College of Education
Curriculum and civic learning within the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Civic learning is a shared practice.
Communiversity Partners
Young people, educators, artists and media professionals bring different expertise to the same civic conversation.
The network behind the work.
Teen Summit 2.0: The Remix connects community experience with university resources and public media. These partners help make space for youth voice, learning and production.
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College of Media
The university's media community, connecting civic conversation and public storytelling.
Student Affairs
A university partner in the community supporting young people and their learning.
The Safe Haven Audio-Visual Studio
Web platform and digital production for Teen Summit 2.0: The Remix.
Hip Hop Innovation Center
A musicology and hip hop pedagogy partner in the civic conversation.
Illinois Public Media
Broadcast production by Illinois Public Media (WILL-TV).
[CONFIRM: "Illinois Soul Hip Hop Innovation Center" is how the partner should read. An earlier decision removed the Illinois Soul logo from the homepage.]
[CONFIRM: exact official name. Session notes say it is named for Dr. William Patterson.]
The Communiversity approach.
Teaching civics is a community endeavor. Teen Summit connects the University of Illinois' land-grant mission with community knowledge, youth culture and public media. Young people, families, educators and creative professionals all have a part in that work.
Made possible by Dr. Sheila Johnson and the Communiversity Public Media Project.
Acknowledging the wider network.
The published site's partner acknowledgments also recognize the following civic, educational and cultural organizations:
- Congressional Black Caucus
- Representative Carol Ammons
- Krannert Center
- Office of Public Engagement
- The Chancellor's Office
- College of Fine and Applied Arts
- University of Illinois Foundation
Education, public media and community.
The Communiversity Public Media Project is a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign initiative connecting education, public media and community engagement to advance inclusive storytelling and civic learning.
In its January 2026 announcement, Illinois Public Media identifies the College of Education's Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership and a public-engagement Chancellor's Fellowship as sponsors of the project.
The people and institutions behind the launch.
The launch announcement identifies Dr. Malaika McKee as the program's creator and co-executive producer, and Reginald Hardwick, IPM's news and public affairs director, as co-executive producer.
It also recognizes Sheila Johnson's support and the State of Illinois, with legislative leadership from Representative Carol Ammons. These are credits in the launch announcement, rather than a claim that every partner performs the same production role.