Youth-Powered Systems Change
Dream Tank's Systems Change L.A.B. brings young people and community leaders together to co-create solutions to the challenges shaping our future.
Trauma-informed spaces where youth and adults feel safe, heard, and ready to lead together.
Youth explore root causes of community challenges and envision bold, unconstrained futures.
Teams prototype real solutions with mentors, experts, and leaders from across their community.
A nine-year-old asked how we share the street. Nine Mines seniors chose it as their capstone.
In August, a room of nine- to eighty-year-olds in Golden asked how we share the same street safely. Thirty-four days later, nine Colorado School of Mines seniors signed on to answer it — for Golden, and for every city that comes next.
In the Golden Transcript: Intergenerational problem-solvers pitch ways to help Golden
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Young People Will Pitch the Future of Golden at Systems Change L.A.B. Community Showcase
Download Media Advisory Here Golden's founding pilot program demonstrates a new model for civic participation by bringing youth voices into community problem-solving from the very beginning. GOLDEN, Colo. – Communities often ask young people what they think after...



