Twin Oaks Communities Conference

Twin Oaks Communities Conference Labor Day Weekend, August 29 - Sept 2, 2025

http://www.communitiesconference.org Swim. Play. Explore. The time to change your life is NOW!

If you live—or want to live—according to the ideals of sustainability, cooperation and equality, come to the annual Twin Oaks Communities Conference this summer for a celebration of cooperatives and communal lifestyles! From August 29 through September 1, 2014, network and learn about communities of all kinds — co-housing, co-ops, communes and ecovillages — at one of the best-known intentional com

munities in North America. At the conference, you can attend workshops on topics such as communication, resource sharing, group decision-making and dynamics, worker-owned businesses, ecological responsibility and more. Camp in a beautiful forest alongside fellow participants and be a part of a temporary, once-in-a-lifetime intentional community. Exchange ideas with major players in the Intentional Communities Movement by day and swap stories at fireside sharing circles by night. Who we are:

Twin Oaks Community is an intentional community of 100 people on 450 acres in rural central Virginia. Founded in 1967, the community values cooperation, non-violence, and egalitarianism. The community holds land, labor, money, and other resources in common and practices a democratic form of self-governance called the Planner-Manager system. Tours will be available during the conference. The conference is sponsored by two different inter-community organizations. The Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) provides publications, referrals, support services, and sharing opportunities for a wide range of intentional communities, cohousing groups, ecovillages, community networks, support organizations, and people seeking a home in community. The Federation of Egalitarian Communities (FEC) is a network of groups which hold their land, labor, and other resources in common and are committed to equality, participatory government, ecology, and non-violence.

At the risk of spoiling the longer report. 37 of the 40 responding participants of this year's communities conference s...
09/19/2025

At the risk of spoiling the longer report. 37 of the 40 responding participants of this year's communities conference said the event was good or excellent. That was certainly the organizers perspective.

This is the lost and found for this year’s communities conference. If you see something that yours and precious send me ...
09/05/2025

This is the lost and found for this year’s communities conference. If you see something that yours and precious send me a message.

Perhaps you should present a workshop at the Twin Oaks Communities Conference (Aug 29 thru Sept 1, 2025). Submission Dea...
07/10/2025

Perhaps you should present a workshop at the Twin Oaks Communities Conference (Aug 29 thru Sept 1, 2025). Submission Deadline 7/15/2025.

https://communitiesconference.org/communities-conference-2025-call-for-presenters/

Here are some examples:

“Liberation in Practice: Embodied Authentic Relating for Community Transformation”

About the Workshop In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore how power, identity, and belonging show up in community life. Through movement, storytelling, and authentic relating games, we’ll unpack moments of disempowerment and reclaim agency together. Come ready to connect, reflect, and leave with embodied tools to support equity and liberation in your community.

“Integrating Liberation into All We Do: How to not Recreate What We Are Resisting”

About the Workshop Why do so many peace movements eventually become tools of state violence? What leads communities to repeat patterns, even as they intend to create a visionary alternative?… In this workshop, we intend to explore together some phenomena that we’ve encountered during our experiments in integrating liberation into community living (“male & female training” and “the couple groove”). We aim to practice with you a support structure that can be immediately applicable wherever you are.

“White Privilege and Intentional Communities – Calling White Folks to Explore This Together”

About the Workshop Coming together in a supportive, honest, heart-connected experience, we will unpack what white privilege is and what it means to be part of the normative white culture that exists within the Intentional Community movement. Using interactive, reflective and interpersonal experiences, we begin to challenge ourselves to face our conscious and unconscious bias, beliefs and actions. Space will be created to address the often present road blocks of shame, fear, and guilt that arise and keep us from moving forward toward real change. We will provide some hands-on interpersonal skills that help navigate this territory and support action and advocacy within our own communities. We do so with the hope that a deeper understanding, explored within the context of the hopes and goals of a more diverse and inclusive Intentional Community space, can be part of the journey towards personal and collective transformation.

For more information about these and other workshops go to our website

Prefer to read your news online? You can read this post on our blog Need to catch up? You can find all of the 2025 Updates on our blog here

05/16/2025

Looking for a picture of last years circus tent at the conference to help our friends at Acorn Community - and photos ? Kelpie Kristen Henderson Hawina Falcon Keenan Dakota Cynthia Tina

Just as Louisa County hosts several communes, the Communities Conference has a number of siblings and this post outliens...
05/13/2025

Just as Louisa County hosts several communes, the Communities Conference has a number of siblings and this post outliens 5 of them, 3 of which focus on intentional communities.

There are 5 exciting and currently relavent events happening in Louisa all hosted by intentional communities. Click thru on the links for more details and ticketing options. Roots and Resilience: B…

This is the new cover art for the communities conference fingerbook.
05/06/2025

This is the new cover art for the communities conference fingerbook.

Twin Oaks is again hosting the annual Communities Conference and we are putting out the call for workshop presenters. Th...
05/06/2025

Twin Oaks is again hosting the annual Communities Conference and we are putting out the call for workshop presenters. These workshops must be on topics directly related to intentional communities.

If you are experienced with intentional communities and feel you have a compelling interactive workshop (no lectures please) feel encouraged to complete this form below.

Presenters of these curated workshops have their admission costs paid for by the conference.

If you are looking for an intentional community this might be the event for you. Last year 50 communities looking for new members were joined by over 200 participants.

Prefer to read your news online? You can read this post on our blog Need to catch up? You can find all of the 2025 Updates on our blog here

Save the date for the 2025 Communities Conference August 29 - September 1, 2025, followed by the 2nd annual Convergence ...
04/23/2025

Save the date for the 2025 Communities Conference August 29 - September 1, 2025, followed by the 2nd annual Convergence of Intentional Communities September 1 - 4, 2025.

Join us at the Twin Oaks Communities Conference, August 29- September 1, 2025 for performances, tours, presentations, curated workshops on intentional community living, great food, lively dances, a…

04/14/2025

Any graphic artists out there that want to help with designing and ad and other promotional material?

We are looking to borrow a fancy video camera. Do you have one?
03/16/2025

We are looking to borrow a fancy video camera. Do you have one?

This year’s Twin Oaks Communities Conference will be videoing all the plenary and some workshop sessions. We are also going to be making promotional videos with two talented videographers an…

03/12/2025

We are looking for conference interns - room, board, free tickets to all the 4 events and $100/month. Flexible schedule.

The events are:

Women’s Gathering Aug 22 thru 24
Communities Conference Aug 29 thru 31
Convergence of Intentional Communities Sept 1 thru 4
Q***r Gathering Sept 13 thru 14

A more comprehensive description of the internships and coming shortly.

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