Over the summer, seven participants completed a 12-week Community Connector course. During the course, they spent six weeks learning Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) skills, such as listening for joys, passions, patterns, and connections of neighbors. The following six weeks explored in-depth community-based actions where participants completed both in-class and community-based activities.
Some of the outcomes included:
Participants organized two family events at Meadow Lanes Townhomes, including a game night with a variety of board games and corn hole and an Octoberfest gathering featuring a costume contest. Both were great fun and heartwarming.
Participants from Pioneer Village hosted several events as well, including crafting events, movie nights, and Christmas Caroling.
Participants are also planning events for the families living at Harbor Village Apartments. These three complexes, taken together, make up a large share of the population of the Jefferson Elementary attendance zone.
This energized set of connectors is already showing what’s possible in an environment that can feel disconnected.
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