Grab your comfiest clothes, find your favorite spot at home, and join us for a day of collective dreaming and (virtual) doing — no matter where you are in the world. Whether you're calling in from your living room floor or your perfectly-angled desk setup, we're excited to spend November 14th exploring, creating, and imagining together on Butter. (Fair warning: this isn't a "check your emails while you listen" kind of gathering. Come ready to play, share, and dream with us.)
Let's start our day right. We'll introduce ourselves, share what brought us here, and set some intentions for our time together. Think less "spiritual retreat" and more "gathering of curious minds ready to reimagine everything."
With Yazmany Arboleda
What happens when we think bigger about what love can do? Yazmany, master of turning public spaces into playgrounds of possibility, kicks us off with stories and insights about the wild and wonderful things that emerge when we lead with heart. From turning prison buses into celebrations of resilience to creating "explosions of love" in communities around the world, his two decades of making the impossible possible show us just how transformative collective acts of care can be.
With Keely Adler
Take a guided tour through RADAR's three-month exploration of what happens when we reimagine love as more than just romance and relationships. We've mapped some fascinating territories, uncovered surprising connections, and found some stories that might just change how you see your own corner of the world. Warning: side effects may include questioning perfectly trimmed hedges.
Panel Discussion moderated by RADAR
Join Jenny Grettve (The Mothering Economy), economic policy expert Amanda Janoo (WEAll), impact investor & explorer of moral economies Elizabeth Garlow, and intersectional designers Cezanne Charles (Root of Two) and Bryan Boyer (Dash Marshall and the University of Michigan) for a dynamic discussion about rebuilding our world's systems with love at their core. From city design to economic structures, we'll explore how radical care could transform our fundamental infrastructure. Big ideas welcome, practical solutions encouraged.
Includes 15 minutes for audience Q&A.
Led by Evva Semenowicz
Because you're more than just a floating head on Zoom. Join ritual designer Evva Semenowicz for a playful, co-created exploration of community care through movement and ritual. Through gentle somatic practices and guided meditation, we'll step into a space where love becomes tangible as an organizing principle for our collective futures. This experimental side quest invites us to feel into—rather than just think about—what becomes possible when we bring our whole selves to imagining and practicing care together. No prior experience needed, just openness to possibility.
Featuring Jenny Nicholson + Paqui LizanaMelanie KahlRachel ChakSundus Abdul HadiKenneth Chu
Five (well, 6) brilliant minds, five rapid-fire explorations of love's transformative potential. From reimagining digital spaces and community care to exploring new forms of kinship and collaborative creativity, these quick talks will expand how you think about what's possible when love leads the way. Then, watch the magic happen as these diverse perspectives collide in a lively cross-pollination of ideas – less Q&A, more "what if we combined these wild possibilities?"
Led by The Rebis’ Hannah Levy
Whether you're craving breakfast, lunch, or a midnight snack (we see you, global dreamers!), take this time to nourish yourself however you need. For the curious souls among us, stay sat for Hannah from The Rebis as she joins us for a journey into the spaces between thoughts. In a live reading, we’ll use tarot's symbolism to prompt inquiry around themes of intimacy. connection, and self-love. There will be time for light journaling and meaning-making in community.
Kicking Off With A Surprise Guest!
Got an idea for making the world a bit more loving? We've got $10,000 in microgrants to help make it happen. After a special spark of a speaker to get your inner imagination activist flowing, we’ll share our public briefs and help you start sketching out your own vision. And not to worry: we’re not looking for million dollar ideas or the next big app — but rather, experimental, imaginative, human-scale glimmers that propagate this vision and prove A Future in Love isn’t just possible, it’s here.
Panel Discussion moderated by RADAR
How do we create environments where authentic connection can flourish? This conversation brings together pioneering perspectives on love's transformative potential. Join Flower City Noire Collective founders Tonya Noel Stevens and Kristen Walker, bestselling author Christie Tate, connection designer Lakshmi Rengarajan, and community care advocate Tamela Gordon as they share unexpected insights from their work creating brave spaces for storytelling, designing for human connection, and practicing revolutionary forms of care. Through their collective wisdom and real-world experiments, we'll explore different pathways to deeper relationships with ourselves, each other, and our communities.
Includes 15 minutes for audience Q&A.
Led by The Well’s Patrick Raneses
A moment to dream in ink and possibility. Through guided poetic practice, we'll craft messages to the future we're summoning into being, letting our words become bridges between what is and what could be. This gentle exploration from our friends at The Well weaves together mindfulness and creative expression, offering us a chance to pause and reflect on poetry’s ability to help us encounter both what is and what might be. Bring your wild heart and a willingness to wonder.
With Olivia Vagelos
What if we approached every space as hopeful romantics? Join experience designer Olivia Vagelos to reimagine a slice of your world through the lens of love. Together, we'll explore how to weave more tenderness, play, and possibility into the places and moments that matter – whether that's transforming your team culture, reimagining a public space, or infusing family rituals with magic. Learn to be brilliantly, bravely extra in the name of human connection. Because sometimes the most revolutionary act is caring enough to make something beautiful.
with Fancy & Keely Adler
What better way to end our journey than by coming together to let it all sink in? We'll take time to digest the day's discoveries, share what's sparked our imagination, and strengthen the threads of possibility we've spun together. Part reflection, part celebration, part collective dreaming – because the best futures are the ones we imagine together. Plus, we'll make sure you know how to stay connected with this community of thoughtful humans who showed up to reimagine love.
Can't be there on the day? We'll bundle all the sessions, side quests, and sparks of inspiration into a lovingly crafted care package for you to explore whenever works best. (Though we must admit, there's something special about dreaming together in real time...)