December 18, 2025
DPI Convening
Belonging + Agency = Power
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An exploration of the critical role of agency in growing public leadership and powering collective action.
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Civic homes are vehicles for transforming the extraordinary anger and abundant activism of this moment into organized, enduring power. Join us for a conversation with organizers and researchers about the role belonging and agency play in building powerful organizations and fueling collective action. This panel will explore what we are learning about the strategies that move people from isolation to solidarity and from self-doubt to agentic public leadership.
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April 28, 2025
Building Civic Homes: Fostering Belonging, Agency, and Collective Impact
Over the course of two years, Sojourn Strategies conducted two phases of research to better understand what brings individuals into organizations and what sustains connection to the organizations.
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April 29, 2025
Building Civic Homes Webinar
This webinar is a discussion of key findings from the Building Civic Homes research report. In addition to sharing key takeaways from the research, we also heard directly from leaders of Poder NC and Building Freedom Ohio on how they are building civic homes within their organizations.
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