Provincetown Community Compact
Nurturing Community
a film by Lise King
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One of the largest community gatherings on Cape Cod raising funds for AIDS, Women’s Health Organizations and the Community.
Artists, writers and the public are invited to apply for a stay at an historic dune shack set in the Cape Cod National Seashore.
The Compact helps creative ideas become reality by supporting dozens of artist and community projects with fiscal sponsorship and much more.
A living archive honoring those we love with messages, prayers, gratitude and tributes - both living and deceased.
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Celebrate with us! The Provincetown Community Compact launches its 25th anniversary with The Compact Chronicles – the story of this grass-roots community organization through the eyes of artist and founder, Jay Critchley.
June 6, 2018
February 17, 1975: My Re-Birth!
The Compact Chronicles Chapter 2
We arrived in town in February 1975 below our third floor Standish Street apartment we witnessed the Provincetown
Rescue Squad conducting practice maneuvers. That October my son Russell was born ...
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March 06, 2018
Come Celebrate With Us!
The Compact Chronicles Chapter 1
The Provincetown Community Compact launches its 25th anniversary with The Compact Chronicles –
the story of this grass-roots community organization through the eyes of artist and founder, Jay Critchley.
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Happy New Year from The Compact
January 4, 2022
Happy New Year!
Could 2021 have pushed us more to our limits? With an unceasing pendulum of highs and lows,
we managed to survive, and even prosper, as we head into the third year of the pandemic.
Let’s reach out to each other.
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Dune Shack Residencies Open For 2022
December 7, 2021
Dune Shack Residencies Open
The Provincetown Compact Compact announces 2022 dune shack residency applications are now open.
Applications: Apply Here
Contact: jay@thecompact.org
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The Ribbons installed in front of Orlando Town Hall
December 3, 2020
Prayer Ribbons - Witness Together
The Provincetown Community Compact will launch the documentary “Prayer Ribbons - from Provincetown to
Orlando,” by Provincetown filmmaker Lise King on Monday, December 21, 2020, the winter solstice.
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June 9, 2020
Provincetown Unites as ONE to Help Outer Cape Non-Profits
Eighteen non-profits from the Outer Cape announced today that they will produce and participate in
a joint livestreaming fundraiser, One Provincetown, One Fund – Live! on Thursday, June 25th, 2020.
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May 26, 2020
Swimming in Place Challenge
The 33rd Provincetown Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla celebrates the strength of community
A summer long, global invitation - A Swimming in Place Challenge, Our Place, Your Place.
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Mar 30, 2020
Help Us Get Through The Crunch!
The impact of the coronavirus has already had dramatic consequences on our healthcare system, namely
Outer Cape Health Services. As a longtime beneficiary of the Swim for Life, this singular clinic has
had to furlough 70+ staff members and is running short on needed equipment and protective gear.
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Nov 26, 2019
The Compact Dune Shack Residency Applications for 2020 are now Open
The Provincetown Community Compact offers dune shack residency applications for C-Scape and Fowler Dune Shacks
in the Cape Cod National Seashore for 2020. Residencies are available April through November for the general public
(Community Residencies) as well as for artists, writers and community organizations.
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June 7, 2019
Prayer Ribbons Exhibition Returns to Orlando
For the third year in a row, the Provincetown Community Compact and residents of Provincetown, Massachusetts are honored to share a memorial
strand of Prayer Ribbons with the families and the community of Orlando.
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