about us

Orange loveseat and armchair in sunlit room with small coffee table and plants on windowsill

commonspace is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

  • commonspace creates shared spaces of care, justice, and recovery in all its forms.

  • commonspace envisions and works towards a society where all people are valued, nourished, loved, and appreciated for their unique contribution to our shared and mutually dependent existence.

  • commonspace…

    …embraces our relationships with each other as the central focus and foundation of our work and of our hopes for meaningful societal change.

    …believes that there as many roads to recovery as there are people in the world.

    …challenges all efforts to create false divisions within our communities, and welcomes all people into our common spaces.

    …is shaped and informed by robust and ever-evolving engagement with and leadership from the people in our community who have been the most historically marginalized and disregarded.