About Consult Your Community

Our Mission

Consult Your Community started in a Leadership seminar at UC Berkeley with two simple questions: Can students be using what they learned in school to make a tangible impact on their community? And would small businesses be interested in receiving help from students?

Our hypothesis is yes. After 9 years since we started, here’s what we realize works about the model:

• Customer Voice: Students are customers of small business services in college communities and are incentivized to want better products and services from local businesses

• Access to Resources: University students have access to incredible professors, mentors, industry advisors, college resources

• Digital Divide: Millennials have grown up in the Information Age and are tech-savvy and resourceful

• Extra Support: Many small businesses are understaffed and could use a helping hand to not only advise on strategy but assist with operational execution

Service does not need to be about handouts. In fact, it shouldn’t be. Service is about collaboration. We strive to create inclusive collaboration within communities by mobilizing leaders who create results using empathy, active listening, and hard work.

Source: CYC Nationals