programs

play. pause. resolve.

Weekly peer-run gatherings, refined through a year and a half of cohorts in Chicago, New York, Princeton, and Los Angeles.

programs
chicago · since october 2024

our first pilot, weekly

Each Sunday in Chicago, a recurring cohort of ten to twelve regulars gathers in someone's home for a two-to-three-hour session in one of three formats: play (sharing of personal pursuits), pause (reflection), and resolve (intention-setting).

Hosting rotates: each week a different member opens their home and chooses the format. There is no permanent facilitator. Sessions are free to attend; no one is asked to pay or to perform.

sundays
the accountability layer

resolve tracking

Members carry the protocol into the week through a shared spreadsheet. Each person sets a value, designs a tiny weekly experiment in service of that value, logs the habits that stuck, and writes a short post-mortem at the end of the week.

The spreadsheet is the foundation's measurement layer. It lets members see their own pattern over months and lets the cohort see one another's. It is, in practice, the difference between a Sunday morning that felt good and a Sunday morning that actually changed the week that followed.

resolve
portability

sister sessions

Cohorts have run in New York (Lower East Side, Williamsburg), Princeton, and Los Angeles. Each cohort is a small, self-organizing test of the format — a way to see what travels and what depends on the room.

We document each session. Over time, the goal is an open protocol that a group of friends in any city can run themselves, without needing anyone from the foundation in the room.

portable

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recreation foundation · 501(c)(3) nonprofit · ein: 33-1567485
1512 florence ave, evanston, il 60201 · est. 2024
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