Neighborhood Resiliency Programs because there is no going it alone.

Free 12-session training that gives a small group of neighbors the relationships, skills, and plan to weather an emergency together — instead of alone.

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Because there’s no going it alone.

A free 12-session program, run with the Neighborhood Villaging Project, that gives a small group of neighbors the relationships, the skills, and the plan to weather an emergency together. You leave with a finished Community Resiliency Plan for your block — and the people you wrote it with.

The program moves from why (values and accountability), through who (your actual neighbors), through where (the risks and resources on your block), through how (water, power, first aid, taking care of each other), through what if (a full practice scenario), and finally to the capstone Resiliency Dinner. Relationships are the foundation. Readiness is what they make possible.

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01 · Why before how

Start with what matters.

We begin with the values that hold this up: confidence, preparation, competence, and care for each other. Participants form small accountability groups of three and get a simple worksheet to start sizing up their own neighborhood. This is where the relationships start.

02 · Knowing your neighbors

The art of the knock on the door.

Who on your block needs checking on in a crisis? Who has medical equipment, large animals, or particular vulnerabilities? Who has skills, tools, or a generator to share? We learn from the Neighborhood Villaging Project about what it actually takes to know the people who live near you — including the conversation you've been meaning to have.

03 · Walking the neighborhood

Map the place you actually live.

Participants bring their assessments to the group. We plan and walk site visits together — walking the streets to find risks, evacuation routes, water sources, gathering points, and resources. Every neighborhood is different. You learn it with your feet.

04 · The basics

Water. Power. First aid. Wellbeing.

Dedicated sessions on water, power, and building practical first aid kits that go beyond the standard checklist. We cover psychological first aid, hygiene, and the often-overlooked realities of staying well during sustained disruption. Not just for one bad day — for two weeks of bad days.

05 · The drill

What does recovery actually look like?

How do you work with government agencies, nonprofits, and each other to get back on your feet? We run a full practice scenario — fire, flood, prolonged outage, civic disruption — then we sit down and pull out what worked, what didn't, and where the plan needs to get better. The drill is where the plan meets reality.

06 · The capstone

Present your neighborhood's plan.

Each participant presents their finished Community Resiliency Plan — ideally alongside a neighbor they walked the program with. We close with a Resiliency Dinner — because the relationships you built in this program are the resilience. Everything else is scaffolding.

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A watershed isn't something you can leave. A wildfire isn't something you can opt out of. The only question is whether we build the relationships and the plan to handle it well — before we need to.

★ Sign up for the next group

Twelve sessions. One neighborhood at a time.

The program is free, runs in groups of about 12 people, and is delivered with the Neighborhood Villaging Project. Tell us where you live and who you'd bring along, and we'll put you on the list for the next opening in your area.

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★ The SPIRIT paths all interconnect

Each program weaves with the others.

Solidarity Suppers build relationships. Commons Teach-Ins build understanding. The Neighborhood Resiliency Program builds capacity. Allocation Rounds put resources in motion. You can enter anywhere.

→ Culturing

Commons Teach-Ins

Free monthly sessions on how communities have actually taken care of land together — past and present. Open to everyone. No prerequisites.

→ Belonging

Solidarity Suppers

Long-table dinners that bring together community leaders, elders, and Indigenous neighbors — with listening circles, storytelling, and the slow building of relationships.

→ Flowing money to the work

Community Grant Rounds

Community-decided grant rounds that put funds directly into the hands of the people doing the work of caring for the Front Range.

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