Exploring the Places and Spaces Where Community Happens: A Workshop on Community

How can we make connections to places, associations, and opportunities that will give the people we support a chance to participate and contribute their gifts, talents, and passions? We teach and talk a lot in our work about helping vulnerable people get involved in their communities, yet many of us are unsure how to proceed in our own lives, much less in the lives of others. We invite you to explore community with us in an experiential fashion, using a process of discovery called Community Mapping. Where does community life take place? Where are the places that people gather together? How can we join in authentically, and assist others to do so as well? Most importantly, how might life change if we are successful? This two-day event takes in in-depth look at what is involved in Community Mapping and provides an opportunity to experience it for yourself. Be prepared to explore, research, travel the neighborhood, and talk to others. The first step in understanding where people can offer their gifts is learning the paths and places that already exist and that others have traveled.

Day 1: October 26, 2022 from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm EDT
Day 2: November 16, 2022 from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm EST