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SYSTEMS & SOCIETY

The structures we inherit and the ones we create

WORKING MODELS

Working Models: The Okra Project

How this national mutual aid model delivers care to trans and queer communities.

Working Models: Change Food For Good

The NYC-based ag-tech nonprofit redesigning food access.

Working Models: National Domestic Workers Alliance

The Organization Building Power in the Shadows of America’s Care Economy

Working Models: Mutual Rise

Meet Mutual Rise, the grassroots network feeding California’s unreachable hungry.

Working Models: Tristesse Grief Center

How the Tristesse Grief Center in Tulsa builds community through healing.

Tripp Gomez 1/9/26 Tripp Gomez 1/9/26

Civil Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 5: “New” Political Strategies

Civil Discourse Host Tripp Gomez is joined by a group of panelists to discuss rank choice voting, the national popular vote compact and anti-corruption laws.

Alex Lindstrom 12/29/25 Alex Lindstrom 12/29/25

Every Billion Elon Musk Adds to His Wealth Is An Insult to All of Us

The tech-fraud’s endlessly growing lump of monopoly money is a case study for why Western institutions are in terminal collapse

Michael Muyot 12/19/25 Michael Muyot 12/19/25

The Backyard Begins It: How Ordinary Spaces Become Civic Engines

As trust in institutions declines, civic engagement is rebuilding through backyard gatherings and neighbor networks.

Tripp Gomez 12/19/25 Tripp Gomez 12/19/25

Civil Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 4: Defining Modern Progress

Civil Discourse Host Tripp Gomez is joined by a group of panelists to discuss what modern progress looks like.

Michael Muyot 12/17/25 Michael Muyot 12/17/25

The Illusion Economy: What Layoffs, Black Friday and AI Have in Common

A look at the growing gap between economics, business + tech headlines and the everyday experience.

Melissa Soderston 12/16/25 Melissa Soderston 12/16/25

Climate, Democracy and the Cost of Silence: Why This High-Stakes Moment Requires Voice

In a moment shaped by acceleration and overload, public voice remains one of the few forms of leverage still available.

Tripp Gomez 12/3/25 Tripp Gomez 12/3/25

Civil Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 3: Citizen Story Paradigm Shift

Civil Discourse Host Tripp Gomez is joined by a group of panelists to discuss everyday citizenry.

Gabriella Bock 11/26/25 Gabriella Bock 11/26/25

Meet The Indie Marketplaces Challenging Big Tech’s Grip on Small Sellers

The e-com rebels refusing Big Tech’s rules.

Tripp Gomez 11/4/25 Tripp Gomez 11/4/25

Civil Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 2: Education for All

Civil Discourse Host Tripp Gomez is joined by a group of panelists to discuss education.

Gabriella Bock 10/31/25 Gabriella Bock 10/31/25

The Unreachable Hungry: Mapping the Distance Between Hunger and Help

America’s hunger crisis has a transportation issue.

Gabriella Bock 10/28/25 Gabriella Bock 10/28/25

Faith in the Machine: On Techno-utopianism, Mortality and the Religion of Innovation

Technology, transcendence and the fear of death.

Gabriella Bock 10/24/25 Gabriella Bock 10/24/25

What Is a Municipal Government? (And Why It Matters Where You Live)

Understanding the power and purpose of local government.

Tripp Gomez 10/21/25 Tripp Gomez 10/21/25

Civil Discourse with Citizen Tripp | Episode 1: Ethical Consumption

Civil Discourse Host Tripp Gomez is joined by a group of panelists to discuss if its possible to consume ethically in a system built on exploitation, and if so, how.