### Invitation
You are cordially invited to attend all or part of a small two-day unconference on August 4th and 5th, 2018, at the Sanders residence in Portland. Despite its size (7 adults, 2 children), we're planning two tracks. One is about building communities and preserving knowledge in ways that are resilient to major changes in the world, up to and including societal collapse. The other track is about making communities great places for children, and will be full of kid-friendly activities.
### Sessions
#### Playful Track
- Saturday
- Drawing
- Wetlands exploration
- Playing [Evolution](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155703/evolution)
- Swimming
- Sunday
- Pickleball
- Blackberry picking
- Cobbler making
- [Log Jam experiment](/Log_Jam_experiment)
#### Mature Track
- Saturday morning (combined sessions)
- [Systems science](/Systems_science)
- [Identifying the core ingredients of resilient communities](/Identifying_the_core_ingredients_of_resilient_communities)
- [Can we make resilience look more smooth and avoid collapses?](/Can_we_make_resilience_look_more_smooth_and_avoid_collapses?)
- Saturday afternoon
- [Philosophy of life as knowledge, panspermia, and the simulation hypothesis](/Philosophy_of_life_as_knowledge,_panspermia,_and_the_simulation_hypothesis)
- [Universal Basic Income / Andrew Yang for president](/Universal_Basic_Income_/_Andrew_Yang_for_president)
- [Judy's paperclip poem](/Judy's_paperclip_poem)
- Sunday
- [Watching "The Hand Game"](/Watching_"The_Hand_Game")
- [Who are we? part 1](/Who_are_we?_part_1)
- [Gaia prayer workshop](/Gaia_prayer_workshop)
- [Who are we? part 2 / Sanders family announcement](/Who_are_we?_part_2_/_Sanders_family_announcement)
- Scattered throughout: [The state of the wider American "community" under Trump](/The_state_of_the_wider_American_"community"_under_Trump)
#### Planned sessions that didn't happen
- Building [Moonument](/Moonument) models
- In a "[Foundation](/Foundation)" community that saves "all human knowledge," what do we teach our children? (curriculum)
- Community, belonging, and the challenges of mental illness