UPDATE: Great discussion at the potluck in early May on what it means to have community, and how to think about that some more. Here’s a summary of the talk’s main points about community.
It seems that all people feel a need to belong. But if that’s true, what do we want to belong to, and why?
Why do we form villages and tribes? Can we be like Thoreau at Walden pond? Or in 2009, can we be like Thoreau except not in the woods?
Do today’s networks of social connections online count as “real connections?” What does “having community” really even mean? How does a community form, and how does it dissolve? What sustains a community, what keeps it alive, what makes it wonderful?
Seattle conversation-starter John Boylan will moderate a talk about what it means to have community.
Design Kompany’s hosting at our space, Kornerhaus.
Kornerhaus is on the corner of 20th Avenue East and Thomas in Capitol Hill, right next to Miller Park and Community Center.
GATHER
A conversation about community
Moderated by John Boylan
BYOB and potluck
Saturday, May 2 :: 7 to 10pm
@Kornerhaus
Please RSVP by e-mail. We’ll send a confirmation and reminder.
