Working on the frontlines to build community safety and prevent violence is incredibly hard work in the best of times. The COVID-19 pandemic multiplied the degree of difficulty because the work is about relationships, it’s about seeing people face to face and building trust and camaraderie.
In the first months of the pandemic, we spent a lot of time listening to our community partners, and they told us that they needed help because Zoom and Google Meet weren’t replacing the intimacy of in-person meetings. So we created a free Digital Facilitation Toolkit.
The toolkit is full of ideas for group activities, ice breakers, and discussion topics meant to break down the new barriers created by screens. There are also plenty of tech tips. While we wrote it with our partners in mind, we believe the kit could be useful to any person or organization trying to make human connections. So please download the kit — we hope it helps.
