Authored By Sean Phipps
Causeway has announced that a citywide potluck will return this Thanksgiving. Additionally, the event — previously known as “One Table"— will be renamed Gratefull and the event concept will be made available for other cities to replicate. This year’s potluck will be held on Nov. 19 from 11:30 to 1:30 at the 200 block of MLK Boulevard. Everybody is welcome to attend and guests will sit at a single, long table. Locally, over 1200 people attended the 2017 event. Of the attendees, 100 percent said they had a conversation with somebody they had never met before. “In my experience, people actually want to get to know people who are different from them, but they don’t always know how to go about it,” Causeway’s creative director, Chelsea Conrad said. “At this event, we are really intentional about designing an experience that makes people more comfortable taking that step and introducing themselves to someone they would probably never meet in their day-to-day lives.” Following accolades and mentions from national publications like The Washington Post, Conrad said Causeway wanted to figure out a way to expand the idea to share with other cities. The rebrand from ‘One Table” to “Gratefull” allows the concept to reach any city that wants to participate. A new website — Gratefull.org — offers information on how to host the potluck event in any city. From a release:
