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Town Common Task Force: Organization Listing
Town Common Task Force: Organization Listing
BASICS
Name of Organization
Website (if any)
Web address of calendar
Logo
One file only.
5 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, png.
DESCRIPTION
Organization description
About the organization: activities, who you serve, who belongs, brief history.
Note: Describe mission, services and volunteer opportunities in the other boxes below.
<p>A non-partisan, community based organization dedicated to providing both actual and virtual gathering spaces in order to promote collaborative civic engagement. Its membership includes representation from non-profit organizations and Town boards.</p>
Mission
What is the purpose of your organization? Why do you exist? Why should people join or support you?
<p>Grounded in respect for all, our primary focus is to provide actual and virtual gathering spaces to</p> <ul> <li>promote respectful listening, critical thinking, and constructive conversation</li> <li>inspire community action and engagement</li> <li>facilitate connection, collaboration and individual and organizational initiative</li> </ul> <p>We hope to strengthen Winchester as a caring and inclusive community without the alienation, social isolation and hostility which have challenged our country in recent years.</p>
Programs or Services offered
What the organization offers to the community: programs, activities, skills, areas of interest, etc. Could be a simple description, a bulleted list with links, or something else.
<p>The Town Common has sponsored eight Civic Gatherings, community meetings dedicated to discussing matters of common interest to the community. The most recent of these discussed concerns of youth in the community and the development of the Winchester Master Plan. More Gatherings are planned.</p> <p>In the virtual realm, the Town Common is developing a collaborative community website that connects local organizations with each other and with community members, provides reliable information about the community, and features a comprehensive calendar of community events. The site, <a href="https://findit.towncommon.org" rel="nofollow"><em>FindIt Winchester</em></a>, is designed to make it easy to find events, opportunities, and information in town.</p>
Volunteer opportunities
How could volunteers contribute, for either regular activities special events?
<p>The Town Common welcomes participation by organizations and residents involved in the community who would like to help promote greater civic engagement and collaboration. Our in-person gatherings require enthusiastic publicists and organizers. For the website, we especially welcome people with graphic and web design experience, and those who love organization.</p>
Year Founded
Size
Approximate number of members
1-10
11-20
Over 20
Nonprofit?
501(c)(3) tax status?
Yes
No
CLASSIFICATION
Affiliation (if any)
Sector
Athletics
Civic
Cultural
Education
Environment
Faith
Family
Health
Municipal
Service
Other…
Enter other…
May select more than one
Keywords
One or two words to help in searching (may give several keywords)
Keywords
Keywords
Item weight
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Hashtags
List of hashtags you use for identification or publicity
CONTACT INFORMATION
Primary email
Primary telephone
Street address
Street Address
City/Town
State
ZIP
Contact Person
Primary contact person
First
Last
Suffix
Contact Email
Contact telephone