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⚡ 10 days, 100 events, and 1000 community visions later – we did it!
Future of Us is a collective act of civic hope, and so many people came together to make it possible.
Thank you to the Fellows who worked tirelessly to bring their visions for a more connected, compassionate, expressive, or sustainable future to their communities.
To the artists who poured their talents into making beautiful sense of complex ideas and caretaking community dreams.
To the musicians, poets, dancers, and performers who filled the program with joy, soul, critique, and inspiration.
To the partners who offered their support, their spaces, their artisanship, their resources, and their energy to turn the festival into a citywide celebration of creative civic collaboration.
To the brilliant speakers and storytellers who shared their ideas, dreams, and wisdoms across our stages and conversations.
To the advisors who stood by us every step of the way, sharing their insights, guiding us through the challenges, and reminding us to hold tight to the spirit that sparked this work in the first place.
To the team – the co-creators who gave everything they had to bet on a future built by the people, the co-builders who chose civic hope, the vendors who helped make it all beautiful, and critically, to the many generous volunteers who kept it all running.
And to you, for showing up, for your support and powerful words of encouragement, for finding each other and seeding the connections that catalyze a community, and for proving there's not only a need for a different kind of civic culture, there's a craving for it.
Thank you all for believing in the potential of the arts, science, storytelling, and gathering to change what we can imagine and build together.
The festival was never about a single moment in time, it's about the ongoing work of investing in a civic life designed by the people. We're just getting started.
Thank you for a beautiful beginning, and we hope you'll join us for what comes next. ⚡
📸:
[1, 4, 8] @twodudesphoto
[2-3, 5, 7] @futures.us
[6] @ecos_sciart
#DoItForTheFuture #FutureOfUs #CivicImagination #CivicLife #CivicWe #US250
Future of Us is a collective act of civic hope, and so many people came together to make it possible.
Thank you to the Fellows who worked tirelessly to bring their visions for a more connected, compassionate, expressive, or sustainable future to their communities.
To the artists who poured their talents into making beautiful sense of complex ideas and caretaking community dreams.
To the musicians, poets, dancers, and performers who filled the program with joy, soul, critique, and inspiration.
To the partners who offered their support, their spaces, their artisanship, their resources, and their energy to turn the festival into a citywide celebration of creative civic collaboration.
To the brilliant speakers and storytellers who shared their ideas, dreams, and wisdoms across our stages and conversations.
To the advisors who stood by us every step of the way, sharing their insights, guiding us through the challenges, and reminding us to hold tight to the spirit that sparked this work in the first place.
To the team – the co-creators who gave everything they had to bet on a future built by the people, the co-builders who chose civic hope, the vendors who helped make it all beautiful, and critically, to the many generous volunteers who kept it all running.
And to you, for showing up, for your support and powerful words of encouragement, for finding each other and seeding the connections that catalyze a community, and for proving there's not only a need for a different kind of civic culture, there's a craving for it.
Thank you all for believing in the potential of the arts, science, storytelling, and gathering to change what we can imagine and build together.
The festival was never about a single moment in time, it's about the ongoing work of investing in a civic life designed by the people. We're just getting started.
Thank you for a beautiful beginning, and we hope you'll join us for what comes next. ⚡
📸:
[1, 4, 8] @twodudesphoto
[2-3, 5, 7] @futures.us
[6] @ecos_sciart
#DoItForTheFuture #FutureOfUs #CivicImagination #CivicLife #CivicWe #US250
Comments (10)
8 days agoitsmetyree
Ambition pays off 👏🏾👏🏾 great ideas and great ppl here. Excited for what this team effort can & will do
8 days agojudes_mcgudes
Yay!! Can't wait to keep keepin' it alive! You all are incredible, and @civicmakers is so lucky to have been part of his magic. 🪄
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