Human Connections Project

Rebuilding a Tangible Sense of Community

Experience your neighbors in a new way.

• A series of 5 Connection Events that bring you face-to-face with someone unlike yourself.

• Experience empathy and understanding with those who are different.

• A safe space beyond the politics of our differences.

The Human Connections Project is a five-month series of connection events designed to create a safe space for people to engage with others who are different than themselves. You can participate by attending one or more events. Progress through all five events to experience meaningful connection and see yourself grow in empathy and understanding of others who are different from yourself!

Connection Event #1: Human Library

The project launches with a Human Library event that will allow people to browse a diverse selection of “human books” (people), and to “check-out” the books in 15-20 minute intervals to listen, learn, and ask questions in a non-confrontational format. Human books will choose aspects of their own life to share, create a book title for themselves, and stand-by to be checked out by participants. Participants will be introduced to using a framework for inquisitive conversations.

DATE: June 18, 2022 (Tentative)
LOCATION: TBD
COST: Free for all attendees.

Possible Human Books:

• Transgender Person

• Immigrant

• Cancer Survivor

• Former Prison Inmate

• HIV-Positive Individual

• Individual with Disability

• Police Officer

• Corporate Executive

• Migrant Worker

• Cosplayer

• Former Prostitute

• Drag Queen Performer

• Gay/Lesbian Couple

• Bisexual Individual

• Buddhist Monk

• Muslim Imam

• Megachurch Christian Pastor

• Individual with Mental Health Issues

• and more! 

Connection Event #2: 1 Course

In the next month, we will host a 1 Course event where participants are seated in pairs to share a single meal course together. The participants will rotate to a new pair combination after each course during the three-course meal (appetizer round, entree round, dessert round). Participants will be asked to utilize the framework for inquisitive conversations.

DATE: July 23, 2022 (Tentative)
LOCATION: TBD
COST: Free for Participants (RSVP required so that we can plan food accordingly.)

Connection Event #3: 1 Meal

In the following month, we will host a 1 Meal event where participants will share an entire three-course meal with a strategically assigned participant who is demographically different from themselves.  

DATE: August 20, 2022 (Tentative)
LOCATION: TBD
COST: Free for Participants (RSVP required so that we can plan food accordingly.)

Connection Event #4: 1 Challenge

At each of the prior three events, participants will be given contact cards to give to each person they engage with. During the fourth month, participants will be asked to choose one person from their collected contact cards, and to independently connect with them during the 1 Challenge event during August 2022. They will be asked to schedule their own meet-up (coffee/tea or a meal) in a public place and to inform us of the date, time, and location so that we can track and monitor engagements. Participants will be asked to pay for their own beverage/meal. This challenge will reveal if participants can transition from facilitated connections to initiating their own engagements.

DATES: September 2022 (Scheduled on your own)
LOCATION: You choose the location with your partner.
COST: Each person pays for their own beverage/meal.

Connection Event #5: Community Forum

Video footage from the previous 4 months will be edited into a single video presentation for a viewing event with the participants and guests. We will have a Community Forum to give participants an opportunity to debrief and share about their experiences.

DATE: October 15, 2022 (Tentative)
LOCATION: TBD
COST: Free for attendees (RSVP required so that we can plan for food and refreshments.)


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