Who we are

Nexus is a relational network connecting people from different countries, contexts and professions. What we share is common desire to live as journeyers – to learn together from our life experiences. Early informal experiences with small groups of friends, together in a living room engaging with a film or book, showed us how life-giving participation in such a community could be. Over the next ten years or so, a handful of us started thinking and talking about forming an association dedicated to launching such groups around the world. We came up with the name “Nexus” (a connecting link) for what we were creating together. Over the course of a few decades have gained experience and expertise in creating friendly meeting places based on participation, mutuality and respect for personal integrity. Viewing life as a journey we seek to enrich others’ lives and allow them to add value to ours.

Beginning in 2017, we organized ourselves into an international arts non-profit, helping people create events and groups that journey together through shared encounters with books, films, poems, paintings, food, nature, etc. In the summer of 2024 we are launching the first stage of a 18 month pilot project, launching new Nexus events and groups in new places, discovering how we can continue to shape Nexus for the world that is emerging. We’re putting our simple, shareable pedagogy in the hands of all kinds of people (who don’t have to be art experts, but just curious learners), people creating journeying communities where everyone finds meaning together. The Nexus organization exists to support and network local expressions that carry their own name and shape. They  connect with us because of our shared story to story pedagogy (i.e., encountering a new story together and then conversing about what this story says to our life stories), values based in mutuality, and dreams for a better world. Our small international facilitation team keeps learning from new experiments and experiences happening locally.

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