America’s Plan is built on participation. This section covers everything you need to move from first-time visitor to active contributor — whether you want to share your experience with an issue, facilitate a deliberative thread, or help build out a hub.
Getting Oriented
Getting Started — step-by-step orientation for new participants
How to Read This Site — what kind of site this is, how its sections relate, and where to start
Frequently Asked Questions — common questions about the platform, the forum, and how participation works
How to Participate
How to Contribute — the full range of contribution roles, from forum participation to hub building
How To Participate — this article explains what participation looks like in practical terms
How to Use the Forum — what the forum is for, how it is organized, and what to do when you first arrive
How to Facilitate — what facilitators do, how to do it, and what the hardest parts are
How Issue Hubs Are Structured — the standard architecture for building a hub from scratch
Donations — we aren’t accepting donations at this time, but we will be in the future
Why It Matters
Why Students Must Lead America’s Plan, and How Retirees Can Support Them — why these two groups are structurally positioned to lead sustained civic work
Building America’s Plan — the long-term vision for the project and the case for getting involved as a co-builder
The Forum is where deliberative work takes place. You do not need to read everything in this section before joining — but the more context you have, the more useful your first contributions will be.