Practicing Democracy: Institutionalizing Civic Learning Through Dialogue

In fall 2025, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge and Unify America partnered to design and deliver the Voting & Representation Deep Dive event. The event is part of Unify America’s Civic Gym, a civic preparedness program that brings thousands of students for one-hour virtual, structured, one-on-one conversations to discuss hot-button issues. The event also served as a starting point for campuses interested in infusing civic dialogue into their biannual nonpartisan campus democratic engagement action plans.

By combining ALL IN’s institutional reach and expertise with Unify America’s high-impact dialogue programming, more than twenty-five campuses and five hundred students practiced the skills necessary for democratic participation, including active listening and collaborative problem-solving.

During this session, attendees will learn about ALL IN and Unify America, dig into the Voting & Representation Deep Dive, from participant recruitment to discussing pre- and post-assessment data, and finally, participate in a live mini-dialogue experience.