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The CivicLab is a nonprofit 501 c 3 (tax exempt) community-facing “do tank” dedicated to accelerating and deepening grassroots democracy, civic engagement and social justice efforts through collaboration, education and innovation. We conduct original action-oriented research in civic engagement and democratic practices and disseminate this knowledge to neighbors, organizers and leaders across Chicagoland in order to move justice and fight for a robust public sector. We originate and build tools for civic investigation, sustainable grassroots leadership development, civic accountability and civic collaboration.
We seek to expand civic imagination about what is possible for Chicago’s future.
We are helping to recruit, develop, equip and inform new leaders to take us to that future.
Our method is: Investigate. Fabricate. Educate. Activate.
Our current programming:
- The CivicLab relaunch – help us raise funds, build out a space for social justice for Chicago!
- The “Chicago Is Not Broke” Book Project – 60 public meetings since 2016!
- The TIF Illumination Project – 70 public meetings since 2013!
- The POWER Institute – Training for public leadership – 140 trained since 2017!
- Chicago Civics – An evolving web history of Chicago’s toxic civics.
Jonathan Peck and Tom Tresser are seeking support to re-open our physical space in 2019! Contact us – info@civiclab.us – 773-770-5714
We have secured our 501 c 3 nonprofit status. You can make a deductible investment in our work via the Action Network.