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By Cristin Cooper
On our last day in London, when we were taking some time to write down next steps for our project, I wrote my 3rd step down as throwing a Neighborhood Halloween Block Party. At the time that I wrote that step down I knew three out of twenty-five families in my neighborhood. Also at the time that I wrote that step down, I knew the party couldn't be "my" idea. My previous church planting experience clued me into the danger of planning events outside of the community's buy-in. I had experienced enough pulling of volunteer's teeth to NOT try that again. Still, I kept the step down on paper, though I wasn't sure how to throw a party without it being my idea. Especially cause I just wrote it down, so it was my idea... By Cristin Cooper
My ChangeMaker project is geared towards building community in my neighborhood. My neighborhood is diverse in every sense of the word; skin color, socio-economic status, ethnicity, relationship status, age, you name it. My neighborhood is also disconnected from one another. No one knows each other's names, whose kids belong to who, who lives where...you get it. There are twenty-five townhouse and apartment complexes. It seems to me knowing some basic information about each other shouldn't be too hard. |
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