Generational divisions are deepening just when collaboration is needed most. CoGenerate addresses this by building intergenerational bridges that spark innovation, expand belonging, and nurture mutual understanding—offering a replicable model of age-integrated social progress.

Pathways to Repair offers a dynamic, accessible model for transforming division into dialogue. Through story-based engagements and facilitated discussions, they equip participants to engage with empathy and accountability across lines of difference—including political, racial, and generational divides. In a time of increasing polarization, their work helps build the social cohesion and trust needed to create resilient, equitable communities.

In a polarized world, compassion offers a unifying force that transcends politics, religion, and nationality. The Charter mobilizes individuals and institutions to root their work in empathy, equity, and moral courage—key ingredients for inclusive and just societies.

Civic healing starts with personal and collective wellness. By examining how trauma intersects with culture, race, and systemic injustice, this event invites civic actors to understand trauma not just as a clinical issue, but as a community concern—and to move toward healing-centered, culturally grounded solutions.

This act isn’t just adorable — it’s a model of connection and belonging. In an age of increasing classroom detachment, Ms. Shabir rebuilt trust and identity, one handcrafted doll at a time. Plus, the story reminds us that simple, thoughtful actions can profoundly impact civic culture, community respect, and human dignity.

Rock the Block is a perfect example of community-rooted action that reflects Change Lab values of belonging, mutual aid, and public celebration of civic life. This event helps fulfill goals across several Change Lab pathways—such as Attend a Civic Meetup, Volunteer with a Cause, and Share Your Story—and demonstrates how faith-based institutions can anchor civic connection and neighborhood resilience.

This 2025 report from More in Common’s Beacon Project explores how Americans across political, racial, and generational lines share a belief in “morally directed agency”—the idea that individuals have both the right and responsibility to improve their lives and contribute to their communities. Drawing on surveys of over 60,000 people and in-depth interviews, the report reveals that most Americans value personal agency alongside a desire for systems that provide opportunity. It proposes a unifying civic vision rooted in empowerment, shared purpose, and mutual obligation.

SINGA Deutschland challenges traditional integration models by centering dignity, agency, and mutual benefit. Their work shifts the narrative from "helping refugees" to building a shared future, offering a scalable model of civic inclusion that bridges divides and expands the circle of human concern.

This brief explores the growing field of “bridging”—bringing people together across lines of difference to foster curiosity, trust, and social cohesion—and presents compelling evidence that bridging efforts measurably improve attitudes, empathy, and readiness to collaborate across divisions.

In a moment of deep cultural and personal reflection, writer and activist adrienne maree brown invites us into The Hope Portal — a moving audio and written journal hosted by On Being. This series is an intimate exploration of grief, possibility, imagination, and transformation. Through poetic insight and grounded wisdom, adrienne guides listeners into deeper questions about what it means to hope, heal, and build a more loving world — together.

Seth Kaplan’s Fragile Neighborhoods makes a powerful case that some of our biggest national challenges — disconnection, distrust, division — are playing out most clearly in our neighborhoods. And more importantly, that these same neighborhoods hold the answers we’ve been searching for.

He doesn’t offer quick fixes. Instead, he invites us to zoom in — to the street, the school, the church, the local nonprofit — and ask: How strong are the relationships here? Who feels seen? Who’s left out? It’s a deeply human approach that resonates with everything we’re trying to do at The Change Lab.

The Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley advances groundbreaking research, policy, and ideas that examine and remediate the processes of exclusion, marginalization, and structural inequality—what we call othering—in order to build a world based on inclusion, fairness, justice, and care for the earth—what we call belonging.