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The systems we’ve relied on are breaking. Here you’re invited to turn that disruption into resilience—rooted in your local library and powered by you and your neighbors.

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Build Cycles

Build something real, with a team.

You’ll pick a problem that matters to you, team up, and see it through — with mentors and a whole community behind you.

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The promise

Here’s the deal.

What you walk away with

Something real you helped build, proof of it on your profile, and people who’ve seen what you can do.

How you get there

Month one: dig into a real problem with your pod. Month two: decide what to build at the Hackathon. Month three: build it, test it, and show it.

What it takes

Six in-person events, a five-minute check-in each week, and the rest on your own time with your team.

Open source, on purpose

Everything a team builds here is an open-source community project. When the cycle’s over, you’re free to do whatever you want with it — and so is everyone else.


A new kind of Build Cycle

This quarter, we're turning our method on ourselves

From Oct 13 to Dec 8 we're running an internal Build Cycle to strengthen the Labs' foundation, so we can help even more people in 2027. Taken part in the Labs before? You're invited. Join it on Slack →

Our public workshops and meetups keep running, in person and online. Come learn, and bring a friend.

The first public Build Cycle of 2027 kicks off January 12.

Public events coming up
Oct 13 · 4 PM✦ Upskilling Summit #3: Showcase Civics and Elections and Kick-off Q4's "Retrospective" Build Cycle · Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA

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