Hosts Resources

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Getting Started

Learn how you can start a small, in-person hosted gathering to spark conversation, reflection, and individual and/or community-based action. 

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Facilitation Guides

Facilitation guides are here to help you bring people together for real conversations and shared reflection. Whether you're meeting with friends, neighbors, or new connections, these guides make it easy to start meaningful conversations and explore what's possible together.

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Actions

The Change Gathering also helps you turn conversations into action. You'll find inspiring examples of what other groups have done, along with simple ideas to help your group decide what feels doable and meaningful for you.

FAQs

  • Hosting may occur at someone’s home (like a porch gathering),  at a community meeting place (e.g. coffee shop, park, etc. )  or any other place designated by the group. 

    Whether you meet around a kitchen table, in a park, at a coffee shop, or during a block party, your gathering becomes a space where possibility is restored and community power begins to grow.

  • It is suggested that the Change Gathering be a small group of 5 to 15 people.

  • This is your space to explore and decide what change means for you.

    We’re not here to tell you what to believe, but to provide a space where connection, learning, and action can lead to real impact, both for you and for society.

  • People feel powerless. They want to do something but do not know where to start. This is not about solving everything. It is about building the habits of collective problem-solving and joyful resistance, one gathering at a time.