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Current Project
Let's make your neighborhood a Village!
Let's make your neighborhood a Village!
Have you seen these door hangers in your area? Have you seen posts about this online?
That means neighbors are coming together in your area!
Join the next cohort of awesome humans bringing their local community together by trying out our Village Gathering Model.
Mission/Vision
Mission/Vision
Our Mission
Our Mission
To expand our capacity for community with simple tools and practices that deepen connections
The Village Model
We make community organizing and gathering easy with a club-like structure based on great gathering experiences, shared roles, and member-led events and activities.
The Village Model
We make community organizing and gathering easy with a club-like structure based on great gathering experiences, shared roles, and member-led events and activities.
About Us
About Us
This short video covers who we are from leaves to roots
Our Toolkit
Our Toolkit
Once you get people together, what then? How do we create and hold space that is open to all people and ideas?
A key project is to continue developing our Toolkit. The toolkit includes everything a group needs to organize a Village in their community, from software to agendas. It's been crafted over the years with input from dozens of community organizers working in a variety of settings.
Our Journey
Our Journey
What makes Village different? How have we learned from our past community-building experiences?
Village was born years ago and nurtured by the passions and work of many individuals who came together in 2020 during the COVID lockdowns. What emerged was something none of us could have done alone. Look below for a list of our co-creators.
Click here for a short 4-minute video outlining our history and milestones of the last few years.
Our Work
Our Work
How are we bringing Village into the world?
This video was made in August 2025 to provide an overview of our Village project.
Our approach is informed by Asset-Based Community Development, Sociocracy, and Open Space Technology.
Village Projects
Village Projects
Operating since April 2020, Village Seattle has over 80 members who gather virtually once a week and in person monthly. Our members regularly host events, including hikes, volunteering opportunities, and potlucks.
Village Family is an idea to use the Gathering Program in a family reunion-style event. 8 Family gatherings have been conducted virtually
with two families.
Operating since August 2022, Village Boise is just getting started! We've had monthly potlucks and gatherings in the park and at our winter home
at the Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship.
In 2024, a group of 20 Village Builders is working to bring version 1 of our Village Building Toolkit to their own neighborhoods and communities.
This pilot project is an effort to study the effectiveness of our
model and tools in a variety of environments.
Every Monday, stewards of Villages meet to support each other, discuss community-building topics, and receive training.
Village Nomad is the only Village operated by VillageCo. It serves as a social gathering space for volunteers and a practice area for Village Builders.
Gatherings take place periodically on different days and times; click here (TBD) for upcoming events.
In The Media
In The Media
Podcast Interview
Podcast Interview
Village Co-Founder Jason Sears is interviewed by Village In The City founder Mark McKergrow in this podcast to discuss the Village, its operations, our social gathering model, and what we've learned so far.
Feature in The Big Idea Lab
Feature in The Big Idea Lab
Feeling Alone and Disconnected? It Might be Time to Join a Village.
"As the world has grown larger, so have the cracks that people can fall into. The Village Revolution is all about stitching our communities back together and shrinking those cracks."
"VillageCo is an innovative effort to reconnect our neighborhoods and heal our social fabric."
- Seth Kaplan
"VillageCo is an innovative effort to reconnect our neighborhoods and heal our social fabric."
- Seth Kaplan
To learn more about the importance of neighborhoods, visit Seth Kaplan's website.
Sharing A Vision
Sharing A Vision
"Locally Connected" T's & Hoodies!
"Locally Connected" T's & Hoodies!
Join us in standing for a locally connected world by wearing one of our new t-shirts or hoodies! Each shirt sale provides $5 to support our work.
Our Volunteers
Our Volunteers
Testimonials
Testimonials
2022 Testimonials
2022 Testimonials
In this video, early investors in VillageCo share why
they support the continued growth of Village
2021 Tesimonials
2021 Tesimonials
In this video, Village Seattle members share their
favorite parts and the value they get from being a Member.
2024 Tesimonials
2024 Tesimonials
Watch this introduction to our 2024 Giving Circle campaign for words of support for Village
2023 Tesimonials
2023 Tesimonials
Watch this brief summary of our 2023 fundraiser for words of support for Villages in multiple communities.
Stay Informed & Show Support!
Stay Informed & Show Support!
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