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The Next Great Civic Movement: Connection as Infrastructure

America faces a crisis of connection. Trust, belonging, and civic life are in decline.

The Chamber of Connection is a new kind of civic institution designed to reverse that trend.

By treating connection as essential infrastructure, we help cities strengthen everything they care about: safety, health, learning, civic engagement, and economic resilience.

Every city can build its own Chamber—locally owned, nationally supported—to make connection measurable, visible, and actionable.

Applications for founding chapters open December 1st, 2025.

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How it works

Each Chamber of Connection follows a proven civic model designed to unite local leaders—including the mayor—and mobilize every sector to build lasting social infrastructure.

  • Civic Ownership - Setting the Table
    Founded and led by a cross-sector coalition of local leaders (mayor or county executive, businesses, nonprofits, philanthropies, and community organizations) to ensure shared ownership and accountability.

  • Welcoming Newcomers
    Every Chamber begins by rallying the city around its newest residents, turning connection into shared action and visible impact from day one.

  • Clear Framework: The Six Points of Connection
    A science-based blueprint for building thriving lives and communities that creates the standards and measurements to enable collective ownership and action.

  • Collective Impact Over Time
    Use the Six Points to guide citywide campaigns, nurture third places, and remove barriers to connection.

  • National Partnership
    The U.S. Chamber of Connection provides branding, tools, training, data, partnerships, and a national learning community to help local leaders succeed.

Be the catalyst.

We are seeking affiliate partners in every city who want to open their own Chamber of Connection.

  • Lead the organization driving the effort to restore connection and trust.

  • Rally local support to fund your chapter.

  • Gain access to our brand, programs, and community of affiliate leaders.

If you are interested in opening a Chamber of Connection in your city we would love to hear from you.