01/11/26 @1:30pm: Exploring a community timebank

Email anjali@makejusticenormal.org by Friday, 1/9, to join in person in Jackson Heights, Queens.

Initiated by Meredith Faltin, we’re exploring what it would take to start a neighborhood timebank, a system where neighbors exchange time. The idea is simple: one hour of your help = one hour of someone else’s help, and we don’t need to exchange money to support one another. 

But sustaining a timebank takes shared commitment, participation, and care. We’re organizing working sessions for folks interested in helping to build a time bank from scratch, starting first in Jackson Heights, Queens, and expanding from there as the community grows.

In the first meeting, our goal is to walk away with clarity on if our collective community is to set a pace for development that matches our readiness. We’ll:

• Walk through how timebank systems and exchanges actually work

• Discuss what roles and responsibilities are needed to keep one going

• Reflect on our collective capacity, interests, and readiness