Meet Your Neighbor Day

Recognizing the power of grassroots, locally-based connections, Meet Your Neighbor Day is convened by the Cambridge Peace Commission and cosponsored by the Citizens Committee on Civic Unity, It's a Cambridge-specific approach to building connections and community in our amazing city – built on the success of two national initiatives – and adapted to fit the needs of our city!

Cambridge is following the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health guidelines and recommendations for COVID-19: Effective July 1, 2022, the Mass. Dept. of Public Health advises that individuals should wear a mask or face covering when indoors (and not in your own home) if you have a weakened immune system, or if you are at increased risk for severe disease because of your age or an underlying medical condition, or if someone in your household has a weakened immune system, or is at increased risk for severe disease. For the most up-to-date information and specific guidance visit: www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-mask-requirements

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If you'd like to let us know about and post your event, fill out the Meet Your Neighbor Event Submission form (a Google form)

• You can download the Meet Your Neighbor Day fact sheet and frequently asked questions! for inspiration and ideas!
• If you have questions or you'd like to let us know about your event, email us at peace@cambridgema.gov

What can you do?

In addition to attending events, you can organize your own. An open house, neighborhood party, potluck, service project, neighborhood clean-up, or something else – whatever is fun and easy for you and your neighbors to plan and carry out. You can decide what works best in your own "neighborhood!"

Resources that can help you plan!

• Welcoming Week Toolkit (PDF from Welcoming America): Kick off your event planning with sample activities, check lists, a sample press release, and more.
• Step-by-Step Planning Guide (from National Neighborhood Day)
• Organizing Tools and Templates (from National Neighborhood Day)

There's also a long list of ideas and options on our Meet Your Neighbor Day fact sheet! 

You can view a PDF with a listing of all of the 2022 events submitted by different people and groups in the community, and the listing includes date and time, location, the type of event, and any other details.

Click on an item to see the details, or click on the box in the upper-right corner of the map below to open the map in a new window and see a list of the events. (These are not organized by the Peace Commission or the City of Cambridge.)

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How Is a “neighborhood” defined? However you choose to define it!

• Your street, your block, or surrounding blocks
• Your apartment or condominium
• Your floor at your apartment building
• The area surrounding a nearby school or place of worship
• Houses along your part of the street
• Your local park
• Your local square or business district

Why is there a "Meet Your Neighbor Day?"

Inspired by the growing need to connect with each other, we have borrowed from two national initiatives, and adapted them to fit the needs of our city. Meet Your Neighbor Day is built on the foundation of two nationwide efforts — Welcoming America’s “Welcoming Week” and the “National Neighborhood Day” initiative — and organized in collaboration with another City of Cambridge partner — the Citizens’ Committee on Civic Unity.

• National Neighborhood Day inspires, builds, and sustains the neighborhood relationships that provide the foundation for civic action and the building of stronger, more caring and effective communities.
• Welcoming Week brings communities together long-time residents, newcomers, and everyone in between in a spirit of unity to raise awareness of the benefits of welcoming everyone – including new Americans.

Thanks to the Redwood City, California Public Library for lending their logo to us.