Public Servants founder and CEO Ashleigh Axios joins the University of Arkansas School of Art as its inaugural Design Scholar in Residence, connecting design, public policy, civic engagement, and professional practice across the fall semester.

Alt text helps make the meaning behind images available to more people. Learn what alternative text is, where it's used, and why it's an important part of creating more accessible digital communication.

Public Servants’ Fall 2026 creative and civic practice internship is a paid, part-time, remote contract role offering space for early-career creatives to contribute to real projects in design, storytelling, and public-interest work. Applications are open.

Meet Public Servants’ Summer 2026 intern cohort—a talented set of emerging illustrators, digital strategists, and researchers exploring the intersection of public service and creative practice. Get to know them in their own words.

Accessibility is the practice of ensuring people can meaningfully access, understand, navigate, and participate in environments, services, programs, products, and communications. In public-interest work, accessibility extends beyond websites and compliance—it shapes whether people can fully participate in public life.

Public interest refers to the well-being of the broader community—prioritizing outcomes that benefit society as a whole. But in practice, defining and delivering on the public interest requires more than intention. It demands clear judgment, inclusive design, and systems that translate values into real-world impact.

Public Servants’ Summer 2026 creative and civic practice internship is a paid, part-time, remote contract role offering space for early-career creatives to contribute to real projects in design, storytelling, and public-interest work. Applications are open.

Children’s magazines have spent decades learning how to capture—and sustain—young readers’ attention. In this guest essay, we explore what children’s publishing can teach nonprofits, governments, and others working to connect meaningfully with the next generation.

Meet the Spring 2026 Public Servants interns—a set of emerging designers, writers, and researchers exploring public service as a lived, ethical practice. In their own words, they share what draws them to civic work and what they hope to build this season.