-September/early-October 2024: Listening Sessions: Each faith community & neighborhood network holds listening sessions- a time specifically dedicated to sharing our stories surrounding the most pressing problems facing our community. Listening sessions are usually held in leaders' homes, or at congregational buildings. Your team leader will soon be in touch about the date/time of your listening session.
-October 24, 2024: Community Problems Assembly. 6:30-8 pm, St. John's Catholic School (1208 Kentucky St.): After a community-wide listening process engaging over 400 people, we gather to choose and re-affirm priority issues for our organization.
-December 8, 2024: Research Kickoff. 2-5:00 pm, First United Methodist Church, Downtown Campus (946 Vermont St): Members will gather in teams for each of our issue areas. We decide which questions we would like to have answered during the research process & brainstorm what community stakeholders we should meet with.
-April 10, 2025: Solutions Briefing. 6:30-8 pm, Trinity Lutheran Church (1245 New Hampshire St.): After 5 months of citizen-led research, we gather to learn the proposed solutions and begin the process of mass mobilization.
-May 5, 2025: Action Assembly. 6:30-8 pm, Douglas County Fairgrounds. We assemble hundreds of people to show broad public support around issues of justice. We present well-researched solutions to public officials.
-June 16, 2024: Celebration. 6-8 pm. First United Methodist, West Campus (867 US-40). We gather to celebrate the accomplishments of the organization and invest in our future together.
RSVP for any of these events by contacting your team leader. If you do not yet have a team leader, email [email protected] to get on a team.