2025 Schedule

Friday Aug 29
1pm	Registration Opens. Arrive anytime starting at 1pm. We won’t have anything scheduled at first, but you can set up your tent, get familiar with the space, and have first dibs on volunteer shifts. We’ll also have some board games and craft supplies in the main area.
2pm-4:30pm	Various low key activities
Afternoon Workshops	Circus Tent	Crossroads	The Grove	Maypole	Ladyslipper	Sankofa Sanctuary	The Fest
4:30 – 6pm	Bankers vs. socialist: who builds a better economy?		Anarchist Parenting Circle				Community of Resistance
4pm-6pm	Tour of Twin Oaks– meet at Registration
6pm- 7pm	Dinner
7pm- 8pm	Greeting Circle & Ice breakers
8pm	RET intro and Welcome
Dusk	‘Sankofa’ the BIPOC Dream Seed Sanctuary Space: Opening Ritual
11pm	Quiet Hours Begin
Saturday, August 30
8a- 9am	Breakfast
9a- 9:30am	Opening Circle
9:30a- 12p	Meet the Communities
12p -1p	Lunch
12p- 3:30p	12pm-2pm- get a print,2pm – 3:30pm learn how to make a printIn the screen printing space next to registration, off the main circle
1p- 3p	Tour of Twin Oaks– meet at Registration
Afternoon Workshops	Circus Tent	Crossroads	The Grove	Maypole	Ladyslipper	Sankofa Sanctuary	The Fest
2p-3:30p	DC Microgrids: Building energy sovereignty in the US, Caribbean, and beyond		21st Century Networking: IC’s and the Social Housing movement	Ecovillages: Pathways Towards Regeneration	From Dream to Reality: Financing Regenerative Communities through Legal Innovation and Impact Contributors	A Living Network of Communities in Resistance	White Privilege and Intentional Communities – Calling White Folks to Explore This Together
4p-5:30p	Doing More With Less: Finding Resilience Through an Off-Grid Tiny House Mindset	Better Together: The Power of Regional Organizing	Bridging Political Polarization through NVC and Conscious Touch	Singing to Build ICs	Agapoli: A Strategy for Community Power	Twin Oaks Racial Equity Team
4p- 6p	Tour of Twin Oaks– meet at Registration
6p – 7p	Dinner
7p- 8p	Benefit Auction in the Circus Tent.
8:30p- ?	Dance party, dessert, and ice cream social in ZK dining hall (see map)
11p	Quiet Hours Begin
Sunday, August 31
8a- 9a	Breakfast
9a-11a	Tour of Twin Oaks– meet at Registration
9:30a-11a	Tour of Seeds Garden- Meet at Registration
Morning workshops	Circus Tent	Crossroads	The Grove	Maypole	Ladyslipper	Sankofa Sanctuary	The Fest
9:30a-11a	Authentic Relating to Support ICs	How to Develop and Sustain a Small Community		Integrating Liberation into All We Do: How to not Recreate What We Are Resisting	Community Death Care	Answering Martin Luther King’s call for”a radical revolution of values”
11a- 12p	Open Space Organizing (For afternoon workshops)
12p -1p	Lunch
1p- 2:30p	Open Space Slot 1
2:30p- 4p	Open Space Slot 2
3p- 6p	Tour of LEF community (meet at Registration to carpool over)
4p- 4:30p	Closing Circle
6p – 7p	Dinner
7p	Sunday Evening Program from Liberations Arts
11p	Quiet Hours Begin
Monday, September 1
8a- 9a	Breakfast
9a-10a	Cleanup, transition, & Goodbye to those leaving today
10a	Traditional Monday program at Cambia begins
10a	Convergence of ICs Registration opens

2025 Program

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TOCC 2025 program v1.0, last updated Thursday August 28

Program v1.1, Thursday August 29, 4:30pm eastern