Washington DC Friendsgiving: you belong here!

Belong Center 🤝 Giggle Water DC present… FRIENDSGIVING. 🦃

Join us for a potluck style gathering (bring food from a local spot to share!) that intentionally fights loneliness + isolation - and centers community, new friendship + belonging. Whether you've been to a Belong Circle before or want to experience what Belong Center is like in your city for the first time, join us!

What to expect:

• plenty of food
• plenty of games
• plenty of connection + meaning-making
• a renewed sense of belonging - to yourself + to those around you!

43% of Americans don't have meaningful relationships in their lives - we're on a mission to change that and to find a whole lot of fun and connection along the way.

Let’s defeat social isolation, one [🥧] slice at a time. Spread the love and invite your circle of friends, but most importantly - be ready to expand it with new ones!

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MORE ABOUT BELONG CENTER 💛

We’re Belong Center, a 501c3 nonprofit, and we have an audacious mission: to end loneliness and isolation across the planet. Rather than looking at loneliness through the lens of pathology, we center joy, meaning, connection, and courageous optimism to help people break through the mythology that they’re alone and to find their people.

ps: there isn’t one silver bullet to ending loneliness. Some of Belong Center’s 2024-2025 initiatives include:

• Launching our Belong Circles program of in-person gatherings across the country. We’re currently launched in ~20 U.S. cities and will launch in all 50 states in 2025.
• Funding and launching an academic study on the impact of experiences of collective effervescence on loneliness and isolation
• Kicking off a Block Party challenge to encourage strong neighborly ties, the loss of which has a direct tie to a rise in loneliness and isolation
• Launching Belong Benches across major markets to create more public spaces for connection and belonging

Brought to you by the co-founders of the global early-morning dance movement and opener to Oprah Winfrey's 2020 stadium tour, Belong Center is the modern incarnation of the community center for the 21st century.

See Belong Center's recent features in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and our website www.belongcenter.org to learn more.

MORE ABOUT GIGGLE WATER 🌆

Giggle Water is a new DC space designed for play, delight, connection, and surprise. Non-alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase in the space!

Guests are welcome to bring in outside food, but Giggle Water does not assume responsibility for any issues that may arise from consuming items not prepared on the premises. By signing up for this event, you release Giggle Water of any liability for food-related issues. Please consume responsibly!

Host or Publisher Belong Center