Harmony Café Year in Review – 2007
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Vision Statement…

Harmony Café values all people and helps to lead the creation of a better community where:

The arts & culture are accessible and vital;

All people realize their unique gifts and leadership potential;

Ideas are exchanged freely and people learn, grow and are challenged;

The Check it at the Door Declaration inspires us all to create safe spaces here and throughout our community.

 What we did in 2007…

CELEBRATING ARTS & CULTURE:

  Free, eclectic, all-ages live music every week in genres ranging from jazz to electronica, Celtic to country, hip hop to punk.  Musicians came from Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland, New York, California, and all over Wisconsin and donated their time and talents.

  Bi-monthly art shows ranging from elementary students to professionals, including exhibits to raise awareness and funding for Kenyan children with AIDS and national and international adoption.
 

    Monthly poetry readings and also an 80 person poetry slam with a local middle school.

The only all-ages, all-talents weekly open mic in the Fox Valley, averaging over 50 people each week.

Multiple book clubs.

A variety of all-ages celebrations, benefit fundraisers, carnivals and holiday parties.
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DEVELOPING LEADERS

The GLBT Partnership, providing the only community-based support and leadership development group for youth ages 14-18 who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender.  The GLBT Partnership has served over 100 different Fox Valley youth in 2007.

Providing vocational training and job placement through the Harmony Corps program – helping dozens of people learn job skills and better their lives.

 Offering and supporting a number of community-based programs such as the NAMI Teen Mental Health Support Group, Parent’s Night Out (for kids with autism and their parents), the Tough Love Parents Support Group, The Positive Voice Transgender Transformation group, Yoga Circle, the Blind & Visually Impaired Young Adult Support Group, Chess Club and La Leche League.

 Etcetera, a weekly group that provides support and leadership development for young adults
ages 18-25 who identify as LGBT. 
 

PROMOTING EDUCATION & CIVIL DIALOGUE

 Monthly Conversation Café programs, offering small group discussion circles on challenging topics in a respectful way to promote growth, understanding and civil dialogue.

  Monthly Issue Forums and PROactive CONversations (PRO/CON’s) on a variety of topics such as: Immigration, Democracy, the Iraq War, Day of Silence/Night of Noise, Religion, Health Care, Darfur, Health Care, Child Soldiers in Africa, The History of the Birth Control Movement, Outagamie County Executive Candidates debate, Appleton City Council Meet & Greet, Adoption Awareness, Composting and Mental Illnesses.

 Supporting coalitions such as Aware Fox Cities and the Youth Worker Coalition and serving as an active partner within the Fox Cities Rotary Multicultural Center to help raise awareness and understanding in our community.

Promoting Green Living with compostable food & drink service products, initiatives to reduce paper consumption, discounts for customers who make green choices, fair trade organic coffee and more.
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CREATING SAFE SPACE & COMMUNITY

Continually educating the community and ourselves about the Check it at the Door Declaration, and challenging ourselves and others to live up to these ideals.

Offering a safe, welcoming, all-ages, alcohol and drug-free drop-in space six days/70-80 hours a week for thousands of community members who need or appreciate our supportive, respectful environment that is physically, mentally and emotionally a safe space for people of all backgrounds.