The Wigg Party has taken session.

On Wednesday, a meeting of the Wigg Party had a little taste of political, a pinch of celebration, and the full flavor of a unified group of thought. Morgan Fitzgibbons invited friends, colleagues and like-minded people to the Sunshine Castle, a.k.a. his house, to a conference place, a.k.a. his bedroom, in hopes to create and discuss an evolved neighborhood committee for the Lower Haight, panhandle, USF, Western Addition and NOPA districts of San Francisco.

“The panhandle is our space,” began Fitzgibbons, as mostly 20-somethings packed into the room and continued to trickle in after the 8-o’clock start time. They came for different reasons, but with similar desires. “I want to bring nature back to the city,” one attendee stated. “I appreciate the Wiggle,” said another. Fitzgibbons and roommate Clint Womack projected the meeting’s outline on the wall, and began speaking on what is the potential for an environmentally conscious and self-sustaining community.

Evoking the late Timothy Leary, Fitzgibbons introduced three steps to a successful campaign: “Sign on, root in, branch out.” Sign on simply means get involved. That means share ideas, participate in action and pledge a dedication to the project. Root in alludes to digging ourselves into the parks, businesses and activities of our community to create a deep-rooted interconnection amongst them. Branch out signifies a spreading of the word, an email, a phone call, or in this case, a gathering.

The presentation continued with ways to assemble a more cohesive community by using conscientiousness and compassion when connecting to local business, transportation authorities, and local government. A common thread remained the Wiggle, the aptly named bike route that snakes through streets from upper Market Street to the Panhandle, which is also the source of the party’s name. According the participants on Wednesday, the Wiggle is an example of supporting cyclists’ needs and a perfect representation of the way a city should run.

The group of roughly forty broke into smaller groups to discuss the topic points of the meeting. The topics on Wednesday, which were voted on by the group as most important, were: how to create sustainable local businesses, backyard gardens as a means of personal “resilience”, beautifying the Wiggle and etching its significance in the city’s history, and the Great Reskilling. The latter refers to a form of public education, where specialists in their field and even hobbyists teach others useful skills like appliance repair and cooking so that they can be more self-reliant. “This is all of us working as a community together,” Fitzgibbons declared.

The goals of changing the ethics of businesses and passing better transportation legislation are noble ones. But with the minds of participants in environmental groups like Eco SF and Transition San Francisco and the help of students and community members alike, changing a neighborhood could be the foundation to changing society.

As Lao Tzu says, “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

To find out about the next meeting, check out http://grou.ps/wiggparty.