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The Longest Table Akron put food, community and connection on the menu
For many attendees, the biggest takeaway wasn’t just the food but a chance to connect.
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Akron’s Longest Table potluck meal helps turn unfamiliar faces into familiar ones
Civic Saturday Akron hosts free community gathering to build connections, friendships over home-cooked food.
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Civic Saturday Akron invites you to the Longest Table
Frankie Fernandez-Breedlove on The Longest Table Community Potluck.
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Community Potluck In Downtown Akron April 25
Civic Saturday organizer Kate Tucker talks about the Longest Table with WAKR morning host Jeanne Destro.
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Civic Saturday Akron aims to grow responsible citizenship in local communities
Civic Saturday Akron is a grassroots group of artists and ”community catalysts” who host ongoing gatherings to “celebrate community and strengthen civic culture.”
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Insights from a year of fortifying civic catalysts
An antidote to disconnection — joyful, abundant gatherings of often 100+ people that forge friendships, activate a spirit of service, and unite Akronites of many identities over a shared care for their city.
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Civic Saturday Akron amplifies community engagement through open dialogue
“I was looking for more of something that was really going to build the neighborhood and build a community instead of just one-off type events that happened and then there was no follow up to it, no continued building of community,” Kristy Clark said.
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Artful Civic Saturday gatherings lead to more vibrant & connected communities
These Akron neighbors are building a new kind of culture in their town, and it’s one that our country really needs — a culture of desiring to connect with strangers and of giving your gifts to benefit your community. And they’re doing it with spirit and care!
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civic saturday akron builds community
It was truly an opportunity for connection and a great way to meet so many different neighbors of varied generations from all the different pockets of greater Akron.
shared civic purpose
“Unity is not uniformity. Shared civic purpose is the understanding that we see in each other a great deal of power individually and when we come together collectively in community, we can engage that power. We can celebrate the gifts and resources we have here, recognizing the gifts and resources that exist in each of us, in our neighbors, in our neighborhoods. We can see that, sometimes for the first time, because we don’t always know who our neighbors are. Do y’all know your neighbors?”
- Kate Tucker | Civic Saturday Akron May 18, 2024. Video by Lain Pezzaniti.
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Many thanks to Civic Saturday photographers Lain Pezzaniti, Nichole Terrett, Sarah Cross, Paul Shust, and Mal McCrea.