The ConnectSouthside Community Email Group is intended as a forum for discussion of local and regional civic and nonprofit issues and activities affecting the Southside community. It is used to facilitate discussion and to serve as a free tool for sharing information such as program planning, collaboration, research results, conference announcements, employment announcements and new publications.

You can receive emails individually or in a "daily digest" format and can easily unsubscribe at any time.

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Members of the ConnectSouthside Community Email Group may send messages to the more than 1,140 other members using the following guidelines.

To Send a Message to the Email Group:

1. Address your email to connectsouthside@connectnetwork.org 
2. Include a descriptive phrase in the subject line. Example: “New Local Environment Guide” or "Free computers"
3. Provide contact information, including your name, affiliation, and phone number or email
4. The following steps are required if your message includes a: 

• job posting, first add it to the Job Finder 
• date or deadline, first add it to the Calendar 
• registration or admission fee, state the organization that will benefit from the proceeds 

Prohibited Messages: 

• “Please Post,” “FW”, “RE,” or similar text  
• Attachments 
• HTML text    
• Volunteer needs (instead, please see Volunteer Match) 
• Items needed (instead, please see Items Needed) 
• Press releases and newsletters 
• Advertisements for for-profit products and services
• Requests from job seekers (instead, please see Job Finder) 
• Requests for donations 
• Repeat messages about the same or similar topics 
• Inflammatory language
• We reserve the right to reject any posts
  
  Please note: ConnectSouthside cannot edit messages. Messages that do not meet guidelines will be returned to the sender with editing suggestions.