COMMUNITY RESOURCES
These resources provide a starting point to discover how you can make an impact in your community.
Community Fact Finder
Find popular facts (population, income, etc.) and frequently requested data about your community.
Center for Community Change
The Center for Community Change envisions a nationwide social movement led by everyday people and inspired by the conviction that we can create a society in which everyone has enough to thrive and achieve their full potential.
101 small ways you can improve your city
Check out this article where Curbed shares 101 urban interventions and ideas that show how even the tiniest changes can make our cities better places.
CityLab Economic Development
CityLab is dedicated to the people who are creating the cities of the future—and those who want to live there. Through sharp analysis, original reporting, and visual storytelling, our coverage focuses on the biggest ideas and most pressing issues facing the world’s metro areas and neighborhoods.
FEATURED VIDEOS
TED TALK: Vivek Maru is working to transform the relationship between people and law
TED TALK: In a spirited talk, fearless farmer Devita Davison explains how features of Detroit’s decay actually make it an ideal spot for urban agriculture.
TED TALK: In a hopeful, funny talk, Bynum shares how he’s tackling his city’s most pressing issues by focusing on the aspirations that unite us.
TED TALK: When Richard J. Berry, the mayor of Albuquerque, saw a man on a street corner holding a cardboard sign that read “Want a job,” he decided to take him up on it.
TED TALK: Theaster Gates: How to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art
TED TALK: William Miller: The Bridge to Somewhere Beautiful
TED TALK: Alessandra Orofino: It’s our city. Let’s fix it
TED TALK: Megan Streb: The Power of Liveable Cities
VOTER REGISTRATION RESOURCES
Click on a state below to view its voting and state resources.
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Why Lead Without Authority?
Anyone can lead others and inspire change. Throughout history, people who are considered some of our greatest leaders were not given authority by any organization, power, committee or group. They just led from where they were. They saw an urgent need and felt like something needed to change. These people took bold steps to respond to a great need in a way that attracted others and helped people to see an opportunity for change.
Leading is not just for people in positions of authority. Leading is for all of us.