CIVICDECAY IS A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE RESTORATION OF AMERICA AND ITS CORE VALUES. AT ITS FOUNDATION, THE IDEA OF AMERICA IS SIMPLE: THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.

THIS PROJECT DOCUMENTS A NATION THAT HAS STRUGGLED TO LIVE UP TO THAT PROMISE—NOT JUST IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS, BUT THROUGH YEARS OF POLITICAL DIVISION, SOCIAL FRACTURE, AND INSTITUTIONAL STRAIN.

IN RECENT YEARS, PARTICULARLY DURING AND AFTER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THESE TENSIONS HAVE BECOME MORE VISIBLE—TESTING THE STRENGTH OF DEMOCRATIC NORMS, PUBLIC TRUST, AND THE SHARED VALUES THAT ONCE UNITED THE COUNTRY.

BUT CIVIC DECAY IS NOT JUST ABOUT DECLINE. IT IS ABOUT RECOGNITION. IT IS ABOUT CONFRONTING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN REAL TIME—THROUGH UNFILTERED MOMENTS, THROUGH MEDIA, THROUGH THE EVERYDAY—AND ASKING WHETHER THE TRAJECTORY WE ARE ON IS ONE WE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT.

“THE VERY IDEA OF AMERICA THAT WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL. WE’VE NEVER FULLY LIVED UP TO THAT IDEA, BUT WE’VE NEVER FULLY WALKED AWAY FROM IT EITHER.” — 46TH POTUS