Meet the Summer Cohort!
Who is New Community Builders for?
15-20 year olds in the United States and Canada interested in community building, culture, and collaboration, and who want to spend the summer honing their skills to build online communities.
If you want to make new friends, learn more about community building and gain experience to include on your resume, then New Community Builders is for you. :)
Please note: 2SWIM is currently only available in the App Store so program participants must have access to a device using iOS (iPhone, iPad) to participate.
What does the program entail?
- 7 weeks of virtual workshops, guest speakers from across the country and 1:1 mentorship
- Working with peers to create a community of your choice, manage the digital space with your collaborators, and support your community's members as needed
- Workshops focused on topics like:
- leadership skills and personal growth
- marketing and content strategy
- influence and culture
- building inclusive communities
What is 2SWIM?
2SWIM is a social messaging app with an emphasis on close connections and private communities. 2SWIM will be for everybody but we're currently invite-only for Black, Indigenous & POC-, LGBTQIA+-, and/or womxn-centric communities (and allies!).
Why is 2SWIM doing this?
- We believe in the power of youth: our team has extensive experience in education, youth training, and bringing people together both online and off. We are passionate about creating opportunities for you, a generation of community builders.
- We strive to enable positive progress: the world is changing quickly and we want to help the next generation to lead the way. By offering a short and intensive program, we aim to enable you to learn new skills, meet collaborators and experiment through community engagement. Participants are welcome to continue running their communities after the program ends to keep building and connecting.