ENVISION NEW AMERICA™

ONE MINUTE A DAY

A Civic Mindfulness Practice for the Public Good

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• What We Do:
  
  • Envision New America is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (501(c)(3) pending) that invites citizens to pause for one minute each day to envision a positive, constructive aspect of a public institution or or other public-facing entity.
  • Examples can be found on the VISION pages.

• The Practice:
  
  • Silent envisioning.1 minute. Once a day.
  • No debate, no politics, no criticism.
  • Just positive intention for institutions that serve us all.

• Why:
  
  • Research shows what a community consistently envisions, it moves toward.
  • Public institutions reflect the attention we give them.
  • By focusing one minute of positive envisioning daily, citizens strengthen their own connection to the community and build a shared cultural expectation of well-functioning public institutions.

• How It Works – The Minute & Juried Function List
  • We maintain a list of desired positive attributes/outcomes for major public functions (entities or service) 
  • The list is vetted for positivity/impartiality through formal guidelines by a rotating jury.
  • Citizens use their app to select from the list a function of their choice and one of its target attributes/goals  and envisions those positive attributes/outcomes of the function for one minute, aided by an auio/visual countdown timer in their app.
  • At the completion of the minute, a count is added to the database by date, function/attribute, individual, city, and state.
  • The app shows the periodic and cumulative totals for the citizen, city, state an country. 
  • Citizens can propose amendments to these attribute lists through an online juried process.
  • A rotating jury of educators, civic volunteers, and facilitators reviews submissions for clarity, positivity, balance and constructiveness.
  • Partisan, negative, or personal content is excluded.

• Tracking and Scale:
  • A free app (iOS/Android/browser) with one-minute timer, streak tracking, and optional submission of an attribute for review.
  • Statistical dashboard shows aggregate anonymous participation by city, institution type, and attribute (no personal data sold).
  • Daily SMS/push reminder: “Minute for America.”
  • Certificates, badges, and school/church/civic chapter toolkits.
  • Podcasts and 2-minute video guides teaching visualization technique.
  • Annual survey measuring civic attitudes and sense of connection.

• Our services are:
  • Meditation/guided visualization training.
  • Promotion of civic engagement through mindfulness practice.
  • Software for timing, tracking, and measuring participation in daily civic envisioning exercises.
  • Community education via classes, workshops, public events, and online webinars.

• What We Are NOT:
  • Envision New America is NOT a think tank, public policy research organization, lobbying organization, political campaign, or fellowship program.
  • We do not publish policy papers, do not take positions on legislation, and do not conduct public policy research. (included to distinguish us from New America, a Washington-based non-profit engaged in those areas).