How do we address our nation’s fraying social fabric, with its alarming rise in loneliness,polarization and cynicism?
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We need new systems that can shift our culture and collectively build more caring, inclusive, and resilient communities.
Every One Every Day is an investment in social infrastructure: a systems-based approach to creating social connection and unlocking our collective creativity and capacity.
Every One Every Day focuses on where we live – our neighborhoods – as the unit of change.
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It’s core innovation is a support platform that scales-up participation in inclusive, easy, and practicalneighborhood-based projects.
Living in an Every One Every Day neighborhood means every week there are dozens of opportunities to interact with your neighbors.
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It occurs as residents cooking or sewing together; workshops for making, repairing and learning things; developing collaborative businesses; festivals and knowledge-sharing events; and much more.
Typically these projects would be developed in isolation and have limited impact.
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In the Every One Every Day model, they collectively build a rich and inclusive participatory ecosystem, creating social connection, belonging and mutual support at a neighborhood scale.
Within the first couple of years, Every One Every Day can engage thousands of residents in hundreds of projects, generating tens of thousands of hours of shared time together.
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This is how we restitch our social fabric.
Every One Every Day (a.k.a. Participatory City) was developed in the United Kingdom over the past 10 years. It has a proven track record of success.
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At Yesler Terrace, we will be the first to adapt and implement the model in the United States.
Every One Every Day will create the infrastructure to bridge, support, and weave together Yesler Terrace’s socioeconomically diverse residents.
Our Steering Team is meeting regular and working hard to make Every One Every Day a reality. We are looking for fellow neighbors and partners that will help us achieve lift-off.
There are many ways to get involved: have a conversation, participate in our steering team, or donate some money.