Welcome to The Change Lab Resource Center—a curated hub designed to help you take meaningful action. Whether you're just getting curious or already organizing for change, this space is your civic toolkit. Browse by topic, level of engagement, or type of content. Use the toggle on the left to explore pathways, discover how to plug in, and find what fits you best. Start where you are, and build from there.
Brief: Evidence that Bridging Works
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.
The Power of Peace: How Nonviolent Movements Fuel Civic Engagement and Strengthen Communities
Across history and ideologies, people have used nonviolent action to shape their societies. From Gandhi’s Salt March to the ADA movement and the Tea Party, peaceful resistance has transformed laws, norms, and opportunities for millions. This paper explores how nonviolent civic engagement works across multiple pathways—from addressing food insecurity and inequality to expanding democracy and reimagining public access.
Drawing on research by Erica Chenoweth, we show that nonviolent strategies are not only morally grounded—they are strategically effective, and invite widespread participation from people of all ages, beliefs, and abilities.
7 Policies Democrats and Republicans Agree On
We spend so much time yelling about the things we disagree on in this country, you’d think the only thing Americans had in common was a mutual hatred of people who use their speakerphone in public.
But here’s a plot twist: there are policies that both Republicans and Democrats actually agree on. Like, in the same timeline. Right now.
The Connection Opportunity
Experts often warn of a growing crisis of connection. Yet in a time when Americans feel divided, do they really want to connect with others—especially with those who are different from them? And if they do, what’s standing in their way?
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