Last night was our second Listening Project Training, and the energy in the room was fantastic. Brittany, Calvin, and I were so impressed by the new folks who came to get trained. We had members of neighborhood faith communities and a worker from a neighborhood women’s rehabilitation center, photographers and writers, organizers and college students… What a great mixture!
We shared a video clip at the training last night. I’ll put it up here on Friday, but I wanted to mention it because it’s bringing so many smiles to my face today. The video was a clip from Arlene’s listening session. She talked about her favorite memory of her neighborhood; sharing candy and ice-cream with eleven kids in her apartment. She said with a laugh, “when they came to the door and asked if they could come in, well… we couldn’t say no! They sat down and ate ice cream with us, and when they were finished they left!”
We are ready for July 10th which is our next Listening Booth at the Park Avenue Community Meal. We are going to set up lawn chairs and picnic blankets outside, and give people a chance to be heard before the food is ready.
Here are the deets:
Saturday, July 10th
10:30AM – 11:30AM
Park Avenue and Harney
Another update, we now have a mailing list. If you’d like to receive updates via email let us know, we’ll add you. listeningproject@incommoncd.org
Stay tuned….
Cait
