WHO WE ARE

Thrive is a community, network and movement building Beloved Community for these times. We gather people at the intersections of meaning, belonging, music, the arts, and social change.

OUR MISSION & VISION

Our mission is to create a world where all people belong and thrive.

We envision a world where beloved community has been realized: love and justice have prevailed; people from all walks of life are valued, respected, and treated with dignity; all people feel safe, cared for, and connected; we share our gifts and resources openly with one another, peacefully resolving conflict, living in balance with nature, and embodying lives of of meaning, joy and wellbeing.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

 We are guided by four core principles:

• Thriving Lives - We support each other in overcoming personal challenges and injustice, and creating healthy lives filled with purpose, joy, and expression.

• Love In Action - We let love guide us toward compassion, gratitude, empathy, and community amongst diverse groups of people. 

• Shared Learning & Practice - We seek to deepen our understanding of the world through conversation and critical inquiry, and to grow together through transformative practices and action.

• Systemic Change - We unite to build equitable systems where we can flourish as individuals, as communities, and as a planet.

Thrive started in Oakland, CA eight years ago as Thrive East Bay. As our community and reach has expanded, we’ve grown into the Thrive Network as we work locally and translocally to build Beloved Community for these times.

“Building community is to the collective as spiritual practice is to the individual.”

- Grace Lee Boggs

Join Our Team

Interested in joining our team? Thrive is led by an inspiring and collaborative team of mostly volunteers. Write to us and let us know how you’d like to get involved.

Thrive is a fiscally sponsored project of Movement Strategy Center. You can support our work by making a tax-deductible donation online here.