Friday, May 24th, 7 to 9 pm. 18 years and older. Registration is required to attend (pre-gathering preparation guidelines will be sent upon registration confirmation).

Kitsilano Neighbourhood House/Community Hall

2305 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6K 1Y4

Exercise your social fitness and learn how to engage in high-quality connections with members of your community. Facilitated by Paula Toledo (B.Comm, MAPP), you will learn evidence-based ways to feel more connected to music, wonder, and each other.

• Connect with others in meaningful ways

• Practice active listening and engage in rich and uplifting conversations

• Emotionally regulate and tolerate the uncertainty of social exchanges

• Cultivate empathic social interactions

• Witness others in their strengths

• Self-expression in a psychologically safe space

• Engage in ‘flow’ states as you connect with others’ wonders

Participants are asked to bring a musical ‘wonder’ to the gathering (a song that evokes beauty, awe, and/or mystery, that has meaning). Be prepared to share the song and why it is meaningful to you. Witness your fellow neighbour’s strengths as they tell stories surrounding their musical wonders and why it evokes such reverence.

This gathering is made possible courtesy of The Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG) which are funded through the Vancouver Foundation, and the program is administered by Kitsilano Neighbourhood House for the West Side community. www.neighbourhoodsmallgrants.ca