GET INVOLVED BUTTON: Coworking Time to Get Involved Locally
Have you had a local org’s volunteer page open for months on an ancient tab? Been meaning to reach out to a Highly Cool Person (HCP) in New Haven who could be your future collaborator, friend, or volunteer buddy? Is that interest form open? That half-typed email? Your mouse hovering on the Get Involved button?
JUST DO IT ALREADY and get your next community practice started. “Community practice” is word salad for: volunteering! hosting! organizing! participating! donating! Doing any of this with organizations, collectives, friends that you want to build something with.
Part accountability space, part coworking, all first steps. Come use wi-fi or our creative supplies like post-its, markers, and a whiteboard!
This is devoted, self-directed (i.e. you already know what you want to do) time for:
Filling out volunteer forms
Identifying who you want to get involved with
Learning about orgs and projects near you
Writing emails to people you want to meet + collaborate with
Developing your own project/gathering/collective
Working on something for a group you already belong to
WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE?
We’ll take action on what we’ve been meaning to take action on – in silence – but together! The time will start with arriving into the room sharing intentions with each other. Everyone is welcome to continue chatting about inspiration, blocks, and questions on their mind. But we’ll mainly be heads down, getting started. At the end, we’ll share what we got up to if you'd like. There will not be a talk or teaching. The vibe is more: come use this dedicated space to do the thing you have been meaning to do. There is motivating, inspiring magic in working on the same things in silence with other people who are all committed to the same thing as you are, and that’s what we’ll tap into together!
Accessibility note: The space is up a flight of stairs and is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. There is a bathroom in the space and water.
GROUP PROJECT is a new space created to support locally focused projects in New Haven through relationships, resources, and skill-building.