Partnering with local restaurant, Downtown Chandler Cafe & Bakery, C4C curated a creative evening event for goal building and collage making. We enjoyed catered a snack buffet provided by the cafe while artist, Wavvy Kiwi, discussed the importance of journaling for mental health and self expression, along with alternative ways to go about the process. Each attendee received a goodie bag including an empty journal and other related gifts. Wavvy Kiwi gave a guide for brainstorming a future we may want to work towards, while helping us simplify those goals into words for inspiration while creating a collage on the new journal. 

We learned looking at our goals with physicality it makes them feel more tangible to us as well, and that journaling can be more than just words on a paper but whatever we want to charish, dive deeper into, or let go of. Thank you to all who attended and made something creative.

Local Latin Cuisine, Achiote, hosted and catered an evening of Arepas, guided painting by tattoo shop owner and artist, Angie Zapata, and a book reading by ASU Professor Dr. Rafael Martinez titled, "Illegalized". We came together to celebrate Hispanic heritage with an art lesson on sugar skulls for Dias de los Muertos, and having freshly made and catered arepas from a friendly local resturant was the perfect addition for our creative side to flow into the night. Thank you to everyone who came out for art and arepas!

Chandler4Change and the Baha'is of Chandler sponsors the Walk 4 Unity, formally known as Race 4 Unity. 

Walk 4 Unity was created in 2018, known as Race 4 Unity, to connect with other religions and communites in a non-judgemental space. The goal of the event is to provide a safe and entertaining environment for communities and cultures coming together. Each year, the Walk4Unity team picks a local community organization to highlight and raise donations. We have worked to donate to organizations such as ICAN, My Sister's Place, and others; working alongside organizations and individuals such as the Phoenix United Nations, ASU Chandler Innovation Center, Mayor Kevin Hartke, Vice Mayor Christine Ellis, and many more. 

Chandler4Change worked with members of the Southside Village neighborhood to petition the City of Chandler to recognize the many historical contributions of residents to the overall growth and success of Chandler. The City recognized Southside Village as the first Historic Conservation District in 2022. To celebrate the City designation, Chandler4Change was part of the Southside Village Historic Designation Team that put together a hugely successful community event at Harris Park.

Thank you to everyone who came out to support the Southside Village Reunion Festival at Harris Park. This special event was sponsored by South Chandler Self Help and C4C to recognize, celebrate, and learn more about preserving the Southside Village Historic Neighborhood as the first-ever Chandler Historic Conservation District. 

On Saturday, April 16th, all team members collaborated to walk the neighborhood, passing out flyers to all the residents promoting the Southside Village Reunion Festival on the 23rd, which made the event a hug success! 

This event was also a collaboration with the Salvation Army and the City of Chandler Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office, and supported by City of Chandler Historic Preservation Office.