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--Center for the Advancement of Public Action-- Opened in 2011, CAPA is an academic center that prepares students to become agents of social change. The mission of CAPA is to educate undergraduate students in public action; to be a catalyst, convener, and creative space for social change; and to design solutions to the urgent social, political, and environmental problems of our time. Through courses, conferences, convenings, and projects in partnership with outside organizations, CAPA teaches the essential capacities needed to develop an educated and emboldened citizenry. Students, faculty, staff, and the local community alike can engage with CAPA through various courses and projects that stem from one of CAPA’s five main pathways: Activating Democracy, Art in the Public Realm, Environment and Public Action, Human Rights and Peacebuilding, and Progressive Education.

CAPA is housed in a state-of-the-art facility designed by award-winning architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. Besides the main building which consists of two classrooms, a conference room, offices, and an interior courtyard with a fountain, CAPA also includes two apartments for visiting faculty or guests, and a separate building called the Lens, a contemplative space intended for a variety of uses including meditation, music, and discussion.