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oin us for a warm gathering of community cultivators and world-builders from across Chicago—people who have been organizing, experimenting, building, learning, caring, creating, and imagining across generations, communities, and movements.

?Some of us are working to resist the systems that are harming our communities. Others are building alternatives, cultivating community, experimenting with new forms of relationship and technology, carrying forward long traditions of organizing and collective wisdom, or simply asking what becomes possible when we work differently together. Many of us are doing both!

?Hosted by Next System Chicago and CHI Commons, this evening is an opportunity to bring our worlds and work into conversation—not through a conference or a formal program, but through food, stories, relationships, and the simple experience of being together.

?We’ll gather at GreenRise, the historic home of the Institute of Cultural Affairs, a place with a long-running intentional community and a history of experimentation in community, culture, and social transformation. We’re grateful to be hosted by one of its community members.

?Bring a dish if you can.
Bring a friend if you like.
Bring a story, a question, a curiosity—or just yourself!

?No presentations, panels, or particular outcome required.