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About us
Thanks for stopping by! Here's why we decided to start More Neighborly...
1) Neighborliness is a skill.
We've come to believe through research and experience that things like love, gratitude, kindness, etc. are actually skills which can be trained with practice. Just like playing a sport, learning a language, or cooking a meal - with practice, anyone can improve.
2) Practicing with friends is more fun.
This stuff isn't easy! And we're tired of being online all the time. We want to connect in-person with people in Williamsburg.
On any given week you'll hear from 5-15 people: your conversation partners, the facilitator, and the creator of that day's conversation starter. These differing perspectives give us opportunities to encounter new ways of thinking and to add nuance to our thinking.
3) We want "kindness for kindness sake."
We want more neighborly spaces without ulterior motives. No gotchas, bait and switch, or confusing pricing models. If you attend a More Neighborly event you can safely:
- Keep your money. We are a for-good for profit, meaning fees help cover expenses [public financial statements pending], generate awareness, and to fund future gatherings. The owners don't make any money from More Neighborly.
- Keep your politics. There are plenty of spaces to discuss political gossip and global issues. This ain't one of them. We gather to work on ourselves and to better equip ourselves to care for our friends, families, and neighbors (which will then set us up to care for our larger communities, states, countries, etc... but you've got to do that on your own time).
- Keep your religion. We'd love to hear about your beliefs, and we don't feel any compulsion to change them or argue.We're most comfortable in settings where we feel safe to believe different things, together.
4) We have the internet.
We have access to so much human wisdom though books and the internet. We don't need to gather around a guru or expert. Instead, we curate content from the wisest and hardest-working people in the world. And use our precious shared time together to reflect and practice together in community.
We pull content from scientists, artists, monks, poets, podcasters, and lots of other folks too.
If that all sounds good to you, we hope you'll check out our upcoming gatherings.
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Written by Duncan Hamra
I'm a happy husband and father, and I built this website.
I hope to meet you at a future gathering!
Here are a few things I'm excited about:
→ Podcasts (The Adventure Zone, On Being, 99% Invisible, etc).
→ Running a small software company employees.
→ Listening to other people being excited about things.
→ Wood/metal working.
→ I dug a pond in my front yard and now we have little fish!
→ Effective giving (trying to do the most good per dollar donated).
→ Taking deep breaths (Just try it! Huuuuuuuu.... aaaaaaaaaaaah).
