Power down your laptop, put away your sweatpants (or don’t), and get ready to join us for the first in-person Civic Commons gathering since early 2020.

Join Civic Commons on May 12 and 13 for the 2022 Belonging Gathering — live and in real life — at AXIS Pioneer Square. Since 2018, we’ve shared numerous stories, hosted gatherings, discussed our values, recommended strong practices to strengthen belonging, and hungered for accountability and action.

Now is the time to come together and commit to action. Through a combination of experiential learning, facilitated dialogues, collective art, and storytelling activities, we will invite you to share your experiences, interact with the new Compact for Belonging, and co-identify commitments to implement the compact within your life, work, and community.

Schedule

Day 1

10:00 AM Opening and welcome activities

10:50 AM Story circles: Engage in an empathy-building activity to connect with fellow participants through storytelling and story-listening.

12:00 PM Lunch

12:45 PM Art moment and community building

1:00 PM Belonging Compact practices (Advocacy): Reflect on how you practice advocacy and discuss how we can collectively operationalize belonging, justice, and love in our advocacy efforts.

2:30 PM Circle of appreciation

2:50 PM Closing

Day 2

10:00 AM Opening activities

10:30 AM Belonging Compact practices (Conversations): Engage in a conversation to co-imagine, craft, and share stories to amplify belonging across our region.

11:30 PM Harvesting our collective wisdom

12:00 PM Lunch

12:45 PM Art moment and community building

1:00 PM Belonging Compact practices (Building Community): Identify what building community means to you and exchange ideas and insights with fellow participants

2:00 PM Closing reflections and commitments

2:35 PM Circle of appreciation

3:00 PM Adjourn

Questions about the Belonging Gathering? Or if you have any accessibility accommodations needed, please contact Frank Nam at franknam@gagyoconsulting.com

COVID-19: Civic Commons is committed to the health and safety of our guests. We will adhere to all CDC and local guidelines regarding in-person gatherings at the time of the event.

If your organization is interested in supporting the 2022 Belonging Gathering, please take a look at our sponsorship page.

The Civic Commons Team

Michael, Caitlin, Alex, and Frank

The 2022 Belonging Gathering