Monthly gatherings · Local leaders · Real conversations
Start a civic revolution from your living room.
Salonette helps friends and neighbors gather regularly to understand local issues, hear directly from the people closest to them, and build the relationships communities need to act.
Like a book club—without the book. Your town is the subject.
Social, not institutional · Nonpartisan · Host-led
A FAMILIAR RECIPE
Civic life that fits into real life.
People want to understand and shape the places they live. They just need a way in that feels human, useful, and worth making time for.
01 · GATHER
People you know
A consistent group of friends and neighbors meets in a living room, around a kitchen table, or wherever feels comfortable.
02 · LEARN
Issues close to home
The group explores a local question and often invites a public official, practitioner, journalist, or community leader.
03 · CONNECT
Knowledge that travels
Members leave more informed, more connected, and more confident about participating in local civic life.
FIND YOUR WAY IN
Salonette grows through people who bring others together.
Bring it to your town
Libraries and local organizations can help identify hosts and anchor a community launch.
Share what you know
Public officials and community leaders can join a candid, off-the-record conversation.
WHAT CHANGES
From informed to involved.
Salonette is designed to help people understand their community, exercise the muscle of political conversation, and engage when it matters.
Understand your town
Learn how local decisions are actually made. Hear perspectives that do not fit into a social-media post.
Build real relationships
Get to know neighbors and local leaders through regular, thoughtful conversation.
Know how to act
Recognize when—and how—to take constructive action.
PROOF POINT · MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY
Conversation changes participation.
Source: Salonette Member Survey, November 2025.
100%
talked to a friend or neighbor about a local issue
94%
cast an informed vote in a local election
76%
reached out to a public official
35%
volunteered or ran for local office or a board
“I started coming mostly to see my friends. Over time, I developed a desire to understand how things work—and to really listen and take in new perspectives.”
CONSUELO R. · SALONETTE MEMBER
IN THE PRESS
People are noticing what can happen in a living room.
HELP IT GROW
Support the network
Help Salonette equip hosts and bring the model to more communities.