Unify America

Unify America is a nonpartisan nonprofit on a mission to replace political fighting with problem-solving. We bring together Americans of different backgrounds and beliefs to collaboratively tackle big challenges. From college students to communities, we build trust, bridge divides, and practice the skills of deliberative democracy. Our work is rooted in the belief that everyday citizens—not just politicians—can (and must) shape the future of our country.

Unify America’s mission is furthered by two major efforts - Civic Gym and Democracy League.

Civic Gym

Unify America’s Civic Gym is the nation’s only intercollegiate platform of its kind—an innovative, scalable initiative that equips college students with civic and leadership skills through real-world, virtual experiences. The Civic Gym is powered by two national, virtual dialogue programs—the Unify Challenge College Bowl and the Deep Dive—which foster cross-partisan conversations, bridge divides, and build essential civic preparedness.

Since 2021, our Civic Gym platform has made a significant impact on hundreds of campuses of all shapes and sizes—two-year, four-year, private, public, military, HBCUs, and faith-based institutions. In just four years, our programming has reached 23,000+ students across 42 states.

Democracy Leagues

Unify America’s Democracy League is a civic institution that provides community members with a structured way to collaborate on real problems and generate shared solutions.

Democracy Leagues run public problem-solving events, like Civic Assemblies, where representative, randomly-selected groups of residents deliberate on complex issues and make well-informed recommendations. In addition to deliberative events, local Democracy Leagues host community learning activities and neighbor-to-neighbor engagement — all designed to strengthen civic trust, build lasting community capacity, and redefine public participation as something people do, not just watch.

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