Stanford Abundance

We are a group of students, faculty, and staff advancing the Abundance Agenda. We do this through education, engagement, and community.

What is Abundance?

The American Dream is broken. We don't have enough of the most important things that people need to build a good life. These are the things that cost the most, meet our most foundational needs, and shape the intangible parts of life that matter deeply — our sense of stability, our ability to start a family and build friendships, our confidence that life, and our country’s future, are on the upswing.Entrenched interests, failing institutions, and stalled progress limit how many homes we build, the energy we generate, the transit we deliver, the physicians we have, and more. Abundance is an emerging political movement — and generational political project — focused on these levers as a way to understand and help address a growing number of our current challenges.We are a chapter of Students for Abundance, a growing national coalition of campus chapters across the country. Read more about what we believe here.

Upcoming Events

This year, we are hosting and supporting:1. An Alternative Spring Break Trip (ASB) to D.C. focused on America's affordability crisis.2. A set of Stanford bureaucracy simplification projects in partnership with the administration.3. Monthly lunch and learns with abundance-aligned faculty and scholars.We are also supporting an energy superabundance session through Stanford Climate Week.

What We Have Organized

1. A three-part speaker series attended by 60+ students.2. A private dinner co-hosted with the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) for 20+ students, Abundance leaders, and SIEPR staff.3. A field trip to the Abundance book talk with Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson.4. A lobby day mobilization to Sacramento sponsored by CA YIMBY.5. A fireside chat at our late night cafe with Professor Neale Mahoney as part of Stanford Democracy Hub’s “Democracy in Crisis” series.6. A for-credit, sponsored course we taught on the movement, enrolling 20 students.Founded in January 2025, Stanford is the first chapter of the movement -- and we are just getting started :)

Join Our Movement

Sign up for our mailing list here.Interested in organizing or partnering? Reach out to [email protected] and [email protected].