A group of thinkers in the Sustainable Development Goals Thought Leaders Circle (SDG TLC)  were inspired by United Nations’ (UN) General-Secretary António Guterres’ call for “deep and rapid transformation.” The group wanted to leverage the UN and its member states’ openness to new ways of working to propose radically new approaches. In January 2024, members of the SDG TLC formed a working group to identify the conversations that needed to take place in order to create rapid change

Village Media is a leader in community-based journalism who reach five million subscribers in over 150 small communities across North America. They collaborate with local news outlets to generate successful business approaches and high integrity journalistic content to build  profitable and sustainable local news sites. They are dedicated to making community news sustainable in markets of any size through a combination of industry-leading technology, community-based marketing programs, and award-winning editorial. 

Common Good AI’s vision is to foster inclusive civic engagement by transforming how communities find common ground and solve problems together. We are actively piloting the use of digital tools to inform our community engagement approach. Before starting Common Good AI, the CrowdSmart technology was used by a Cincinnati community to understand gun violence. As we learn and grow as an organization, we return to early collaborations to identify success factors and continue to improve our processes. This early case study is not a rigorous academic study, rather documentation of lessons learned based on key informant interviews.