Toolkits for Every Every Setting
Designing a Local Gathering
Hosting a Freedom Fast gathering requires more than reserving a room. It requires clarity of intention, thoughtful structure, and attention to the conditions that make dialogue possible.
These resources are designed to help you think ahead — so that when people arrive, the space is steady and the purpose is clear. Inside you’ll find practical supports for local and community events, including the interactive planning sheet, the Facilitator’s Guide, and structured dialogue tools.
Each gathering stands on its own. Together, they form a wider civic practice rooted in pause, reflection, dialogue, and service.
The Freedom Fast®
is not an event.
It is a rehearsal for the kind of country we
want to inhabit in 2026 and beyond.
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Event Planner
The Freedom Fast Local Gathering Planner is an interactive Google Sheet designed to help hosts move from intention to execution with clarity and confidence.
This is not a dense event manual. It is a structured companion.
The planner includes smart dropdown fields, checkboxes, and simple planning tables that guide you step-by-step through designing a gathering that reflects the heart of the Freedom Fast: pause, dialogue, and service .
Every local gathering stands on its own. Yet together, they form a larger civic practice taking shape across the country.
This planner helps ensure that what happens in a living room, sanctuary, classroom, or community center strengthens that shared story — through clarity, hospitality, and intentional design.
Facilitator Guide: Leading a Freedom Fast Gathering
If you are preparing to host a Freedom Fast gathering, this guide provides the facilitation framework that protects the integrity of the experience.
This guide is not an event planner. It is a facilitation manual. It outlines the posture, structure, and rhythm that shape a Freedom Fast gathering: Pause --> Dialogue --> Serve.
Inside you will find:
The Facilitator Ethos and core posture
Clear guidance for holding dialogue across differences
Non-negotiables that protect trust and nonpartisan integrity
Sample gathering flows for different time formats
Guidance for harvest and synthesis
Whether your gathering is small or large, this guide helps you steward the space with steadiness, humility, and care.
Download the most recent version and review it before planning your event.
Small Table Conversations
A structured yet accessible guide for hosting intentional conversations in homes, cafés, libraries, and community spaces. Learn how to create space for honest dialogue and move from reflection to service.
The Five Anchors
A quick integrity guide for the Freedom Fast
The Five Anchors is a simple discernment framework that protects the mission and long-term trust of the Freedom Fast.
It helps leaders, partners, and hosts evaluate whether a proposal, message, or partnership truly reinforces the core purpose of the Fast: a reflective, unifying pause grounded in the values of the Declaration of Independence.
The framework centers on five filters:
Mission Alignment
Integrity of Voice
Cultural & Narrative Fit
Value Contribution
Stewardship
If an initiative weakens two of these anchors, it does not move forward. If it strengthens all five, it belongs.
Use this guide when making decisions that shape the tone, credibility, and future of the Fast.
