Stanford Abundance

We are a group of students, faculty, and staff advancing the Abundance Agenda. We currently do this through organizing events to build community.

What is the Abundance Agenda?

Abundance is a political movement focused on institutional reform, so government can deliver for people. It believes the essentials of a good life—housing, energy, transportation, and more—are made scarce by design, not by necessity.It asks questions like:Why did it take 20 years to build a bus lane in San Francisco but only 234 days to construct 1,700 miles of military roadway eighty years earlier?Even with strong political will, why did $7.5 billion in federal investment only produce seven EV charging stations after two years?It’s time to have governance that is outcomes-driven. And a nascent group of journalists, politicians, think tanks, academics, organizers, and now, young people, across party lines are working to make this happen.Read more about the movement here.

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 lobby day mobilization to Sacramento sponsored by CA YIMBY.4. A fireside chat at our late night cafe with Professor Neale Mahoney as part of Stanford Democracy Hub’s “Democracy in Crisis” series.5. 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, group chat, and/or to help us organize here.

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