**A monthly gathering for people who enjoy ideas, care about the world, and want to think together about how to make it better.**
**Start tiny. Test fast. Scale only what works.**
**No ideology. No prerequisites. Just thoughtful people solving problems together.**

Catalyst Circle exists because small actions, done by the right people at the right moment, can create surprisingly large ripple effects.
A well-placed email.
A two-hour prototype.
A new way of framing a problem.
A connection between two people.
Tiny experiments can open doors that weren’t visible before.
This group is where those sparks begin.
You don’t need expertise to join.
And if you *do* have expertise, it’s fully welcome.
We rely on a mix — domain knowledge, curiosity, creativity, logic, lived experience, beginner questions, and cross-pollination between fields.
Everyone brings something different, and the mix is where the magic happens.

### **What We Do**

We share ideas, questions, observations, and half-formed thoughts.
We help each other sharpen them, broaden them, or transform them.
Then we explore what tiny, do-able experiments might push something forward in the real world.
Some ideas will fizzle.
Some will evolve.
Some will unexpectedly take on a life of their own.
That’s the fun.

### **Who This Is For**

People who enjoy thinking, listening, exploring ideas, and working with others.
Experts, non-experts, beginners, generalists, specialists — everyone has a place here.
If you’ve ever thought,
**“I wish I could do something small that actually matters,”**
this group is exactly for you.

### **What You’ll Experience**

• lively, thoughtful discussion
• surprising insights from people outside your field
• beginner questions that unlock new thinking
• experts who can ground ideas in reality
• the sense of collective intelligence forming in the room
• a small next step you might actually want to take afterward

### **What We Are Not**

Catalyst Circle is **not** a space for partisan activism, ideological debates, or promoting specific political agendas.

People who want to advocate for a particular party, candidate, partisan issue, or ideology will be happier in groups aligned with their beliefs.
We *are* interested in systems, governance, institutional design, and political depolarization—but always through a nonpartisan, rational, problem-solving lens.

Our focus is collaboration, exploration, and real-world impact, not ideology.

Julia

Catalyst Circle: Turning Big Ideas Into Real-World Impact

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Social Innovation

Climate Change Solutions

Climate Change

AI Ethics

Public Policy

Science Education

Problem Solving

Creative Problem Solving

Entrepreneurship

Design Thinking

Rationalism

Effective Altruism

Innovation

Social Impact

Community Resilience

Every 2nd Tuesday of the month until May 20, 2026

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George Reynolds Library

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