Have you been wondering how to better communicate with Columbia’s surrounding community members and neighborhood stakeholders? How to share news, research, and connections that might be relevant and helpful? How to spotlight and center the connections between Columbia and our neighbors (of which there are many!)?
If so, join the Columbia Neighbors team online on March 1 at 10 a.m. to discuss our revitalized mission, lessons learned on content and communications, the Community Advisory Council, and how you can leverage our platforms to tell your community story! There will be a chance to collectively brainstorm about how to better reach, engage, and share stories about the spaces where Columbia and our surrounding communities intersect.
RSVP and we’ll send you a calendar invite and Zoom link. If you have a minute, sharing your pre-meeting thoughts and questions will help us create the most effective event possible!
The backstory:
In January of 2023, Neighbors relaunched its web platform, e-newsletter, print products, and social channels with an even greater focus on community storytelling. It all started with a revamped mission:
Columbia Neighbors is where the university connects with its local community, its new friends and neighbors, anyone who looks to the diversity of ideas and experiences in our community and sees the possibility for shared growth, being of service, and connection.
Neighbors is part resource guide, part community news and storytelling hub, part gathering place. It is for everyone in the communities surrounding our campuses in Upper Manhattan.
In addition to original storytelling about things that may be of interest to our community, Neighbors gathers stories, resources, and events from across Columbia, including the Office of Government and Community Affairs, the CUIMC Office of Government and Community Affairs, and the hundreds of programs across the university that are available to community members at no cost.
We look forward to seeing you on March 1! If you have any questions in the meantime, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].
Warmly,
Wilson Valentin, Brandee Sanders, Janrey Serapio, Kelly Moffitt-Hawasly, and Maggie Barrows (Your Columbia Neighbors Team)