Community Spring

06/20/2026

Community Spring is throwing our first Annual Block Party, and you’re officially invited to the bash of the year! We’re bringing the heat with live tunes, ice-cold local brews, and a lineup of the city’s absolute best food trucks and small businesses. 🎶🍻🎸🍽️

This event isn’t just about the music, food, and fun. Every drink and dance move fuels our mission to break the cycle of poverty and mass incarceration in our community!

📆 Saturday, October 3, 2026
🕛 12PM - 5PM
📍 NW 2nd Ave, Gainesville, FL

Interested in being a vendor? Check out our registration form at csgnv.org/blockpartyvendor

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06/17/2026

Join us next Monday and Tuesday, June 23 & 24, for our monthly Storytelling for Change Workshop! 📢

06/16/2026

Overcoming the financial hurdles of reentry shouldn’t feel like constantly drowning.

Yesterday marked the midpoint of this year’s cohort for Just Income, our guaranteed income program for people recently released with a felony record. The impact so far? Paying off probation, affording critical medical care, celebrating anniversaries, and finally having room to breathe.

06/16/2026

Happening this Friday! Hope to see you there!

Join us for "Occupy My Streetz: Bringing Unity Back to the Community"! 🤝✨

This Juneteenth, we are honoring Gun Violence Awareness Month by occupying our streets with purpose, connection, and peace. Bring the whole family out for a 3v3 basketball tournament ($150 top prize + trophy! 🏆), a fitness competition, a live DJ, free food, bounce houses, raffles, and local resources.

📆 Friday, June 19th
🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍Unity Park (1700 Northeast 31st Ave, Gainesville, FL)

06/11/2026

'What if Fish Could Tell Stories?' 🐟📖

In his newest Blog, Julius dives into the hidden power of narrative, challenging the myths we tell ourselves about, worth, growth, and separation while asking a critical question: which stories are never told?

Submerge yourself into this powerful piece at

Discover how the stories we tell shape our reality. "What If Fish Could Tell Stories?" explores the dangerous systemic myths of society and the power of the narratives left untold.

06/05/2026

Join us for "Occupy My Streetz: Bringing Unity Back to the Community"! 🤝✨

This Juneteenth, we are honoring Gun Violence Awareness Month by occupying our streets with purpose, connection, and peace. Bring the whole family out for a 3v3 basketball tournament ($150 top prize + trophy! 🏆), a fitness competition, a live DJ, free food, bounce houses, raffles, and local resources.

📆 Friday, June 19th
🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍Unity Park (1700 Northeast 31st Ave, Gainesville, FL)

06/02/2026

🎙️ Exciting news! Last Tuesday, Julius Irving and Kelly Lynch sat down with Ilene Silverman to chat about the impactful work we’re doing here at Community Spring.

We had a wonderful time sharing our mission, and we can't wait for you to hear it! Stay tuned. Our episode of The Ilene Silverman Show airs in just a couple of weeks! 🗓️✨

05/28/2026

Earlier this week, our fellow Chris Perry led a vital Storytelling Workshop focused on a heavy but necessary topic: facing trauma.

As Chris beautifully put it, facing trauma isn’t just about "dealing with something hard." It’s about confronting an experience that shook your foundational sense of safety so deeply that your mind and body are still carrying the imprint.

Poverty and mass incarceration are deeply intertwined with systemic trauma, yet so many of us are never taught how to confront or process it. During our discussion, our community shared what trauma feels like to them. Many described it as an energy absorbed and trapped within the body, while others noted how it permanently alters the filter through which you view the world.

That is why this work matters. Storytelling is how trauma loses its grip; it is the space where people reclaim their voices. By facing our trauma, we become better equipped to create stories that drive real change.

05/19/2026

Storytelling is how trauma loses its grip and the community finds its voice.

Join us for our Facing Trauma Storytelling Workshop with Chris Perry where we'll learn about trauma, speaking truth to power, and growing stronger together.

📆 Tuesday, May 26 & Wednesday, May 27
⏰ 9:30 - 11:30 AM each day
📍Community Spring Office
218 NW 2nd Ave, Gainesville, FL

😋 Get free refreshments for joining

05/14/2026

✨ Donor Spotlight ✨

As we reflect on our growth at Community Spring, we’re honored to spotlight two people who make it possible: Fred and Anna Zeller.

The Zellers joined our Gainesville community six years ago. What began as a one-time donation in 2022 quickly became a recurring commitment to our sustainability. Fred says it best:

"I can’t imagine a better way out of the increasingly crippling economic divide we're experiencing than the model Community Spring has created."

Thank you, Fred and Anna, for your unwavering support!