The Brickerati Group
We build platforms, pipelines and blueprints for change — from the block up.
Building Power. Proving Community.
The Brickerati Group is a public affairs studio and consultancy shaping civic strategy, grassroots narratives and regenerative development across America’s urban corridors.
From city blocks to boardrooms, we work alongside the people and projects driving real change—offering strategic insight, storytelling expertise and infrastructure support that fuels long-term impact.
Our flagship initiative, Brickawire⚡, is where movement meets momentum—delivering timely news, resources and opportunity to the change-makers building a better future. It’s our way of proving what’s possible when community leads.
We partner with nonprofits, creatives and neighborhood-rooted enterprises to design transformative products, services and strategies that drive real impact. From strategic planning and storytelling to blueprint execution, we don’t sell dreams— we build frameworks that connect
hyperlocal action to larger ecosystems of civic strength, economic self-determination and community care.
As writers, planners, producers, designers and organizers, we move seamlessly between the grassroots and the grid, translating lived experience into lasting infrastructure. Whether you're revitalizing a block or launching a movement, we help shape the structure, sharpen the story and amplify the signal.
We believe in bees and bitcoin—regenerative systems, decentralized power, and the brilliance of what communities build together.
This is proof of community. Let’s build it.
Plant mama in her element. Melissa Leuthner, founder of @PlantItNJ and Chairwoman of the Heart of Vailsburg Garden Committee, shares seeds, stories, and joy at NewarkSAS’s annual Community Meal.
Jersey Club is a Newark-born language, and Unicorn151 is fluent in its sound, style, and story. Through Illtown and Urban Seeds Grow, he’s preserving the original beat while creating new pathways for international resonance.
SafeGrowth® CPTED training in the Bronx circa 2024, where neighborhood planning starts with the people who know the block best.
Paint, poems, and public joy—#ArtInThePark with NJPAC and Newark’s #CreatorsandMakers in the heart of the city: Downtown’s Arts & Education District.
Kids In Business® teaches youth what most business schools don’t—how to grow something real from the soil up. From toddlers to teens, the Kinney Community Garden serves as a classroom where the seeds of green enterprise are planted early.
With homegrown developers helping lead the way, NJPAC’s $336M expansion is building Newark’s next chapter—housing, the arts and healing space nestled in the Arts & Education District.
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