Community Spring

Announcement 📢: Our block party is also being MC'd by Tanaine Jenkins of Reform Alliance!

Tanaine Jenkins is an award winning recidivism strategist, TEDx speaker, change-maker and system disruptor. We are unbelievably happy to have her MC at our block party. How did we get so lucky?

We just want to say that Tanaine really shows up. She doesn't live in Gainesville, and yet she comes to our events, her organization sponsored our block party, and she is MC'ing the block party alongside Leigh Scott. We are jumping up and down in excitement!

We all need to show up in the way that Tanaine does. We meant it when we said, this event is planned, built and facilitated by leaders with records. "Instead of allowing your past to define you, allow it to design you." - Tanaine

Buy tickets to the block party at https://buff.ly/LHLZQOU

Thank you so much to Meridian Healthcare for being a bronze sponsor of our First Annual Block Party. 🥰

It means so much to know that we have your support - and that you too believe in disrupting the cycle of poverty and mass incarceration. Thank you for the work you do and thank you for supporting us!

Buy your tickets to the block party at https://buff.ly/LHLZQOU 🎉 They are only $5 for a few more days!

Thank you so much to GWP Physical Therapy for being a bronze sponsor of our First Annual Block Party!

We are grateful to you for supporting our cause, and believing that nobody should be too poor to be free.

If you haven't already, buy tickets to our block party at https://buff.ly/LHLZQOU 💕

Thank you so much to Eric Corpus of Storydashmade for being a bronze sponsor of our upcoming First Annual Block Party! 🎉🎉🎉

"Storydash produces content that thrums with heart, wit, and meaning." Check out his website (storydash.com), and find him at the block party walking around with a camera!

We are grateful for you Storydash! Nobody should be too poor to be free. 💕

Did you guys know that Leigh Scott from Uncarcerated is a Community Spring fellowship alumni?! And that HE is MC’ing our block party alongside Tanaine Jenkins from Reform Alliance?! What a power house duo.

You may have recently been to Leigh’s “Uncarcerated” film premiere at Heartwood. Many of you asked “What can we do to continue to support this work?”

Well, it’s not trivial at all - attending our block party is absolutely supporting this work. This event is planned, built and facilitated by people with records. Every ticket sale goes straight to our organization so we can keep putting impacted people like ourselves on the front lines of the work. This is the definition of grassroots. Change doesn’t trickle down from the top, it springs up from the bottom, from people with lived experience who are closest to the problems and therefore closest to the solutions.

Buy your tickets ($5!!!) at csgnv.org/blockparty26

You shan’t wait any longer. Kids 5 and under are FREE! Stay tuned for more info about Tanaine, our co-host 👀

Big thanks to McClave & Associates for being a Bronze $1,000 Sponsor of our First Annual Block Party! 🎉

Support like this means that we aren’t alone in thinking that nobody should be too poor to be free.

Our block party has live performances, entertainment by the Gainesville Circus Center, good food and an awesome VIP section!

Grab your tickets (general admission or VIP) at https://buff.ly/LHLZQOU!

We are so excited to announce that The Wire Birds will be performing at our block party!

The Wire Birds have graciously donated a set to our cause. We can confidently say that The Wire Birds believe that nobody should be too poor to be free!

Join us on October 3rd from 12-5pm at 218 NW 2nd Ave. Tickets are $5 if you buy them in advance and help us disrupt the cycle of poverty and mass incarceration. Buy your tickets at https://buff.ly/LHLZQOU. 🥰

Kids 5 and under are FREE!!! We have a super rad Kids-Zone coming together that you won't want to miss!

You guys! Jordan Burchel and Sam Moss are performing at our First Annual Block Party!!

The vibes are really vibing! We have the coolest line up of music, delicious food, circus entertainment, so many artists and small business vendors, and a rad VIP section. All in the name of breaking the cycle of poverty and mass incarceration.

Buy your tickets at csgnv.org/blockparty26
Stop procrastinating ❤️

We are so thankful to Visit Gainesville, Alachua County for their bronze level marketing sponsorship of our upcoming block party!

You heard it right, we’ve been marketing this event in surrounding counties and towns. Don’t miss out on the family fun, live music, good food and drink at the First Annual Community Spring Block Party!

Tickets are only $5 if you buy them now at https://buff.ly/LHLZQOU