why we're building The Commons - by Patricia - The Commons

a manifesto

Hi there - Patricia and Adi here 👋 The two of us have been thinking about how community spaces can nourish cultures of play and human creativity for several years now. Both of us started out running Salons and TED conferences back in college, and since then have been organizing retreats, fellowships, group houses, and more. Along that journey, we’ve kept coming back to the importance of creating spaces truly dedicated to open exploration, community dialogue, and co-creation. In America, studies suggests that we’ve lost half of the casual gathering places, or “third spaces”, that existed…

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