Forklift Danceworks is a civic practice dance company that collaborates with people and associated organizations that have no dance background through a rigorous process based on shared learning and listening. The aim is to build trusting relationships and for collaborators to have agency to tell their stories in ways that are authentic to them. This long-term commitment amplifies the voices of community collaborators such as Austin Parks and Recreation's Aquatics Division, which brought attention to the inequitable distribution of crumbling swimming pools in East Austin and the goal to change the City Council's investment decisions.