Curious about organizing a neighborhood block party? Join Vanessa Elias, founder of Block Party USA, a national movement dedicated to strengthening communities by helping neighbors connect through block parties – microlocal neighborhood gatherings.
Vanessa will be at the Ridgefield Library on Tuesday, August 18th at 6:30 pm to present Block Party 101, a low-stress introduction to planning a simple and joyful neighborhood gathering. Learn more/register.
Vanessa Elias is a human connection and mental health activist, certified parent coach featured in the Wall Street Journal, NPR, PBS and in the New York Times best-seller Never Enough. Vanessa serves as a parent support group facilitator for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Vanessa founded Block Party USA as a free, simple and actionable cure for our country’s loneliness, social isolation, divisiveness, and the youth mental health crisis.