**Who:** Facilitators, civic hosts, local leaders, and social innovators implementing open civic systems in place.
**Essence:** _Those who turn frameworks into lived practice._ Organizers embody civic imagination at the community level — weaving relationships, context, and participation.
### **What They Do**
- Mobilize communities around local civic needs and opportunities
- Adapt open protocols for participatory governance and local culture
- Facilitate assemblies, workshops, and collective decision-making
- Connect local action to global learning through documentation and storytelling
### **What They Learn**
- Facilitation, hosting, and participatory governance
- Translating global frameworks to local realities
- Tools for collective intelligence and coordination
### **What They Contribute**
- Implementation stories and cultural adaptations
- Feedback on what works (and what doesn’t) in practice
- Local prototypes and methods for replication elsewhere
### **What They Get**
- Access to tested frameworks and playbooks
- Peer support and mentorship from other organizers
- Potential funding for local initiatives
- Connection to innovators and patrons for long-term resilience
### **Why Participate**
- **Purpose & Meaning:** Bring civic imagination to life in your own community.
- **Connection:** Join a network of place-based changemakers learning together.
- **Learning:** Gain access to participatory facilitation and coordination tools.
- **Support:** Receive funding and resources for community initiatives.
**Participation Rhythm:**
Cyclic — tied to local initiatives, events, and community rhythms.
**Example:**
A neighborhood organizer implementing a mutual aid network using open civic coordination tools, then sharing learnings with others globally.