Our Vision: An
educated citizenry engaged in developing and providing innovative and
cross-disciplinary responses to the social problems in their own local
communities.
Our Mission: Empower the next generation of leaders for America's cities by (1) introducing the best and brightest recent college graduates to the inner workings of local government; (2) bringing their talent and energy to bear addressing the challenges local communities face; and (3) exposing them to meaningful careers in public service.
Our Method: An
independent, non-partisan national service corps that
integrates hands-on work experience inside the highest levels of local
government with intensive training in how cities work and the people,
issues and organizations that impact local policy.
Our Results:
To date, 36 diverse recent college grads have worked more than 42,000 hours solving challenges facing the residents of Houston and San Francisco. They also have completed nearly 40 consulting projects for city agencies. Our Fellows have found ways to save their cities millions of dollars, to generate millions of dollars in revenue, to green city practices, to simultaneously streamline and improve public safety, public health, water and power and public transportation services, and much much more.