Social Sculpture for Individual Goals is an opportunity to check-in with others about your personal goals, for support, accountability, and community-building. Each person who participates receives an equal amount of time to speak to the group about their personal goals. Before the meeting begins, the participants decide together on how much time each person will be allotted to share (i.e., to speak to the group) about their personal goals.
The facilitator reminds participants to keep the focus on themselves, to not give feedback to others in the group, and to not interrupt or query the person whose turn it is to speak (in other words, to refrain from ‘crosstalk’). Also, the facilitator reminds participants that the group is a public, non-anonymous group in which there are no expectations of confidentiality (this helps prevent disclosures that are inappropriate in a group of this nature).
Social Sculpture for Individual Goals is always open to all members of the public, regardless of the specific location where it is held, and it is always free to attend. At some locations, voluntary donations may be requested to help support the host organization, but Social Sculpture for Individual Goals has always been—and always will be—completely free and not-for-profit.
The meeting in NY, NY is normally held on Sundays at 12 noon EST at the historic Quaker meetinghouse at 15 Rutherford Place in Manhattan, but currently it is being held via Zoom. For more information, visit https://quaker.org/legacy/15stfriends/ (click on ‘Calendar of Events’ in left column).