PROGRAMS + PROJECTS
Beahive is a community. Communities thrive when they work together, play together, share ideas, and — well — commune.
Below are just a few things we do to inspire, educate and bond members — and ultimately, the larger community. Currently scheduled events are shown on our events page. Have suggestions? Please let us know.
Want to use the space for your own event, workshop or group meeting? Details here.
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COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS
Our ambassadors are a friendly presence at our hives, basically exchanging their help for membership, resources and meaningful connections. We’re always open to bringing on new folks if they’re the right fit.
HV NONPROFIT HUB
Since 2023 Beahive has been hosting Just Bea-Cause nonprofit mixers every few months in Beacon, in partnership with longtime member Fund the People.
Inspired in part by conversations at those events, a few of us launched this — for now, low-key — community hub initiative to better connect the regional nonprofit ecosystem.
Just Bea-Cause Nonprofit Mixers
These casual affairs bring together cause-related, nonprofit, and foundation pros and volunteers.
We continue to host them at Beahive in Beacon, but we’re partnering with others to expand them to other communities.
Watch our upcoming events for the next one.
Slack Community
Use this growing online community to ask for recommendations, hire people, announce events, and exchange innovative strategies and best practices in the nonprofit, philanthropy, social change worlds (or just lurk).
You can join channels based on your interests — e.g. #general, #events and #jobs.
Community Projects
Fundraisers, space hosting, planning, technical and creative support for community-based events and initiatives. A handful of programs we’ve produced and/or hosted over the years (as of September 2018):
- Beacon Zoning Forums
- Project Drawdown Learn: Approaches to Climate Change
- (Re)Fund Planned Parenthood
- Grannies Respond: Witness from the Texas Border
- Unity in the Community: Meet, Greet and Take Action
- Green Beacon Coalition
- Beacon SURJ / Showing Up for Racial Justice
- Re>Think Social Enterprise for Community Impact: A Town Hall
- Food + Social Enterprise Panel
- Financing for Healthy Communities and Social Enterprises
- The Beacon Theatre: Questions, Answers, Actions? (community forum on development and gentrification)
- Beacon Prison Reclamation Project: Public Forum
- Obamacare Enrollment: Health Care For All New York
- Systemic Change: An Evening with Gijs Spoor
PAST PROJECTS
Re>Think Local
A nonprofit collaborative founded in 2012 Re>Think addressed economic, environmental, cultural and social issues through education, tools and resources, policy, influence and community-building.
(We were founding partners — Beahive founder Scott Tillitt was a co-founder and board chair.)
TEDxLongDock
Day-long, sold-out official TED event with 20+ speakers and performers exploring the intersection of the creative economy and entrepreneurship and their impact on community vibrancy and economic development in the Hudson Valley. Held June 7, 2013, at Beacon Institute’s Center for Environmental Innovation & Education. (See videos.)
Main Street Summit
Our inaugural summit on Sept. 26, 2017 convened business owners and managers and city leaders to address some of the issues we confront in Beacon — as a community and in our businesses.
Presented with A Little Beacon Blog, we drew a capacity crowd.
Civic Kingston NY
We convened a small group of respected civic leaders, politicians and journalists to help consciously create a vibrant community in Kingston. Our first public event was held July 14, 2011: “CIVIC KINGSTON NY: A Forum for Engagement” focused on turning vision into action.
Hivemind Sounding Board
Take advantage of collective intelligence (“hive mind”) and an inspiring meeting place to brainstorm and work towards creative solutions to problems. Think of it as a mash-up of an ad hoc advisory board and group therapy for your work.
Workshops
personal and professional development / branding / financial matters
Social + Cultural Events (OPEN HIVE)
film screenings / game nights / parties / live music + performing arts
OPEN HIVE / Art
For artists we provide: free space, a reception, publicity, exposure in a unique setting, and affiliation with a progressive organization with a growing following.
