A new story of health equity in Minnesota

Jeanne Ayers used a public work approach to building a new story of health in which new facts about vital health conditions were highlighted

The Playground that Started a Global Movement

How thousands of students in 22 countries have built their communities’ civic capacities through Public Achievement.

Public Achievement with Bernard Lafayett

A Nursing Program Goes Public

An academic nursing program trains students to be agents of change in health systems by treating their patients—and themselves—as civic agents.

Burundians Blaze a Community Policing Trail

How villagers and National Police in an east central African country came to see and treat each other as fellow citizens.

Turning College Dorms into Vibrant Neighborhoods

A diverse private university creates free spaces in residence halls where students develop the capacity to work through their conflicts and problems.

St. Catherine’s Civic Chronicle

How faculty at a Catholic woman’s college created a new curriculum by making their work “more public.”

A New Civic Covenant for Eau Claire

How a Wisconsin city manager empowered his fellow citizens to reshape their physical environment and civic lives.

We help organizations and communities of all types realize their enterprise ideal—their potential to grow and thrive while also tending the commons.

We work with partners across the world to discover their civic story, unleash their collective capacity, and advance their core mission through public work mindsets and practices.

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