Meet Your Neighbor Day on Sunday, September 18, 2022 Encourages Cambridge Residents to Build Community

Click here to view a PDF with a listing of all of the 2022 events submitted by different people and groups in the community, and the listing includes date and time, location, the type of event, and any other details.

What Can You Do?

• If you'd like to let the Peace Commission know about and post your event, fill out the Meet Your Neighbor Event Submission form (a Google Doc)
  
• You can download the Meet Your Neighbor Day fact sheet and frequently asked questions!
• You can email any questions to peace@cambridgema.gov

Resources That Can Help You Plan!

• Welcoming Week Toolkit (PDF from Welcoming America): Kick off your event planning with sample activities, check lists, a sample press release, and more.
• Step-by-Step Planning Guide (from National Neighborhood Day)
• Organizing Tools and Templates (from National Neighborhood Day)

There's also a long list of ideas and options on our Meet Your Neighbor Day fact sheet! 

How Is a “Neighborhood” Defined?
However you choose to define it! it can be:

• Your street, your block, or surrounding blocks
• Your apartment or condominium
• Your floor at your apartment building
• The area surrounding a nearby school or place of worship
• Houses along your part of the street
• Your local park
• Your local square or business district

Why Is There a "Meet Your Neighbor Day?"

Inspired by the growing need to connect with each other, we have borrowed from two national initiatives, and adapted them to fit the needs of our city. Meet Your Neighbor Day is built on the foundation of two nationwide efforts — Welcoming America’s “Welcoming Week” and the “National Neighborhood Day” initiative — and organized in collaboration with another City of Cambridge partner — the Citizens’ Committee on Civic Unity.

• National Neighborhood Day inspires, builds, and sustains the neighborhood relationships that provide the foundation for civic action and the building of stronger, more caring and effective communities.
• Welcoming Week brings communities together long-time residents, newcomers, and everyone in between in a spirit of unity to raise awareness of the benefits of welcoming everyone – including new Americans.