Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Finding Common Good and Purpose in Fremont

Won’t you be my neighbor?”

What makes a neighborhood livable and thriving for all? In this time of extensive change, inequality, ambiguity, and a national loneliness epidemic, the moment calls for creating and maintaining an active citizenry and deepening connection, steeped in mutual understanding and values. We invite you to share in this endeavor.

Grab a cup of coffee in the neighborhood and let’s join at the Fremont Library for meaningful conversation about civic engagement and building a strong, caring, and intentional community. During the first of three gatherings, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Finding Common Good and Purpose in Fremont,” we’ll reflect and connect with others through conversation, civic perspectives, readings, poetry, and song.

More About Civic Saturday
Civic Saturday is a nonpartisan, secular gathering celebrating our shared civic purpose and responsibility. Started in 2016 by Citizen University in Seattle, Civic Saturday is a national effort to catalyze local gatherings with the goal of rededicating ourselves to the practice of being active citizens for a healthy and responsive democracy. Learn more here: https://citizenuniversity.us/participate/civic-saturday/.

Please RSVP!

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Recommended reading (not required):
• The Reunited States of America, by Mark Gerzon
• A Higher Standard of Leadership, by Keshavan Nair
• Choosing Civility, by P.M. Forni

Note: If the library does not have these books, please check bookshop.org.

This event is NOT hosted, sponsored, or endorsed by The Seattle Public Library.  Any views that are discussed in this meeting are not a reflection of the Seattle Public Library views.