Sasha Sommer

Community organizer

Sasha is organizing a free neighborhood potluck on the Slow Street in her district, bringing the community together to discuss their dreams for the future of their neighborhood at a communal table.

SOCIAL FUTURES

DISTRICT 2

ABOUT SASHA

In her professional work, Sasha organizes and design activities programming for underserved women, creating intentional spaces where clients can build community, exchange skills, and feel a sense of belonging that is often missing from traditional service models. This work has taught her that civic culture isn’t abstract, it’s built through consistency, trust, and environments where people feel seen and empowered to participate. She finds that San Francisco’s social fabric, with all its challenges and contradictions, has been the most fertile ground for this kind of work.

INTERESTS

Gathering, Shared presence, Conversation as a civic practice

VISION

One where civic life is participatory, creative, and deeply relational.

Slow Street Community Potluck

Gathering the Neighborhood on the Slow Street for a Communal Meal

The Slow Street community potluck reimagines what sharing a meal together looks like, taking place on one of our prominent neighborhood resources - the Slow Street. One big long table will be set up in the middle of the street where participants will bring food from home to share.

There will also be a live art piece being created as the event takes place. With input from participants based on the conversation topics at each table, the participants will be able to “submit” their ideas to the artist who will render them artistically to create a mosaic of ideas brought together by the community into one larger piece.

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