Member update 2025-06-14

Coming Up In June

Community Dinner # 72

Join us for our next Community Dinner!

We’ll be serving a home-cooked vegetarian dinner. All you have to bring is yourself, and any alcoholic beverages you may wish to have with dinner.  

We only have 20 spots for dinner, so if you’re coming, please RSVP via the link in this email. Use access code MEMBER to access the event.

Plus Ones: If you'd like to invite a plus one just send them a copy of the RSVP link!

Date: Tuesday, June 24th
Time: 7-10pm
📌 RSVP on 🔗 lu.ma

🚀 1RG Incubator: demo day

Earlier this spring we launched the 1RG incubator to support projects at the intersection of community and technology, and invited 6 folks to join our first batch for 12 weeks of co-creation. Each of them had an idea for making Toronto a little better, and they're ready to share what they've been working on.

Join us for an evening of exploration centred around community. Think demo day meets science fair - each participant will have a booth where you can dive deep into their project, ask questions, and maybe even get involved. There will be delicious food, good conversations, and probably some new connections you didn't expect to make.

Use access code MEMBER to get a free ticket for you and your guest(s).

🗓️ Thursday, June 26th 6-9pm
📌 RSVP on 🔗 lu.ma

A workshop on being online

We're excited to host Dan Seljak and his Being Online workshop as part of Toronto Tech Week.

Dan is passionate about getting people excited in participating in civic life and restoring agency to citizen by delivering clear, informative, and fun messaging on how to engage communities and municipalities. This workshop is NOT a session on gaining more followers, but rather advice on how to translate one self into an online persona that feels genuine, and has real world impact.

Date: Monday, June 23rd
Time: 6-9pm
📌 RSVP on 🔗 lu.ma

ICMY

New Friend of 1RG Tiers

Our Friends of 1RG Brunch was a great success, and we added new tiers to offer more of a membership-lite package. Find out more below:

Experiment report: Friends of 1RG (and an announcement)
1RG is a container for experiments. Some of them are smaller in scope and self contained, like the Summer Fellowship, and others become mainstays, like Community Dinner. Regardless of what happens to them in the long term, they always teach us something, and often evolve with us – for example, Community
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How to stay up to date with 1RG events

Have you ever wondered what's going on at 1RG without knowing where to go to check? Here's how you can stay up to date:

How to RSVP for Community Dinner

Reminder: CDs are every last Tuesday of the months, and as a member, you can RSVP as soon as the event posted on 1rg.space/events .

Use access code MEMBER to access the event on lu.ma (see pic below).

You can also bring a +1! If you'd like to do so, please grab 2 tickets when you register (and don't forget to let us know about allergies or other dietary requirements).

♻️ Fridge (weekly) cleaning

We're going to make a habit of cleaning up the fridge every Friday and compost everything that has been in there for longer than a week or remains unclaimed.

If you have something that you want to keep, please:

  1. eat it;
  2. take it home;
  3. label it (there will be masking tape and sharpie to do this with); or
  4. DM Jen a description if you aren’t going to be coming by.

Help us grow 👯

Know someone who'd thrive at 1RG? We've updated our membership page to make it easier to share our community benefits. Invite them to our community dinner or connect them with us directly! And for folks who'd like to support the space without commiting to membership, we have Friends of 1RG.

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