2024 Community Living Wisdom Exchange

• What: a 2-day conference with multiple parallel sessions; art, reflection, connection, other fun interactive activities; snacks, refreshments, meal(s)
• Who: 125-200 people
• Who we are: a small team of volunteers, partnering with local non-profits
• When: Dec 14-15 (Sat-Sun); 10am-7pm Sat + 8pm party, 10am-4pm Sun + 5-8pm Co-op Crawl and Co-op Dinners
• Where: Internet Archive, 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118 (Sat evening in lower Haight, Sun evening at various Bay Area co-ops)
• How: Every ticketholder needs to fill out our Intake Form too! Buy your ticket below. NOTAFLOF, seriously. See Financial Accessibility.

Initial schedule here: https://tinyurl.com/clwe-2024-schedule (will continue to be updated as we approach event)

Livestream links:

• Track 1 (Sunday School): https://zoom.us/j/91714145975?pwd=X0yAT0LKtcRp6vM4CGRdjpIakQsXwd.1
• Track 2 (Foyer): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87647222460?pwd=38KHyjPbfaGa60pQ6vHqxQ9kkha5nl.1
• Track 3 (Great Room): https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66490152593?pwd=bulSJKqoWa3CyTRuXYacN5pqvBqQF3.1

See full event description and policies here: https://tinyurl.com/clwe-2024

As highly social, interdependent creatures, many humans love the connection and support they get from living communally. While co-living was not as common during the 20th century across the United States, the Bay Area has consistently been a place where this form of housing has been alive and well, e.g. in community house triplexes, multi-family compounds, tiny home villages, ADUs, and third spaces. Through experimentation and often hard-earned experience, people have developed new ways of living together and unearthed old ones. However, much of that information is contained within small networks and is not broadly discoverable or accessible.

We aim to change that, and have created this conference to bring together community members from different walks of life to consolidate our collective wisdom into shareable resources that can be distributed and built upon throughout the world. We will bring together seasoned practitioners, subject-matter experts, and curious newcomers for a day of discussions, workshops, talks, panels, storytelling, writing, art, and organic connections. The intention is to connect like-minded folks, share both practical skills/learnings and inspiring ideas/visions, and plant the seeds of collaboration to co-create an inclusive, accessible, and caring housing future. We will examine our past, contend with our present, and envision our future.

For specific inquiries or access needs, feel free to email coliving-conference@googlegroups.com.

Once you've purchased a ticket, please fill out our attendee intake form here: https://forms.gle/ng5nin98uypEiTWL7

We acknowledge that the SF Bay Area is a very limited window into what coliving can be; many cultures around the world have done this for millenia. We also acknowledge that Bay Area communal housing is often quite inaccessible to more marginalized groups (see an example of the Wheel of Privilege here or here). As such, we highly encourage you to spread the word to folks who may be more marginalized (so they can attend, speak, facilitate, etc).