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The National Civic Collaboratory meetings are held four times a year — hosted by a member organization in cities across the US.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
UPCOMING MEETINGS
October 16-17, 2025 in New York City, NY
hosted by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
January 30, 2026, Virtual
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July 24-25, 2025
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AT OUR CONVENINGS
AT OUR CONVENINGS
Our convenings consist of two primary parts: a Thursday night Welcome Reception & Dinner and a Friday meeting.
We begin on Thursday night by breaking bread together with the purpose of strengthening bonds of trust and affection, a necessary component of collaboration. The next day, we follow a format we’ve adapted called the Rotating Credit Club (RCC), in which a few members of the group take turns presenting an idea or project they are working on, and the rest of the Collaboratory offers not commentary or critique, but firm commitments of help. This mutual investment of capital – social, intellectual, institutional, and sometimes financial – has made the Collaboratory a uniquely influential cross-silo convening.
At every meeting, we also host two Group Discussions – sometimes on pressing political and cultural issues and sometimes on the kinds of leadership challenges that are rarely discussed.
Each National Civic Collaboratory meeting is typically capped at around 60 participants.
Additionally, members of our high school Youth Collaboratory participate in Thursday's Welcome Reception & Dinner and for part of Friday’s meeting, providing an opportunity for intergenerational learning and collaboration.
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