educating the public on issues with significant fiscal policy impact. As an independent source of objective policy analysis, we regularly engage policymakers of both parties and help them develop and analyze proposals to improve the country’s fiscal and economic condition.

https://www.crfb.org/ Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Jobs

We partner with organizations that support and advance community engagement in local government.

http://polco.us Polco Jobs

The AAPI Civic Engagement Fund believes that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders must be an integral part of strengthening America’s democracy, improving the quality of life for all, and creating vibrant multiracial communities.

https://aapifund.org/ AAPI Civic Engagement Fund Jobs

GreenLatinos is a national non-profit that convenes a broad coalition of Latino leaders committed to addressing national, regional and local environmental, natural resources and conservation issues that significantly affect the health and welfare of the U.S. Latino community. We envision a healthy and equitable society where communities of color are liberated from disproportionate environmental burdens, free to breathe fresh air, drink pure water, access clean transportation and enjoy our majestic public lands, ocean, and waters.

https://www.greenlatinos.org/ GreenLatinos Jobs

The Day One Project is on a mission to find the best ideas to inform the Federal Government's science and technology policy agenda.

https://www.dayoneproject.org/ The Day One Project Jobs

We strive to make the City of Syracuse more effective and equitable for residents by catalyzing city government to be more responsive, experimental, and informed by evidence.

https://www.innovatesyracuse.com City of Syracuse - Office of Analytics, Performance and Innovation Jobs

The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition) is a 501©3, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing civic engagement and voter participation in Black and underserved communities. The National Coalition strives to create an enlightened community by engaging people in all aspects of public life through service/volunteerism, advocacy, leadership development and voting.

https://www.ncbcp.org/ National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Jobs

Fund for Shared Insight is a national funder collaborative working to improve philanthropy by elevating the voices of those least heard. Our signature initiative, Listen4Good, promotes feedback as a complement to monitoring and evaluation with the goal of helping nonprofits and foundations be more responsive to the needs, preferences, and opinions of the people and communities they seek to benefit.

https://www.fundforsharedinsight.org/ Fund for Shared Insight Jobs

Ashoka identifies and supports the world's leading social entrepreneurs, learns from the patterns in their innovations, and mobilizes a global community that embraces these new frameworks to build an "everyone a changemaker world."

https://www.ashoka.org/en-US Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Jobs

We are the largest civic tech network in the world, amplifying the impact of good ideas through a global network of local organizations.

https://codeforall.org/ Code for All Jobs

Waterkeeper Alliance strengthens and grows a global network of grassroots leaders protecting everyone’s right to clean water. Waterkeeper Alliance holds polluters accountable. We’re the largest and fastest-growing nonprofit solely focused on clean water. We preserve and protect water by connecting and mobilizing more than 300 local Waterkeeper groups worldwide.

https://waterkeeper.org/ Waterkeeper Alliance Jobs

Karp Strategies is an equity-driven urban strategy consultancy for community-economic development planning, community and stakeholder engagement, and real estate and urban planning strategy, design, and implementation.

https://www.karpstrategies.com/ Karp Strategies Jobs

Founded in 2008, Civic Influencers is a national nonpartisan 501 c 3 organization whose mission is to increase youth civic power and youth voting, giving emphasis to Black, Indigenous and Youth of Color. At this pivotal time, the landscape for young people understanding, and participating in, our democracy is changing so rapidly that they may never inherit the future we promised. Rigorous novel data collection and analysis are now driving our youth centric voting interventions, and determining what we are scaling. This data driven approach will have a greater impact on increasing young people’s voting and civic power.

https://civicinfluencers.org/ Civic Influencers Jobs

Digital democracy platform for local governments

https://www.citizenlab.co CitizenLab Jobs

Founded in 1999 as a non-profit technology and advocacy organization, Open Plans used mapping tools and open source data to foster a more transparent, responsive government and opportunities for deep civic engagement. Through its OpenGeo arm, Open Plans supported the development of a number of open-source software packages for the analysis and publication of geospatial information.

https://www.openplans.org/ OpenPlans Jobs

New American Leaders (NAL) is leading a movement for inclusive democracy by preparing first and second-generation Americans to use their power and potential in public office. We believe a strong democracy is an inclusive democracy. As the only organization championing New Americans as crucial participants in the American political system, we provide resources that ensure they are included, represented, and engaged in our democracy.

https://newamericanleaders.org/ New American Leaders Jobs

Fight for the Future is dedicated to protecting and expanding the Internet’s transformative power in our lives by creating civic campaigns that are engaging for millions of people.

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/ Fight for the Future Jobs

Civic Genius aims to overcome political polarization and rebuild American civic culture through everyday opportunities to learn and engage. Through programs designed to meet you wherever you are in your civic engagement, then build on the common ground that already exists across personal backgrounds and political affiliations, Civic Genius is working to get our democratic experiment back on track.

https://www.ourcivicgenius.org/ Civic Genius Jobs

Bayes Impact builds citizen-led public services to create a fairer and inclusive future for our societies.

https://www.bayesimpact.org Bayes Impact Jobs

The League of Women Voters was formed in 1920 as an outgrowth of the movement to give women the right to vote following the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Since 1910, the League has indeed helped improve the general welfare of the people. Some of the League's earliest causes included support for child labor laws, minimum wage, compulsory education and equal opportunity for women.

https://lwvc.org/ League of Women Voters of California Jobs

An intergenerational, multi-racial, nationally recognized community organization, UPROSE promotes sustainability and resiliency in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood through community organizing, education, indigenous and youth leadership development, and cultural/artistic expression. Central to our work is advocacy to ensure meaningful community engagement, participatory community planning practices, and sustainable development with justice and governmental accountability. As lead advocates of climate justice, UPROSE views the just urban policy—ranging from transportation to open space—as the heart of climate adaptation and community resilience.

https://www.uprose.org/ UPROSE Jobs

Our goal is to foster informed and engaged communities, which we believe are essential for a healthy democracy.

https://knightfoundation.org/ Knight Foundation Jobs

Founded in 2012, Accelerate Change is a nonprofit media lab dedicated to catalyzing new scalable and sustainable digital media models for citizen engagement. We are particularly focused on developing new digital media models that engage communities of color and low-income communities, as well as models that bring together diverse citizens across class and race.

http://acceleratechange.org Accelerate Change Jobs

More in Common works on both short and longer term initiatives to address the underlying drivers of fracturing and polarization, and build more united, resilient and inclusive societies. More in Common’s teams across the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany work closely together and share a commitment to advancing our mission. While there are similar forces threatening democratic societies, we have established separate national teams with their own national strategies, because we believe strategies to strengthen resilience against the forces of division must build on each society’s unique national and regional characteristics.

https://www.moreincommon.com/ More In Common Jobs

We’re transforming how we think about power, who holds it, and how we wield it in our communities — we’re looking at power in every context, and speaking truth to it.

https://repower.org/ Re:power Jobs

Neighborland is a public engagement platform designed for government agencies, developers, and civic organizations. Our software is the only solution designed for planners to collaborate with their stakeholders in an accessible, participatory, and equitable way. Over 3 million people have participated on Neighborland, and our partners’ projects have yielded over $3 billion in social and economic impact.

https://neighborland.com/ Neighborland Jobs

The mission of the Climate Science Alliance is to safeguard natural and human communities in the face of a changing climate. We do this through leading activities and creating partnerships which increase awareness of climate change impacts, promote solutions, and facilitate action.

https://www.climatesciencealliance.org Climate Science Alliance Jobs

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement.

http://www.welcometocup.org/ Center for Urban Pedagogy Jobs

The Aspen Tech Policy Hub takes tech experts, teaches them the policy process through fellowship and executive education programs, and encourages them to develop outside-the-box solutions to society’s problems. We model ourselves after tech incubators like Y Combinator, but train new policy thinkers and focus the impact of their ideas. We’re building new ideas for policymaking — every fellow must complete one practical policy output during their time with us — and an alumni base of technologists who understand policy and want to engage with it.

https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/ Aspen Tech Policy Hub Jobs

Granicus is the leading provider of citizen engagement technologies and services for the public sector, bringing governments closer to the people they serve with the first-and-only Civic Engagement Platform. Granicus works with more than 5,500 government organizations and connects more than 280 million people in the largest Citizen Subscriber Network of its kind.

https://granicus.com/ Granicus Jobs

Alabama Forward is a state-based 501(C)(3) civic engagement coordinating table committed to advancing movement towards greater freedom and progressive, solution-oriented policy among a diverse coalition of Alabama-based partner organizations, so that every Alabamian can engage in the democratic process. In pursuit of this mission, Alabama Forward will prioritize race and gender equity to engage every Alabamian in all aspects of our democracy.

https://alforward.org/ Alabama Forward Jobs

The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) is dedicated to strengthening civic life in America. At the core of our joint efforts is the belief that every person has the ability to help their community and country thrive. We pursue our mission through a nationwide network of partners involved in a cutting-edge civic health initiative, our cross-sector conferences and engagement with a broad spectrum of individuals and organizations interested in utilizing civic engagement principles and practices to enhance their work.

https://ncoc.org/ National Conference on Citizenship Jobs

We believe in the power of young people to change the world - not someday in the future - right now!

https://www.peacefirst.org/ Peace First Jobs

Our mission is bringing underheard voices to the center of a stronger public dialogue.

https://www.cortico.ai/ Cortico Jobs