Summer is near, and so are many opportunities for MiSo togetherness.
In this issue, you’ll find the long-awaited updates about our annual gathering this summer, along with other invitations to upcoming events, and reflections from the “Present Your Project” series from the past months of network calls.
Hope to see many of you along the way.
Community Highlights
⛱️ Summer Microsolidarity experiences at Casa Tilo!
Want to experience and experiment with Microsolidarity at Casa Tilo this summer?
Then we’ve got some dates for you to mark in your calendar! Read on below and then let us know which events you’re interested in joining.
✨The Microsolidarity Immersion
A highly participatory training to develop your hosting capacity. Whether it’s your first foray into Microsolidarity or you’re a seasoned practitioner wanting to stretch into your hosting edges, you’re bound to come away with new and exciting ideas for bringing out the best of people in a group.
🗓️11th - 15th August at Casa Tilo, near Barcelona
✨Microsolidarity Co-living Week
A self-organised week of skill-sharing, coworking, peer support, hanging out by the pool with old friends from the Network and a few lightly facilitated conversations under the Tilo tree about evolving the Microsolidarity Network and framework
🗓️16th - 22nd August at Casa Tilo, near Barcelona
Spaces are limited, so if you're keen to join, register your interest for the Immersion and/or the Coliving week by writing to microsolidarity@gmail.com and we'll make sure to notify you as soon as tickets are available.
Hope to see a whole lot of you there!!
Upcoming Events
🌿 Wild House Tuscany - Creative Residency June & July 2026
(min. 3 weeks, up to 2 months) - An invitation from Anica Petrovic
Hi everyone! We are gathering a group for an experimental creative residency this summer in an off-grid house in Tuscany (nested 11 km from the medieval town of Cortona).
We imagine this as a collaborative playground: practicing new ways of relating and artful living together. Each resident brings one or more research/creative projects to develop, while also offering different relational, artistic and embodiment practices for each other, and tuning into whatever else wants to emerge. There's a pottery workshop, a big tent for movement or dance, and few acres of magical landscape and huge oak forest. Wi-fi too.
We have space for 8–10 people, with 5 ideally staying the full two months and remaining spots open for shorter visits.
🗓️ June & July 2026
📍 11 km from Cortona, Tuscany, Italy
💶 Sliding scale, from a share of 1.600 EUR/month total rent + organisational costs which will be transparently shared
⌛ 2 months or minimum 3 weeks
Apply by sending a WhatsApp or Telegram message to +381653019398, sharing a bit about your research/creative practice and what you'd like to work on during the residency.
More details https://www.notion.so/Wild-House-Tuscany-34d175a8fb2780ab95bae94dd793b871
🤙 This month Network Call - 7th May- 18:30 - 20:00 CEST / 9:30 - 11:00 PDT
Urban Villaging - Reflections from Berlin
What does it look like to recreate the good bits of village life in a big, busy city? In this session, Jocelyn Endres has invited Berlin-based friend and community groups to reflect on the connections that have been building between them. What have they been learning?
Join us for an honest conversation about what makes urban social fabric tick - the moves that bring friendships alive, and the unique challenges and opportunities to developing meaningful relationships in a city like Berlin. We’ll also be sharing across cities, so bring your own experiences!
📅 7th May, 18:30 – 20:00 CET / 9:30–11:00 PST
Click here to join!
🫶 Upcoming Network Calls:
Our network calls happen every first Thursday of the month and are always a lovely opportunity to connect with fellow Microsolidarity members. Come join us!
June 4th: Rich will be in conversation with Caleb about Community Village, a community of meditation practitioners in San Francisco.
July 2nd: Developing Your Hosting Capacity, a preview of the Summer Camp experience.
August 6th: Microsolidarity & Families, exploring how we can create mutual support for our tribes.
👉 Members: check your calendar for the Zoom link. Not a member yet? Click here to register and receive the invite.
See you there!
Resources
🌈 Reflecting on the “Present Your Project” Series.
by Gui Trevisan
Over the past five months, our monthly network calls became the “Present Your Project” series. In each session, members from across the network shared the projects they are putting their heart into, and I found it to be such a nourishing experience for everyone who participated. It felt like opening a window into the diversity, creativity, and commitment alive in our community.
It has been super inspiring to learn about these projects and the people behind them, and to discover how much is actually happening in the network beyond what we usually get to see. The projects were all very different in shape and context, yet I found it fascinating to sense so many resonances between them. Similar questions, shared tensions, common motivations, and values.
There was another factor that made these series very valuable, the quality of peer support that emerged in the calls made them not only inspiring for those listening, but also seemed to be very nourishing for the presenters themselves. Sharing their work created moments of clarity, reflection, and connection with others who offered their presence, experience and curiosity.
Here are a few reflections from presenters sharing what the experience was like for them:
“I found it so helpful to not just share Artwhole - a fellowship container for artists that I was just about to launch - with the network, but especially to ask for support and to ask the lingering questions I had about it! It was valuable to have an intimate little space where people could reflect back what they heard to me, and where I could get the feedback I most needed to hear: that I can trust myself, and that I already know how to listen and adapt to what the container and participants need from me over time.” Maeby
"I joined the network call for the 1st time to talk about https://www.cryptoleftists.xyz and the community stewarding work I do there. I recommend the experience to anyone who would like to feel heard, understood and supported.
This experience has sparked an intention in me to contribute to the MiSo network, to put more “MiSo practices” into practice at cryptoleftists and to crosspollinate.🐝” Unai
“At first I hesitated to present Coliven.com at Present Your Project because it still felt quite early-stage and not fully formed in my own mind. But I’m glad I went ahead with it. The experience turned out to be much more substantial than I expected. People engaged with it in a very grounded way - asking sharp, thoughtful questions and offering feedback that helped me see parts of the project more clearly. It also created some unexpected validation in real-world terms, like when a host of a community in Helsinki mentioned that someone had actually discovered their community through Coliven and reached out because of it. That kind of signal made the project feel less abstract and more embedded in something real.
What stayed with me most is how the effects of that one presentation continued to unfold quietly over time. There has been a kind of slow ripple effect - occasional emails from people who came across the project through the Microsolidarity podcast or newsletter, and even recent conversations that started from a simple message out of the blue. One of those turned into a deeper call just last week, where we ended up talking about communities and how people find belonging. In hindsight, what felt “too early” to share was actually exactly the right moment to open it up. It created connections I couldn’t have planned for, and a sense that the work starts to live its own life once it’s shared.” Marin
For me, the whole series became a wonderful reminder of the value of being part of this super organism of community builders. A reminder of the interconnectedness and the many ways in which we are more alike than different, and maybe even a bit of an antidote to the loneliness and isolation that can sometimes appear when we are out there trying to build things we care about.
If you want to get inspired too, you can watch the whole series here 📺
Get involved!
📞 Stay Connected on Telegram
Join the Community Channel Looking for ways to keep the Microsolidarity connections flowing? Our main Telegram channel is where our community stays active with crew invitations, local meetups, peer support, and the ongoing conversations that keep us linked.
Jump in, say hello, and see what’s happening. Or invite a friend and introduce them to the group!
👉 Join here and check the pinned Welcome message to introduce yourself.
Got a Card Deck? Join the Card Chat too! There’s also a dedicated Telegram group where we share experiences, inspiration, and creative uses of the Microsolidarity Card Deck. Scan the QR code in your deck for some card-focused fun!
✏️ Contribute to our May Issue!
If you got something Microsolidarity related going on, you are welcome to share it with the network! Bring your invitations, reflections, updates, and creative pieces to our monthly newsletter for all to enjoy them :)
Submit them here by May 25th, or reach out with questions at microsolidarity@gmail.com
That’s all for this issue! See you next time!
Gui
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