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Activating everyday adults to create a community by everyone for everyone

We are facilitators, conveners, and space creators dedicated to elevating the lived expertise and leadership potential of everyday adults. We bring residents together across difference to build trust, collective knowledge, and power to drive change on the issues most impacting our communities.

When we are all involved in shaping our communities, we are all better off.

Building a flourishing society requires addressing our most persistent problems. For that, we need to draw on the diversity of perspectives in our communities, especially lived expertise. Missed perspective is missed opportunity. That’s why our locally-focused programs are centered around elevating proximate experts, promoting equity in decision-making, and building solidarity across difference–so that, together, we can shape our policies, institutions, and systems into ones that benefit us all.

We’ve supported over 200 everyday leaders who are driving community-centered change, from introducing new legislation to transforming organizational culture.

Our innovative, proven, and sustainable community leadership programs equip everyday adults with the knowledge and skills necessary for critically evaluating, navigating, and driving change on the issues they care about. We’ve started this collaboration locally, in our Boston neighborhoods and workplaces.

From our members

“It has felt like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders, because I know that I can do something that will be impactful."
Andi Holmes, Health Equity program member
“Thank God I've lived long enough to see so many people, from so many different backgrounds, so many different cultures, come together and nothing but peace and harmony presides. It wasn't always like that. I thank you for allowing me to finally see it."
Carl Baty, Health Equity program member
“I’m grateful GenUnity gave us the space to share our stories and lay the foundation for our hopes and plans to build a better world."
Kathy Henriquez, Health Equity program member

GenUnity exists to shift our civic culture.

Our toughest problems require a shift in how organizations and residents work together. We are building new ways for organizations and residents to be in community - centering trust, reciprocity, and co-creation.

Program Members

Everyday adults experiencing, tackling, or looking to learn about the issues today

Employer Partners

Organizations building deep relationships between employees and the residents they serve

Community Partners

Organizations engaging with members to exchange learnings and inform better solutions

Funding Partners

Funders elevating the community’s lived expertise to tackle our toughest issues

GenUnity News

Member Spotlight: Daphnee Ozual (Housing Justice '23)

This month's member spotlight focuses on GenUnity Pilot Grantee and Housing Justice '23 cohort member, Daphnee Ozual! Read on to learn how Daphnee's experiences growing up in Lynn and her mother's influence impact how she uplifts the Black community.
August 19, 2024

Philanthropic Partner Spotlight: Wagner Foundation

The Wagner Foundation makes $300,000 commitment to GenUnity to support growth from 200 to 1,000 civic leaders over the next 3 years to unlock local systems change between residents and institutions.
August 7, 2024

Member Spotlight: Adriana Raines (Housing Justice '23)

Hear from Adriana Raines, M Ed. (Housing Justice '23) about growing up in Jamaica Plain, following in her mother's footsteps and what her GenUnity experience was able to offer her!
July 31, 2024

Jousette Anaya (Health Equity '24)

Hear from Jousette Anaya on the state of elder care in MA, understanding the meaning of health equity and finding the GenUnity community!

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