Building community power in an age of automation, climate impact and authoritarian drift.
Wichita’s cooperative hub for legal navigation, tech accountability, and neighborhood health and resilience. We are civic defenders who blend law, community care, design, research, and public health. We defend rights, strengthen neighborhoods, and help people navigate a society where traditional institutions have eroded.
Wichita at a Glance:
Housing Volatility Index: 8.3 (High)
AI Systems Alerts: 2 Active Audits (Average)
Civic Safety Level: 4.3 (Stable)
What We Are
A new kind of civic infrastructure
We’re not a law firm. We’re not a nonprofit. We’re a community‑embedded cooperative. As a Tier-2 UBI employer, our work includes:
- Legal Navigation – Rights, mediation, rapid response
- Systems Design – Safer neighborhoods, resilient public spaces
- Tech Accountability – Community‑controlled data, AI audits
- Civic Education – Explanation of rights, civic responsibility
- Community Connection – Holistic defense, connected neighbors
Our legal team is made up of lawyers, advocates, mental and physical health professionals and technology experts. We consider the community in our legal defense, and build cases based on merit with a goal to challenge and overturn antiquated laws and systems stacked against everyday Wichita.
Why We Exist
The world changed faster than the law did
- 2027: Rural Kansas farmers sell land to corporate farms, data centers
- 2027: More jobs eliminated by AI than new jobs created (net loss)
- 2028: Separate justice system for the rich acknowledged by government
- 2028: National Guard domestic deployments increase
- 2029: First AI Corporate Responsibility Fund established
- 2029: 25% of universities close or announce relaunch plans
- 2030: Universal Basic Income becomes federal standard
- 2030: UBI-centered systems launch without regulatory oversight
- 2031: Climate disasters affect 50% of Wichita market for third year
- 2032: Housing insurance market collapses in Wichita
- 2032: Wichita recognized as a Level‑2 Civic Resilience Zone
- 2033: House values plummet, home owners left homeless post-disaster
- 2034: AI ethics and regulation bill fails Senate for fifth straight year
- 2035: Predictive governance systems adopted in 22 states
What We Do
We redesign justice to fit the realities of our modern society
Community-Embedded Legal Navigation
Neighborhood hubs
Rights education
Rapid response to overreach
Housing stabilization in an uninsured market
Mediation + conflict prevention
Foresight storytelling labs
Community-centered media
Systems Design for Safer Communities
Public space redesign
Community mental‑health supports
Digital safety norms
Resilience planning
Disinformation countering
Artist‑lawyer collaborations
Shared‑ownership frameworks
Tech Impact Accountability
Civic Tech Observatory
Algorithmic audits
Community data training
Advocacy for community‑owned data
Embedded political advocates
Physical and mental health focus
General Civic and Community Defense
Anti-authoritarian defense
Community safety protocols
Economic and housing stability
Cooperative housing models
Emergency powers oversight
Recent ICTJC Wins
These are a few of the ways ICTJC has had a meaningful impact in Wichita:
- Helped residents decode an AI eviction notice
- Mediated a conflict with a National Guard deployment
- Redesigned a city block to reduce violence
- Audited a predictive‑policing tool
- Produced a short film explaining new cooperative housing laws
- Trained residents to document domestic and corporate abuse safely
- Supported families navigating UBI‑linked healthcare
- Built a community‑owned data trust
- Defended AI-related ethics gray areas, establishing clearer boundaries
- Spoke as community health advocates at Senate and House committee meetings
- Collaborated with big technology firms to improve humane outcomes
- Connected food surpluses to community needs
How We’re Funded
We employ professionals across a broad range of industries to ensure a holistic approach to community health and civic defense. A majority of our clients pay using UBI surpluses. Our funding comes from:
- UBI‑Linked Civic Contribution
- AI Corporate Responsibility Fund
- Community Membership
- Municipal Partnerships
- Strategic Philanthropy
- Community Donations
Join the Cooperative
The ICT Justice Cooperative is possible because Wichitans choose Tier 2 community-based work that makes Wichita healthier, safer and more resilient. The justice cooperative focuses on justice, but our funding allows for a broad range of employment within the Tier 2 framework. If you’re interested in meaningful work that shapes the future of Wichita, the future of law and the agency and resiliency of fellow Wichitans, please reach out. Whether you choose employment through ICTJC, attend or lead education workshops, or find us because you need support through a challenge, we’re excited to work with you. Our neighborhoods are safer and more connected because each of us chooses a better future!
Employment
Apply for open positions or reach out to connect your passion to ICTJC’s mission.
Education
Review our upcoming education opportunities. All opportunities are open to anyone in the Wichita metro area. Please use our waiting list if classes fill up so we know what opportunities to offer again!
Suggestions and Feedback
ICTJC thrives on feedback. Would you like to lead an education session? See opportunity we’re missing in the community? Have feedback that will make our mission resilient into the future? Reach out!
ICT Justice Cooperative
214 E Waterman Place
Wichita, KS 67202
Disclaimer: You’ve discovered a rabbit hole! This page is part of the Microfuture animated web series experience. It is a justice cooperative imagined as part of a 2036 scenario.