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What Is TBI?

The Tunnel Builder Institute (TBI) is The League of Young Voters Education Fund's official training and leadership development program. The TBI curriculum is based on a series of simulated and interactive "organizing games" that are specifically tailored to empower young people, people of color and low income folks to become effective electoral and community based activists.

Tunnel building is an organizing ideology that focuses on building deep and long-term organizing strategies. While traditional electoral campaigns often "build bridges" between diverse communities, these episodic infrastructures often disappear once the campaign is over. Tunnel Builders are invested in building long term organizing structures that will serve communities long after the polls have closed.

A "Tunnel Builder" is an organizer who is deeply interested in making both long term and strategic commitments to improving his or her community.