About us

What is this?
The School of Us is a small, community-rooted learning club for people who like getting curious and experimenting together.

At a moment when many of our political and social systems no longer feel up to the task, we’re interested in what new forms of learning, coordination, and care might emerge when people come together on purpose.

We host short, participatory gatherings—usually 2-3 hours—in coffee shops and other community spaces around Snohomish County. These are not lectures or panels. They’re hands-on social experiments in listening, storytelling, and collective sensemaking that channel our individual skills and knowlegde into a shared genius and creativity that's bigger than all of us.

What we do?
We hope future events might include…

Story Swaps: paired storytelling experiences that encourage deep listening across difference
Jams and Pub Sings: participatory music-making to build trust and joy, share traditions, and practice collaboration/improvisation
Community-Centered Media: Pop-up newsrooms, zine-making, video and podcast production, and other practices for sharing community information
Culture and skill-sharing: Language swaps, interfaith events, salons (art, poetry, current events), local field trips, community gardening/permaculture
Community organizing and Mutual Aid to build civic muscle
You tell us! Everything is designed to be shaped by the people who show up.

What we believe (loosely):

Everyone has something worth teaching and learning
Communities get better at solving problems when more people (and more kinds of people) participate
Good questions matter more than perfect answers
Learning can be playful, imperfect, and a little weird

Who's this for?