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.
The founding moment is here.
How will you show up?
Youth. Engineers. Intergenerational mentors. One day. One real civic challenge. Your community's future — designed by the people who'll live in it.
Golden is the founding city.
Be part of what comes next.
This summer, 24 Golden youth, 3–6 Golden High School planning interns, Colorado School of Mines fellows, and 20 community leaders design real civic solutions together — and deliver a Local Action Blueprint to city leadership. The DREAMCAST reaches thousands worldwide.
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.
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...
Golden Is About to Find Out What Happens When Young People Design the Future
Golden has a question it's Mayor has been carrying for a while: what would it look like if the people who will inherit this city actually had a hand in designing it? On Friday, August 7, we're going to find out. Dream Tank, in partnership with the PEAC Institute and...
