10 Years of

Fostering

Connection!

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Locals connected

While Miami is one of the most diverse and welcoming places in the world, we also know that diversity by itself doesn't automatically create connection and belonging to our city. In 2016, the 10 Days of Connection was born with the idea that we, as a community, can build a sense of belonging together and for everyone. Over the years, we've seen connections spread across Miami. Schools, parks, libraries, businesses, for impact organizations “nonprofits”, restaurants, museums, places of worship, and community spaces have all become places where people gather with purpose and build bridges that bring them closer to one another. 

The world looks very different than it did ten years ago. We've expanded the ways people participate. We've created more opportunities for organizations to collaborate. We've developed new tools, resources, and gatherings that help connections continue long after the ten days are over.

Miami · 2026 Impact Report

Thanks to the 10 Days of Connection, thousands of people have shared meals with strangers, learned from neighbors, explored different perspectives, laughed together, asked hard questions, and discovered new ways to belong in our city over the past decade. 

Through what you’ll read and access below, we plan to make you proud, inspire you, and get you started in your own connection journey as we continue to navigate a highly technological and vastly connected, yet disjointed, world. 

When you add it all up, we’ve spent 100 days connecting intentionally and we’ve got a thing or two to share. Happy reading!

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Joan M. Godoy
Joan M. Godoy
A letter

I still recall Year 1 of the 10 Days of Connection: a festival of joyful connection born and curated in Miami. It was innovative and easy to get people to participate as there wasn’t anything like it back in 2017. As years progressed, so did our collective impact — remember we’ve grown this thanks to and alongside 500+ organizations — and events became less about needing to engage in community and way more about needing to ensure we connect across lines of difference.

Today, you read words that are full of gratitude, idealistic hope, and critical proactiveness. It is truly remarkable that we’ve accomplished this together: hundreds of organizations coming together every year to unite all the locals that live inside Miami-Dade County, and making it contagious for other cities around the world to do it too. We made hard conversations look easy, taboo topics come to life, and hugs become trendy.

At the same time, old structures, political forces, and some of our intrinsic bad habits are the villains in our story. Therefore, we need to overcome them with intentional gatherings and bridge the gaps with comm-unity. Just coming together won’t be enough if we don’t dare to talk about our fears, our differences, and our diverse approaches to get to the same place.

May the paragraphs below remind you that embracing, celebrating, and leveraging our diversity is not only possible, but doable, and one of the greatest legacies you can leave behind.

Thank you for your bravery and deciding to be on the right, uniting, side of history.

Joan M. GodoyCEO, Radical Partners

The decade

A decade of 10 Days of Connection

In late 2016, leaders from six Miami organizations heard locals expressing a need for stronger relationships, deeper understanding, widespread kindness, and increased empathy.

These leaders — Roberta Shevin (ז״ל) (MCCJ), Nancy Ancrum† (Miami Herald), Stephanie Sylvestre (The Children’s Trust), Rebecca Mandelman and Matthew Beatty (The Miami Foundation), Claudia Grillo and Tammy Klingler (United Way of Miami-Dade), and Rebecca Fishman Lipsey (Radical Partners) — came together and decided to take action.

Together, they dreamed up 10 Days of Connection, an initiative to confront increased divisiveness facing communities across the country. As an annual community-led challenge, the 10 Days of Connection became a movement, inspiring all locals to step out of their comfort zone and come together with people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, to unite in our shared humanity.

2017
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It begins

The first 10 Days of Connection is born in Miami-Dade County, out of a common goal to unite in our shared humanity and fight against growing divisiveness.

2018
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Broward joins

The 10 Days of Connection expands into Broward County through the leadership of Cori Flam Meltzer (CFM Mediation), making the 10 Days of Connection a regional endeavor through anchor initiatives such as massive potlucks, book-club nights, and live panels.

2019
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Institutional backing

5 key stakeholders joined with their long-term support of this initiative, helping it scale on an institutional level: Leslie Miller Saiontz (Achieve Miami), Claudia Grillo (University of Miami), the Jewish Federation of Broward County, Children’s Services Council of Broward County and the Community Foundation of Broward.

2020
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We go virtual

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we went virtual and found new ways to listen to each other. For the first time, participants drove the expansion outside of South Florida, reaching 43 U.S. states and 57 countries.

2021
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A shared formula

We collectively dreamt up an initiative that allowed all of us to safely adventure out of our bubbles to learn from and about others. We co-created bolder, deeper, and meaningful connections, grounded in the formula: Why + Who + What + How to discuss pressing issues and connect for a stronger, more equitable, united world.

2022
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Hosts connect

We continued moving forward with the 10 Days of Connection formula of success. We also included opportunities for hosts to connect among themselves and began dreaming for our formal expansion beyond South Florida.

2023
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Naming loneliness

We learned about the growing Epidemic of Loneliness, embracing that the 10 Days of Connection was one of the solutions to overcome it in our city.

2024
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Built for impact

We continued the Connection Movement based on the principles of Collective Impact and Systems Level Change. Introducing then that all Connection Experiences must work towards a solution: More Connected, Safer, United, Prosperous, and Active Communities.

2025
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Back to basics

We went back to the basics. Despite the community’s change, we stayed committed to work towards a more united, safer and connected community, fostering common spaces to unite in our shared humanity and overcome growing divisiveness.

2026
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A decade in

We celebrated a decade of connection, with anchor events powered by local connectors powering community-building year round. We solidified our framework and Connection Experience criteria to include 1) a clear intention with a solution in mind, 2) a taboo topic worth discussing, and 3) an intensity level manageable by both skilled facilitators and participants.

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Our best year yet

This year reminded us what’s possible when an entire community shows up!

From May 1st – May 10th, 2026, thousands of locals gathered all over South Florida to learn, create, reflect, play, eat, volunteer, and have conversations that don’t happen often enough.

Let us walk you through 2026
Voices

10 Days of Connection from those who participated…

Holding space within the Domino Park reminded me as a leader that curating events around connecting generations together is one of the most undervalued community learning strategies we can leverage to cross lines of difference.

Yamila Rollan Escalona Yaya Por Vida (Host)

This was a very well curated space and I applaud all who had a role in creating it. I did not expect to be able, or even desire, to share from such a deep place in my heart.

10 Days of Connection Participant

Dance Out of Tradition was well attended and deeply appreciated by attendees, who stayed long after the event ended and asked for similar events in the future. It shows that people genuinely want structured opportunities to discuss challenging topics.

Jessica Bakeman We Met in Miami
Day by day

10 Days of Connection Recaps

What people felt

We asked, and they told us.

After participating in 10 Days of Connection, people consistently shared that they felt more connected to their community, more comfortable engaging across differences, and more inspired to keep building relationships long after the experience ended.

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How we made it happen

The formula to make it happen.

Behind this year’s 10 Days of Connection, there were months of planning, collaboration, creativity, and care from hundreds of people who believe our community is stronger when we know one another. This is how the 2026 movement came together.

The roadmap

Meeting of the Minds brought 70+ Hosts together over a facilitated group brainstorm to pull their ideas together, sparking partnerships, and shaping the year’s vision. Organizations shared what they were seeing in their communities, identified opportunities to collaborate, and committed to building a stronger, more connected Miami.

Every Host brought their own perspective, community, and expertise. Together, we rallied around one shared goal: creating more opportunities for people to connect across lines of difference.

Our 2026 Hosts

Logos of the 2026 10 Days of Connection host organizations

Throughout the planning process, we created regular opportunities for Hosts to gain support in connecting with potential co-hosts, troubleshooting, sharing ideas, and learning from one another. Those strategic conversations helped strengthen experiences before they ever welcomed their first participant.

Hosts received practical digital resources to help them design welcoming experiences, invite participants, facilitate meaningful conversations, and spread the word.

From planning guides and outreach materials to facilitation tips and communication templates, every resource was designed to make it easier to create spaces where people could show up as themselves.

With dozens of experiences hosted by double as many Hosts happening across Miami, our audiences needed one place to discover them and sign up to attend.

The Connection Platform became the community’s home base, making it easy to filter experiences by topic, date, location, and intensity while helping organizations reach new audiences and collect participant information to stay in contact after the 10 Days of Connection.

The Connection Platform, where visitors could browse and filter every 10 Days of Connection experience

Together with our hosts and partners, we reached communities across Miami through social media, newsletters, media partnerships, community ambassadors, and thousands of personal invitations.

10 Days of Connection is powered by a community. Our role at Radical Partners is to help bring the pieces together. Leading up to the 10 Days of Connection, our team helped weave partners and ideas together, train around thoughtfully and safely managing difficult conversations, and amplify the collective work of the community.

We did this work alongside incredible partners who helped make the Connection Movement possible. Thank you to Sumark for helping us share the story, Magu Paper for bringing visual creativity and beauty to the experience, and AppinIT for building the technology that helped connect our community.

52 Connection Experiences

Each host brought their own community, creativity, and expertise. Together, they created 52 unique opportunities for people to connect across differences, explore ideas, celebrate culture, and build relationships. These 52 Connection Experiences looked like this:

Intensity level

  • Light3159.6%
  • Medium1732.7%
  • Intense35.8%
  • Very intense11.9%

Total · 52 experiences

Format

  • In person4382.7%
  • Virtual713.5%
  • Hybrid23.8%

Total · 52 experiences

Solution

  • Connected Communities2548.1%
  • United Communities1426.9%
  • Safer Communities59.6%
  • Active Communities47.7%
  • Prosperous Communities47.7%

Total · 52 experiences

Conversation topics

  • Togetherness, Connection, and Communities4688.5%
  • Mental Health1936.5%
  • Beliefs and Values1325.0%
  • Race1019.2%
  • Age917.3%
  • Diverse Abilities611.5%
  • Money and Income59.6%
  • Politics35.8%
  • Religion11.9%
  • Sex, Gender, and Sexuality11.9%

Hosts could choose more than one topic per experience, so percentages add up to more than 100%.

The community gathered at the Longest Table

Thanks to the Power of Many.

10 Days of Connection has always been a community effort. Today we want to thank:

Our funders

Our funders over the years believe that connection is worth investing in. Your support made this region-wide celebration of connection possible.

Our hosts & partners

Thank you for opening your doors, sharing your expertise, and creating spaces where people felt welcome, seen, and valued.

  • 1 Million Cups
  • 211 Broward
  • 300 Letters
  • 4 Girls Foundation
  • A Better Me
  • A Wider Bridge
  • Accountable Impact
  • Achieve Miami
  • ACLU
  • ACLU Florida
  • Act 2
  • Advance Women at Work
  • AJC Miami and Broward
  • Alafia Creative Entertainment
  • Alliance for Latin American Students
  • Alma Operations AI
  • Amazon
  • Amazonia Vocal Ensemble
  • American Jewish Committee Miami and Broward
  • American Red Cross
  • Americans for Immigrant Justice
  • Americorps
  • Anti-Defamation League
  • AO Insight
  • Arc Broward
  • Arianna's Center
  • Armour Dance Theatre
  • Art and Culture Center Hollywood
  • Art Prevails Project
  • Arts 4 Learning
  • Asian American Advisory Board
  • Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida
  • Avanse Ansanm
  • Awareness Courage & Love, Miami Chapter
  • Ball and Chain
  • Baptist Health Brickell Run Club
  • Barry University
  • Berger Singerman
  • Beth Wegmeister
  • Black Men Build Miami
  • BLINC
  • Brad Bailey Productions
  • Breakthrough Miami
  • Brevo Theatre Inc.
  • Bridge to Hope
  • Bridge2Life
  • Bridges Unite
  • Broward Board of Rabbis
  • Broward College
  • Broward County Library
  • Broward County Public Schools
  • Broward International Women's Club
  • Broward Reads
  • Browery Poetry
  • Building.co
  • Camillus House
  • Capital One South Florida
  • Catalyst Miami
  • Cathy Leff
  • Center for Independent Living
  • Center for Independent Living of South Florida
  • Center for Social Change
  • CFM Mediation
  • Changemaking at Miami Dade College
  • Chapman Partnership
  • Chase
  • Children Services Council
  • Children's Bereavement Center
  • CIC Miami
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Circle of Brotherhood
  • citrus family care network
  • City Lore
  • City of Deerfield Beach
  • City of Fort Lauderdale
  • City of Hollywood Florida
  • City of Miami
  • City of Miami Beach
  • City Year
  • City Year Miami
  • Civic Dinners
  • Civic Saturday
  • Claridad Experience
  • Coalition of South Florida Muslims
  • CollaboARTive
  • Collective Sistahood Inc
  • Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava
  • Commissioner Eileen Higgins
  • Community Foundation of Broward
  • Community Justice Project
  • Connection Coin
  • Consultant
  • COSMOS
  • Covenant House Florida
  • CR Miami
  • Crafting Confidence
  • CrownArts llc
  • Cuba One
  • Cultured Innovations
  • Cutler Bay Worship Center
  • Dade County Bar Association Young Lawyers' Section
  • David Posnack JCC
  • Debris Free Oceans
  • Deliver the Dream
  • Delta
  • Dibia Dream
  • Disability Independence Group
  • Doral Yard
  • Dream in Green
  • Dreamcatchers for the Soul
  • Early Learning Coalition of Broward
  • Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe
  • Easter Seals South Florida
  • ECCS South Florida
  • Ecosystems
  • Elevate Cities
  • Emerging Arts Leaders of Miami
  • Empatthy
  • Engage Miami
  • Erica Britton
  • Esquina De Abuela
  • Exchange for Change
  • F.E.A.R.S Advantage
  • Famn Saj
  • Fendell Ventures
  • FitLit
  • Flite Center
  • Florida Association for Infant Mental Health
  • Florida Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
  • Florida Foster Care Review
  • Florida International University Foundation
  • FONSIS LLC
  • Friends of the Stirling Road Library
  • Front Runners and Walkers Fort Lauderdale
  • FuckUp Nights Miami
  • FunNapped
  • Fútbol con Corazón
  • Gay Men's Chorus of South Florida
  • Generosity Strategies
  • Gilda's Club South Florida
  • Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida
  • Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida
  • Girls Nite Live
  • Girls Scout of Tropical Florida
  • Global Shapers Miami
  • Global Ties Miami
  • God's Girl Consulting
  • Goodwill South Florida
  • Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Center
  • Greater Miami Jewish Federation
  • Guitars Over Guns
  • Hands On Broward
  • HANDY
  • Health Foundation of South Florida
  • Hearland
  • Her Secret Identity
  • Hey, Blue!
  • Hispanic Unity of Florida
  • Historic Stranahan House
  • Historical Black Precint
  • History Fort Lauderdale
  • History Miami Museum
  • HistoryMiami Museum
  • Homegrown Narratives
  • Hope for Miami
  • Hossana 4 Youth
  • ICF South Florida
  • ICU Baby
  • Imbody Wellness
  • Impac Fund
  • Impact Edition
  • International College Counselors
  • IPS Legal Group
  • Islamic Center of Greater Miami
  • Islamic Foundation of South Florida
  • Jen Klaassens
  • Jewelry One of a KIND
  • Jewish Community Services of South Florida
  • Jewish Federation of Broward County
  • JM Family Enterprises, Inc.
  • KatGirl and Friends Inc
  • Katherine Magnoli
  • Katog Tinzing Ling - Meditation Center
  • Key Biscayne Community Foundation
  • Kiddos Magazine
  • Koubek Center
  • La Romi Bakery
  • Las Comadres
  • Latinos Salud
  • Leadership Miami
  • League of Women Voter's
  • LEAP
  • LEAP For Ladies
  • Linda Julien
  • Listen Courageously
  • Little Haiti Cultural Complex
  • Little Lighthouse Foundation
  • Live! Modern School of Music
  • Local Hero
  • Loco Rio
  • Louis Berlin
  • Loval Hero
  • Love Button
  • Lucha Latina
  • LuLu's Ice Cream
  • Making Moves Universal
  • Mark McGuire
  • Maven Leadership Collective
  • MCCJ
  • Mén Beni Gardening
  • Miami Children's Initiative
  • Miami Community
  • Miami Dade Branch of the NAACP
  • Miami Dade College
  • Miami Dade County
  • Miami Dade County Census Group
  • Miami Dade County Commission for Women
  • Miami Dade Public Library System
  • Miami DDA
  • Miami Downtown Development Agency
  • Miami EdTech
  • Miami Herald
  • Miami Homes for All
  • Miami Music Project
  • Miami Sound Space
  • Miami Water Keeper
  • Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works
  • Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Microsoft TEALS Program
  • Mind and Melody
  • Mindful Kids Miami
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Netherlands
  • Mino Learning Collaborative
  • More Perfect Union
  • Mosaic Miami
  • Museum of Discovery and Science
  • Music Club of Hollywood Florida
  • Muslim Communities Association Miami
  • NAAAP Miami
  • NAACP Miami-Dade Branch
  • Nailed It DIY Studio
  • Natalia Martinez-Kalinina
  • Neighbor Volunteer Office
  • Neighbors 4 Neighbors
  • Neighbors for Neighbors
  • New World Symphony
  • Nicu Alumni
  • Nonprofit Executive Alliance of Broward
  • Nova Southeastern University
  • NPC Financial
  • NSU Art Museum
  • O Cinema
  • Office of Community Advocacy Miami-Dade
  • Office of New Americans
  • One Billion Rising Miami
  • Opa-Locka Community Development Corporation
  • Orkidea Films
  • Overtown Children & Youth Coalition
  • Overtown Youth Center
  • Overtown Youth Center (OYC Miami)
  • P.S. 305
  • PACE Center for Girls Broward
  • PACE Center for Girls Miami
  • Pace Miami Reach
  • Pana MIA
  • Partnerships for Health and Education Inc.
  • Patch of Heaven Sanctuary
  • Perez Art Museum Miami
  • Pin Pan Pun & Co
  • Pioneer Winter Collective
  • Positive People Network, Inc.
  • Power of Good Consulting
  • Power U
  • PRSA - Miami Chapter
  • Public Allies
  • Puerto Rican Women Who Dine
  • Push To Open
  • Radical Partners
  • Randi Schwartz Wellness
  • Rebecca Manning
  • Rebuilding Together Miami-Dade, Inc.
  • Refugee Assistance Alliance
  • Repair The World
  • Roi Media Consultants Inc
  • Rooted in Love and Truth
  • Route 1804 Foundation
  • Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
  • RSMAS Climate Group
  • Running Edge 305
  • Sant La
  • Sante Pam
  • SAVE
  • School Board D9
  • Scleroderma Foundation
  • Self
  • Seminole Tribe of Florida
  • SEO Scholars Miami
  • Sergio Lopez
  • Sharsheret
  • Shelly Tygielski
  • Showering Love
  • Smart Miami
  • SMASH
  • Social Impact Consultant
  • Social Impact Movement
  • Socialaim.co
  • SoFlo Asian Community
  • SoFlo Dragons
  • South Dade Education Fund
  • South Florida CARES Mentoring
  • South Florida Center for Percussive Arts
  • South Florida Chamber Ensemble
  • South Florida Institute on Aging
  • South Florida People of Color
  • Strategic Philanthropy Inc.
  • Strong Girls Inc.
  • Suited for Success
  • Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center
  • Susan G. Komen Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
  • Sustain a Village
  • Symba
  • Tap Tap Tours
  • Tap Tap Tours & Transportation LLC
  • Target
  • Teach for America
  • Temple Etz Chaim
  • Temple of Sinai
  • Temple Solel
  • The Advocacy Network on Disabilities
  • The Allapattah Collaborative CDC
  • The Alternative Programs, Inc
  • The AO Insight Group
  • The Brickyard
  • The Children's Movement of Florida
  • The Children's Trust
  • The Citadel
  • The CLEO Institute
  • The Collaborative Collective
  • The Copper Door B&B
  • The Developing Mother
  • The East-West Foundation
  • The East-West Foundatoin
  • The Eve Consulting Firm
  • The Idea Center
  • The Joy of Impact
  • The Lucy Project
  • The Miami Foundation
  • The Motivational Edge
  • The New Tropic
  • The Rhythm Foundation
  • The Salvation Army - Miami Area Command
  • The Smile Trust
  • The Things Lab
  • The Thumb Fighter
  • The Underline
  • The Urban Tour Host
  • The Women's Fund Miami Dade
  • The WOW Center
  • Thomas Arthur Youth Ballet
  • ThumbsUp International
  • Thynk Global
  • Touching Miami with Love
  • Transportation Camp
  • TransSocial, Inc.
  • United Nations Association of USA
  • United Way Miami
  • United Way of Broward County
  • United Way of Broward Mission United
  • United Way of Miami-Dade
  • University of Miami
  • Univision
  • UP! Music
  • Uplift Literacy
  • Uquira
  • Urban League of Broward County
  • Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce
  • Venprendedoras
  • Venture Café Miami
  • Venture Café Rotterdam
  • Verdi Ecoschool
  • Village of Palmetto Bay
  • Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
  • Voices for Children
  • VolunteerCleanup.org
  • We Count!
  • We Finish Together
  • We Met in Miami
  • We Run Network
  • Wear Blue to Remember
  • Well Work Solutions
  • Wells Fargo
  • Whole305
  • WIN Lab Miami
  • World Central Kitchen
  • Wynwood Yard
  • Yaya Por Vida
  • Yaya Por Vida Foundation
  • YES Institute
  • Yoga 4 Change
  • You Visit Foundation
  • Young Musicians Unite
  • Your Green Mermaid
  • Youth for Christ
  • Youth for Christ Greater Miami
  • YWCA Greater Miami-Dade
  • YWCA South Florida
  • Zero Empty Spaces & Choose954

Our team & volunteers

Our teams, volunteers, facilitators, photographers, designers, storytellers, and every behind-the-scenes helper, thank you for bringing your time, talent, and heart to this work.

What we learned

Our biggest learnings over the years

  1. Civil society is built to do hard, innovative things.

    Governments have a role to play; to take care of our basic needs and the state of habitable cities. Oftentimes underbudgeted and underresourced, they don’t get to think or act much on safeguarding community, building unity, and increasing joy. On the other hand, companies have a target in mind and they’re typically built to do just that. Therefore, community building and engaging are on us, change-makers and change-making organizations.

    It is our duty to hold governments accountable for doing their job, asking more from companies and businesses, and building the bridges in between. For that, we have to know them, befriend them, build trust with them, test ideas, and offer solutions to implement them. We started the 10 Days of Connection back in 2017. Today, it is being asked of us to hold respectful space for the hard conversations. The future demands that we build communities boldly, smartly, and kindly.

  2. Heart first. Head next. Hands last.

    The first year of 10 Days of Connection focused on bringing people together to enjoy each other. While that effort was fruitful, it lacked truly transforming discriminatory mindsets. Because we were adamant about hosting powerful conversations, we unintentionally excluded locals who felt unskilled or uninterested in having difficult conversations or may have felt unsure about saying the wrong thing.

    Today we understand that creating safe, neutral environments offering music, food, and hosted in public spaces are the right recipe to bring people together with openness. Only then, can we afford to have intellectual conversations. And only after that, can we dare to ask what they learned and act on what they felt. So if and when you’re bringing people together, we suggest targeting hearts first, pursuing minds next, and activating hands last.

  3. Infrastructure matters more than we think!

    In a technological world, the physical and virtual infrastructures we use to bring people together truly matters. Where are you hosting? What does it look like? Is it open and accessible to anyone? How will people find out? How do we encourage them to join and come prepared? Community building and community engagement require easy to access, smooth to use, and growing platforms that adapt to the needs of today and the wants of multiple generations.

    We’ve built this platform over the last 3 years and although it is not perfect (yet), we now know that having one central place to convene information, unite our powers, and rally the community truly meets locals (and hosts) where they are.

  4. The pendulum swings between online and offline connection.

    What a privilege to be human and witness all of our technological advancements. There are needs that technology cannot meet for us the way we want it to. We prefer for other humans to hug us, teach us, smile at us, and cook for us, no? After decades of rapid progress, we’re realizing that the extreme of being on our phones all the time and depending on apps for solving our problems is not the connection we crave.

    When hosting gatherings, we recommend you keep that in mind. We’re facing a time that invites balance between machines and emotions, and we think and hope you oscillate between those two to stay relevant to all living generations.

  5. Community is built at someone’s expense.

    Culture, time, and stories shape themselves if we don’t thoughtfully shape them. The same happens with the community. If we want to have safe cities, clean spaces, and communal interactions, someone needs to invest in it. We have some ideas but might not have the right answers. Intentionally designing solutions for the community by the community costs money, time, and requires vision.

    Between the costs of food, venue rentals, and curating communications to build trust through consistency, we cannot forget about the resources needed for connection and community building.

Neighbors talking and laughing together at the Longest Table
What comes next

A New Era of Connection

Across the country, more people are feeling lonely, isolated, and divided. At the same time, research continues to show what many of us already know: when people feel like they belong, they’re healthier, happier, and more likely to help their neighbors, strengthen their communities, and work together across differences.

The first decade of 10 Days of Connection showed what’s possible when a community makes space for conversations that matter. The next decade is about carrying that spirit into our neighborhoods, workplaces, schools, places of worship, and everyday lives. Here’s how we encourage all Hosts, new and old to do that:

Keep the conversation going around the topics that can bring us together as a community:

Download the toolkits and bring connection into your community:

We’ve gathered resources, conversation guides, and tools to help you continue learning, leading, and creating spaces where everyone feels they belong.

Keep the momentum going by hosting opportunities to learn, gather, and build relationships among communities throughout the year. Whether you’re looking for your next conversation, collaboration, or community event, there’s a place for you here.

Download resources and toolkits

Stay Connected

Follow along on social media for stories, upcoming events, and ways to get involved.

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Meet Local Connectors who are creating belonging in neighborhoods across Miami all year long.

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Bring Connection and Belonging to YOUR city!

If you’re interested in bringing Connection and Belonging to your city, we’d love to dream with you.

Fill out our interest form, and let’s explore what’s possible together.

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The Radical Partners team in the 10 Days of Connection truck under a white umbrella

Ten years ago, we set out to create more opportunities for people to connect. We thank YOU for being part of this movement and we invite you to keep inviting, keep listening, keep asking the hard questions and keep making room for people who haven’t found their place yet. Our community is stronger because you’re part of it.

With love,Your Radical Partners