Our Work
Our local and national work designed to help individuals and communities get past our barriers to working together. These projects also serve as a model for how other nonprofits across the country can enact local change.
facilitating volunteerism in the DMV
DC Tutoring & Mentoring Initiative
2 out 3 DC students — 60,000 kids — need extra academic support! Many more just need an extra caring adult in their lives.
DCTMI matches volunteer tutors and mentors with our nonprofit partners based on volunteers’ schedules, locations, and preferences. In doing so, we can transform education and create a community grounded in empathy that works for everybody.
In 2025, we recruited over 7,000 people to volunteer or learn more about opportunities in the DC-area!
engaging college students as civic leaders
Civic Leadership Fellows
The Civic Leadership Fellows Program provides a program for undergraduate or graduate students to hone their intellectual, social/emotional and practical skills for creating a better world. Fellows directly going into the community to recruit volunteers, match volunteers to nonprofit partners, and engage in weekly meetings to discuss civic leadership topics.
It starts with each of us
The Civic Leadership Challenge
2 hours a week of Community Service or Civic Activism
1 hour a day of Inner Work or Self-Care
Imagine if people of good will, good health, and a livable family income devoted two hours a week to community service or civic activism, and an hour a day for inner work or self-care. We can create an upward spiral of taking care of ourselves and taking care of others and the world, and this, in turn, would transform our communities and our democracy. We would elect better leaders, enact better policies, and weave a civic fabric of empathy, hope, and wisdom through our actions, large and small.
Check out The Civic Leadership Challenge and the CivLead App to learn more or get involved!
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