At last year’s Valentines for Justice party, our table was strewn with lace, heart stamps, glitter, fabric flowers, stickers, scented oils, scissors, tape and hot glue
The Time My Friends and I Threw a Party for No “Good” Reason (And why you should, too)
January 28th, 2025
At the end of the summer of 2017, my friends and I threw a going-away party for an air conditioner. … Let me explain. Every summer, Southern California experiences a...
Leading In Your Neighborhood
January 21st, 2025
Leadership in your neighborhood may be the most challenging step, of the ones we’ve discussed in this series, for you to take. Why? Because many people who love and care...
Loving Your Neighborhood
January 14th, 2025
During the summer of 2024, my wife attended a local dance conference hosted in our community. She met a few people there who wanted to make dance more accessible for...
Learning Your Neighborhood
January 6th, 2025
Happy New Year! Every year around this time, life is filled with hope and expectation. The possibilities seem endless. We’ve filled out vision boards, declared our resolutions, and committed that...
Doing What We Can, Stitch by Stitch
December 30th, 2024
In talking about how to be a hopeful neighbor in these modern days, it can be easy to get bogged down in the greater turmoil of the world: A global...
A Solstice Invitation to Rest and Reset
December 20th, 2024
Sometimes growth comes in the nighttime, just as sometimes the sunshine can burn you.
Third Spaces
December 3rd, 2024
Less than four decades ago, the term “third space” was introduced into American culture and the English lexicon. “Third space” rhetoric emerged to describe the social gathering spaces that exist...
From volunteerism to accompaniment: how to love your unhoused neighbor
November 19th, 2024
Part 3 of 3: November is National Homelessness Awareness month. To honor our unhoused neighbors during this month we will be featuring a three-part series on homelessness by DJ Johnsen....
Parking Spots and Deli Meat
November 13th, 2024
My alarm went off and I woke to find myself drenched in sweat. There are certainly hotter places to be in the middle of summer than New York City, but...
The man who changed my life.
November 5th, 2024
Part 2 of 3: November is National Homelessness Awareness month. To honor our unhoused neighbors during this month we will be featuring a three-part series on homelessness by DJ Johnsen. ...
The place we’re in.
October 29th, 2024
Part 1 of 3: November is National Homelessness Awareness month. To honor our unhoused neighbors during this month we will be featuring a three-part series on homelessness by DJ Johnsen. ...