Gathering Ground Feedback & Visioning Survey 2021-7

We are taking a moment to listen to all the folks who are part of Gathering Ground. Talk to us! What is valuable for you in this remarkable moment of the world? What kind of space would you like to join into? Your feedback will help us to plan the rest of this year and 2022. We want to try out a few new ways of being present to you and this moment.

We really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and feelings. We're grateful to be on this journey with you.

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* 1. Was your experience with Gathering Ground valuable for you?

Absolutely!

Sure

Maybe

It was a mixed bag

Definitely not

Anything you'd like to add?

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* 2. What has been valuable about attending gatherings? What needs are you meeting? (You are welcome to select multiple items.)

An enjoyable time in good company!

Celebrating the seasons of the earth.

A space to exercise my creativity and imagination

Talking and listening to others

Gaining insight about myself or others

Considering systems of power in a new way.

Participating in a group that honors many paths of meaning-making.

I learned a skill or practice that helps me in my life

A surprisingly intimate space to show and be myself.

Forming relationships with unexpected people

Brave space to explore important questions

Which of the items you checked is MOST important to you? Any other additions or comments?

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* 3. What keeps you from attending more often? Time, format, topics, cost, or ??? Is there a change you’d like to see? Please describe briefly

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* 4. Where would you be most likely to attend a gathering?

Online -- ZOOM

Outdoor events during temperate weather

Indoor University District or Wallingford space (Masked, at least through November)

Indoor space in a different neighborhood (please note what works for you below)

A space NOT affiliated with any faith community

Any comments you'd like to add? We especially would like to hear what is needed to feel comfortable with in person events.

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* 5. What pains or hopes do you see in the world, where our small-and-vital group is especially suited to make a difference? (Please select those that most powerfully speak to you, or write in your own.)

Giving diverse people a place to forge meaning & community outside of religious institutions

Racial justice learning & action

Unhoused people & Housed people: forming relationships and finding shared action.

Intergenerational relationships & support

A brave space to go deeper & make sense of the world & myself

What else occurs to you that we are especially suited for? Where would YOU most like to participate?

THANK YOU! POWER AND PEACE TO YOU AND YOURS.