Upcoming events
Walk with us
2025 Walk Dates: No pre-registration needed — times and locations are listed below.*
Feb 22: Committed to Compassion: Chapala Corridor
11AM, The Faro Center, 621 Chapala St. (please park on street)
Apr 26: What's Happening Behind Old Mission SB? (CANCELED)
10:30AM, Front Steps of Old Mission SB, 2201 Laguna St.
May 3: The Tallest Building in Santa Barbara (Housing)
10:30AM, Alice Keck, Micheltorena St. & Santa Barbara St.
Jul 26: Three Perspectives on Fiesta
10:30AM, SB Historical Museum, 136 E. De la Guerra St.
Aug 23: The Japanese Story in Santa Barbara
Time and location TBD
Sep 28: Education & Opportunity in Santa Barbara
10:30AM, SB High School, 700 E. Anapamu St.
Oct 25: Walk n’ Roll: Making a Bike-Friendly SB
11AM, Mosaic Locale, 1131 State St.
Nov 15: Scarcity & Abundance: Food in SB
ft. Santa Barbara Farmers Market
10AM, The Nordhoff Pine @ Ralph’s, 100 W Carrillo St.
*Each walk can be expected to take about 90 min, start-to-finish.
Our mission is to inspire good in every neighborhood by facilitating and nurturing micro connections around shared concerns.
Want to plan a walk with us?
We invite people who are willing to foster connections in their neighborhood to facilitate walks with neighbors. We provide a simple outline and framework for them to use to plan a gathering.
Reach out to us here!
Organizers
Inviters, facilitators, and connectors who welcome and guide conversations and strolls. They identify guides and walkers (just a few at a time — we want groups to feel intimate) and help with coordination and establishing the purpose and vision for the time.
Guides
Storytellers, consultants, bridge builders, and translators who share their lived experience and personal knowledge of the neighborhood. Guides provide the history and context of a community, and help foster deeper understanding and mutual care.
Walkers
Moms, doctors, artists, caretakers. Councilmembers, historians, students, teachers. All are welcome to come with an open mind, ready to listen and learn with humility and respect.
“I believe that the community…is the smallest unit of health…to speak of the health of an isolated individual is a contradiction in terms.”
— Wendell Berry