On Sunday, July 12th, the Harrison Center for the Arts and City Gallery invite you to be a part of the 2nd annual, city-wide front porch party.
City Gallery is asking Indianapolis residents to invite their neighbors, host a party on their front porch on July 12, take a picture, write a short blog post and send everything to citygallery@harrisoncenter.org. The first 60 people from urban neighborhoods (Chatham Arch, Old Northside, Lockerbie Square, Ransom Place, Herron-Morton Place, St. Joseph, Cottage Home, Woodruff Place, etc.) to respond will receive a $25 gift card to the locally owned business of their choice as well as the opportunity to receive a $250 gift certificate from the Harrison Center. Details and registration information can be found here.
Porch Party 2015 is an effort to activate our streets and promote a movement of neighborliness, encouraging Indy residents to open their porches and welcome friends and neighbors this summer. Porch party photos and blogs will be posted on the City Gallery website.
Porch Party hosts will be provided conversation starters courtesy of Indiana Humanities’ ALL-IN initiative, which encourages Hoosiers to complete a variety of challenges – such as perform a random act of kindness, share why you love Indiana and take a civic literacy quiz. Indiana Humanities created ALL-IN after results of the 2011 Indiana Civic Health Index showed that Indiana ranked poorly in a number of areas – including 45th in the nation in terms of neighbors working together to solve community problems. The ALL-IN conversation starters are on the challenges, statistics and facts from the website.
