1,000 SF residents from dozens of neighborhoods dine at city’s 1st ‘Longest Table’ potluck lunch
By Karina Nova
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco’s first “Longest Table” event brought together 1,000 San Francisco residents at Civic Center Plaza.
The Longest Table is a free community event that brings people together for a shared meal, conversation and to build community engagement.
People from more than 50 neighborhoods shared lunch together.
Participants at the free event brought a dish to their table and introduced themselves to other residents.
Pam Baer helped bring the massive event to San Francisco.
“It’s basically a lunch that allows you to have conversations and meet each other,” Baer said.
Co-chair Gary Miller said their vision came to life in front of City Hall.
“Connection and community, all of us we want the same things. We’re strangers and now we’re becoming friends,” Miller said.
It was a simple way to create moments of joy and begin building stronger neighborhoods, all while improving the city.
“The magnitude of all the neighborhoods together no matter what neighborhood it is, we want our city together and our country together, and this is leaving all our disagreements aside and sharing a meal and breaking bread,” Baer said. “It’s adding to what’s already done in the city. Our new mayor is already doing great. And I call it icing on the cake.”
Organizers hope the event inspires others to hold similar community engagements across every neighborhood in the city.
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