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Conversation Starters
Prompts designed to spark meaningful discussions and help everyone discover common ground.
First 250 hosts get free Builders BBQ kitBuilders BBQ Challenge: Take a 'Bite to Unite' this summer
Good food. Good neighbors. Coming together to build something better.
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More Than Just a BBQ
These days, it can feel like Americans don’t agree on anything. But at Builders we know that we have far more in common than we realize. This summer, we’re inviting Americans across the country to be part of the Builders BBQ Challenge: host a gathering across differences, celebrate your commonalities, and carry that spirit forward — one backyard at a time.
We'll Help You Bring People Together with a Builders BBQ Kit
Every Builders BBQ host receives resources, tools, and support designed to help create a welcoming gathering and meaningful conversations.
Featured Recipe
Builders BBQ Recipe Cards
Simple, crowd-friendly recipes to bring people together around the table. Five recipes — burgers, pulled pork, corn salad, potato salad and community lemonade — ready to print and cook.
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Build a BBQ Recipe
Simple, crowd-friendly recipes to bring people together around the table. Five recipes — burgers, pulled pork, corn salad, potato salad and community lemonade — ready to print and cook.
Digital Toolkit
Download a curated playlist, tips on how to host the most impactful event, and more.
Builders Lens
A custom interactive activity set to inspire conversation and lots of fun. Write one question on each Jenga block — 18 prompts about community, home and the things we have in common. Pull a block, answer the question.
Free Giveaway Goods
Coasters, recipe cards, aprons, and more — the goods that come in every Builders BBQ kit.
Community Support
Guidance from the Builders team and inspiration from fellow hosts across the country.
You Already Have What It Takes to Host
A Builders BBQ is a simple gathering designed to help people connect with neighbors and community members they may not normally interact with, know well, or agree with. Builders gather in backyards, local parks, apartment courtyards, front porches, community spaces, and everywhere in between. If you can gather people around a table, you can host a Builders BBQ.
250 Hosts- 50 States
- One BBQ Challenge
Meet the People Building Something Better
The Builders Movement believes Americans have far more in common than what divides us. From pride in our communities to a desire to leave things better than we found them, the values that unite us are often closer than we think.
In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, Builders is bringing people together across lines of difference through a nationwide series of community-led BBQs.
It’s not about convincing anyone of anything. It’s about creating space for genuine conversation, shared experiences, and discovering common ground with people whose backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives may differ from our own.
Builders Blogs
Some curated blogs shared by Builders.
The Builders Jenga Set
A custom interactive activity set to inspire conversation and lots of fun. Write one question on each Jenga block — 18 prompts about community, home and the things we have in common. Pull a block, answer the question.
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Builders definition: “A Builder is a problem solver who puts people over politics for the good of all Americans”
The Builder’s Movement’s mission is to overcome "us vs. them" thinking and solve problems together. We equip people to uncover hidden common ground and build on it — with lasting solutions that reflect the will of the people.