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.
How Stories Built My Capacity for Empathy
In 2023, Heidi Cuppari and Summer Gould launched EmpowerGen: Amplifying the Voice of the Future — a collaborative effort designed to spotlight the creativity, insights, and lived experiences of young people. From the beginning, the column was co-authored by Dream Tank...
How the Planet Protectors Stepped Up for Earth
I’m sure I can speak for many people when I say that climate change is scary, especially when you’re young. Personally, I remember my dad speaking about climate change in another room, and I was on the verge of tears, really when anyone brought it up, and I felt an...
Co-Creating Systems Change at the Speed of Youth
Something extraordinary is brewing at Dream Tank… and it starts this winter. In January 2026, a dynamic team of Brown University students will join forces with Dream Tank for an immersive, two-week Systems Change Lab. This isn’t just an internship. It’s not a...
