Welcome to Village!

Welcome! You must have gotten here by way of someone at Village, as this page is not linked to publicly.

If you’re looking to learn more about Village, here are three easy ways;

  1. Watch some share-out videos (here are our highlights from the last two years)
  2. Read our Village White Paper which outlines our unique program and mission to build micro-community
  3. Attend a Village Open House on Meetup!

And, of course, continue reading this page!

Watch this share-out from the April 20, 2021 Village Seattle gathering.

We are a community of passionate Seattleites who come together in community to work towards creating a more equitable, sustainable, and thriving city. 

“When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself.”

Proverb

Gatherings

We come together weekly to ground and connect over a video call where we get to know each other and engage in important discussions.

Checkins

We check-in with each other as a supportive community every week on life updates, challenges and opportunities for community involvement.

Engagement

We organize in-person and virtual activities led by members to have fun, learn, and get involved in our community.

Visitors

We invite friends and families to attend our Gatherings and explore joining our community with a full heart.

Membership

We love diversity in perspectives, identities, and beliefs, and see them as crucial in growing our Village.

Purpose

We interconnect locally to for self-improvement and to influence social, economic, political, and ecological change.

Members of Village TARP celebrate recent progress at their inmate-led nonprofit which is promoting mercy in our criminal justice system.

“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

Coretta Scott King

We’re Just Getting Started

As of February, 2022 we are operating two city Villages, two nonprofit Villages, one workplace Village, and one family Village.

How & Why Do We Build Villages?

We help build community inside companies, neighborhoods, nonprofits, and families.

More about us on LinkedIn

“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”

Margaret J. Wheatley

Come Visit Us!

You will be welcomed with love. We want to meet you, hear your perspectives, and talk about important questions.

Questions Asked Recently

How do you stay motivated when the world seems to be at a standstill,
with no end to this pandemic in sight?

How have you grown most in the last 6 months? What have you learned?
What new insights have you gained?

Groups like the Village are based around respectful communication guidelines and grounding environments, how do you bring these to everyday interactions or spaces where this might not normally exist?

What is belonging?

How do you set boundaries with loved ones?

What is “Civic engagement”? How do we define/foster it? Is it important? How important? What are the best ways to meaningfully participate before the election?

“The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.”

Aristotle

“The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.”

Mary McLeod Bethune