Civic ambassadors · county by county
Be the anchor for your county.
Local first, but not alone. An ambassador holds a seat on the county hub, hosts the first gathering, and walks alongside community members getting started. A handful are already showing up. The seat is yours when it is yours.
Six short questions. We read every application and reply within a few days.
Who this is for
People already bringing others together.
The one who hosts.
A reading circle, a Saturday trail walk, a monthly food sort. You already make the room where people meet.
The one who organizes.
A tenants group, a parent network, a mutual aid pod. You know who shows up and who to call.
The one who connects.
You know the library staff, the garden crew, and the clinic by name. People ask you where to start.
The one with a question.
You are not sure yet. You want to know what the county needs and whether this is a way to help. Bring that question.
The Launch Kit
Everything you need to host the first gathering.
Shared with you after the intro call, and kept current as ambassadors learn what works.
- An outreach script we have watched work, for the first ten invitations
- A printable agenda for a first county meet-up that runs ninety minutes
- RSVP page and event templates ready to copy into your hub
- A follow-up template that turns one meet-up into something that meets again
- Recordings of the setup trainings, so you can show an organization the tools
- Office hours with the team, every week, with a question welcome
How it works
From a question to a hub that meets.
Apply.
Six questions: your county, how you bring people together today, the groups you are part of, and how much time you have in a week.
Book an intro call.
Thirty minutes with Jaime. We talk about your county, what you would host first, and what you want from this.
Claim your county.
Once appointed, your name and a sentence you write anchor the county hub. Your charter is ready to print the same day.
Host the first gathering.
The Launch Kit, a peer sphere of other ambassadors, and a weekly working meeting are behind you.
Day 90 review.
Three months in, we look together at what the county did and what you want next: another county, trainings, or more of the same.
The pathway
Three tiers, one direction.
Everyone starts at Tier 1. Each tier opens the next kind of work, at the pace you choose.
Tier 1 · Ambassador
Anchor one county.
- A seat on your county hub, a charter, and the Launch Kit
- Host the first gathering and the ones that follow
- A referral link to share with organizations you know
Tier 2 · Lead ambassador
Hold a region, train others.
- Claim neighboring counties as they open
- Deliver setup trainings to organizations joining the platform
- Co-host office hours with the team
Tier 3 · Consultant partner
Build alongside the team.
- Run workshops and multi-session trainings for organizations and coalitions
- Shape the Launch Kit from what you learn in the field
- A named partner on the organizations you bring in
County availability
Every county is open. 58 already have a live hub.
Members in any US county can create spheres and events today. California's 58 counties carry the full hub layer, and more states follow as ambassadors arrive. One ambassador anchors each county; a county with an ambassador is still glad of a second pair of hands.
See the California counties →Questions
What people ask before they apply.
Do I need to run an organization?
No. Most ambassadors are people who host or organize informally. A nonprofit director can be an ambassador too, as a person, not as an organization.
How much time does it take?
A few hours a week is plenty to start. The application asks how much you have so we can shape the first ninety days around it.
Is this a job?
It is a partner role. Ambassadors are independent; some go on to deliver setup trainings and workshops for organizations as Tier 2 and Tier 3 partners. We walk through what that looks like on the intro call.
What if my county already has an ambassador?
Apply anyway. A county grows faster with two people hosting, and neighboring counties open as people arrive.
What do you do with my application?
Jaime reads it, replies by email within a few days, and keeps it on your member profile. We never ask for benefit status, a government ID, or demographic details, and we never share your contact details.
Do I need an account first?
You can answer every question first. The last step makes your account, so the application lands on your profile and you have somewhere to come back to.