Community conversations and shared meals where people gather around one table to discuss freedom, responsibility, courage, family, community, and the future of the country.

Participants explore questions such as:

“What does freedom mean now?”
“What values should we preserve for the next 250 years?”
“Is patriotism a feeling, or a daily action?”

Participants explore ideas from the US Declaration of Independence and reflect on their own lives, responsibilities, freedoms, and future.

The experience helps people begin creating their own Personal Declaration of Freedom.

Community members are invited to share short videos, written reflections, stories, declarations, and personal thoughts about freedom and modern life.

Questions may include:

“What does freedom mean to you?”
“Are we still brave?”
“What is your Personal Declaration of Freedom?”

Collected voices may become part of a community video project, digital archive, or published book.

People do not simply attend the project.
They become part of its living history.

“My Hour of Freedom”

Participants are invited to practice 250 hours of freedom during this year.

The idea is simple.
Practice one conscious hour of freedom each day.

Participants receive a simple guide with questions and ideas that help them decide how to spend their Hour of Freedom.

This hour may include:
reflection, reading, dancing, movement, cooking, creating, spending time in nature, helping others become stronger and freer, building healthy habits, meaningful conversations, community action, or any activity that helps people live more consciously and courageously.

Because freedom grows through practice.

A public gathering where participants may share their Personal Declarations of Freedom.

A celebration not only of history, but of the ongoing responsibility to live freedom consciously and courageously together.

Selected declarations and reflections may later become part of a published community collection.

Portland, Oregon joins the nationwide America's Potluck celebration — bringing people together around one shared table.

Come share a bowl of traditional Ukrainian borscht, bring a dish you love, and tell the story behind it. This is a gathering to celebrate freedom, remember those who gave their lives for it, and feel what happens when strangers become neighbors.

Rooted in the spirit of Ukrainian hospitality, where no one leaves the table hungry, and every guest is family. This is a reminder that freedom isn't just something we defend. It's something we pass around. Like fire: the more you share it, the brighter it burns.