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We are catalysing intersectional solidarity via quarterly participant driven Open Space events that provide a safe space for neurodivergent, indigenous, and otherwise marginalised people to engage in omni-directional transformational learning and mutual aid.

Open Space

Whoever comes is the right people.
Whatever happens is the only thing that could have.
When it starts is the right time.
When it’s over, it’s over.

If you register below, we will keep you informed about the specific events and activities that emerge based on the submissions and ideas we receive.

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July 2024 – NeurodiVerse Days of Solidarity October 2024 – NeurodiVerse Days of Solidarity December 2024 – NeurodiVerse Days of Solidarity April 2025 – NeurodiVerse Days of Solidarity

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NeurodiVerse : human scale cultures created by neurodiversity within the human species
(a) the universe of NeurodiVentures
(b) the set of all neurodivergent people

Our evolving web of relationships, mutual aid, and peer support initiatives is best understood in terms of emergent Ecologies of Care beyond the human.

There is an urgent need to catalyse intersectional neurodiverse and indigenous ecologies of care all over the world. Neurodivergent, indigenous, and otherwise marginalised people depend on each other in ways that differ from the cultural norm – and that is pathologised in hypernormative societies. The endless chains of trauma must be broken.

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Regular immersion in Open Space is a medicine that can help transform self-doubt and despair into purposeful collective action. When everyone knows that everyone knows that … – then the illusion of progress and the illusion of powered-up institutions “being in control” is exposed and weakened. The more often this happens, the more the social license of powered-up institutions is eroded.

Regular Open Space is a tool to pick people up from where they are now, to jointly embark on a journey of omni-directional learning and intersectional community co-creation that leaves no one behind.

The effect of Open Space is comparable to the power of wave action on a sandy beach – swiping away all illusions of being in control, like castles in the tidal zone. I recommend to listen to the full version of an interview with Harrison Owen on the significance of Open Space from 2002, which has aged well.

The invitation to Open Space experiences is everywhere, it is the space beyond the anthropocentric cutoff points of the bell curve.

There is no shortage of human scale initiatives that re-conceptualise human societies in comprehensible, compassionate, and life affirming ways. Collectively we can tap into a wealth of knowledge and timeless indigenous wisdom.

We need commitment, we need community. We need to create spaces of trust. But for that, there’s tremendous work that we need to be doing. But I don’t think that any of that work will be possible, should we not have that commitment–that commitment that no matter how challenging and tremendously difficult it will be to reckon with these narratives and to dismantle these narratives. Because seeing the horror in the eye of all these narratives that we live by comes with tremendous understanding. It will leave us very fragile, very vulnerable, and most, of course, are not willing to do that, because we don’t feel safe. But if we are able to stand the heat and create these spaces, if we commit to do this kind of work for the benefit of the planet, then we may be able to learn that we can fly.

– Yuria Celidwen

Creating light, where all you could see is darkness.

– Sofía Gómez Uribe

… and you can only do it with the help of friends who keep you safe. I don’t have a death wish, I have a depth wish.

– Stig Pryds

Summary of results to date

Safe environments allow all living beings to find their niches and thrive in the world. We invite you to collaborate with the Autistic community and other marginalised communities to discover deeper forms of collaboration.

Onwards!