About

The Be-In Initiative is a growing movement building the emotional foundation the world needs to overcome humanity’s greatest challenges—by creating frequent, free public spaces around the world where people come together to practice and experience understanding, compassion, and connection.

Where It All Begins

Every problem we face—be it climate collapse, genocide, mass displacement, systemic oppression, domestic violence or road rage—is the result of human action. And human action is driven by emotion.

So at the root of it all is this: fear, greed, and division shape what’s normal, what’s allowed, and what unfolds.

A deeper dive

The Path to Real Change

It follows, then, that the solution is to replace fear, greed, and division with understanding, compassion, and connection. While the goal is a shift at the societal level, societies are made up of individuals—so that change must begin in each of us: in our personal emotions, our behaviors, and the choices we make each day.

As more people begin to live differently, emotional and behavioral norms start to shift. And when those norms shift, our culture and systems follow.

How We Get There

The Be-In Initiative hosts free public events outdoors—in parks and other high-foot-traffic places—so we’re not just preaching to the choir (no matter how good-looking and clever you all are). We want to reach people who wouldn’t normally come out to something like this—but who might wander over to find out where those bubbles are coming from, why everyone’s dancing and laughing together, or what those signs saying “Come have an uncomfortable conversation!” are all about.

We're not just the warm-fuzzies. We're the warm-fuzzies on a mission. These gatherings are designed to recondition how we interact, relate, speak, think, and even emotionally respond—individually and collectively.

At every Be-In, we create a welcoming, participatory space where people can actively practice and experience a different way of being—together. Everyone there shares the same intention, so you can let your guard down and show up with honesty and openness. In a world that rewards defensiveness, performance, and distraction, we make space for the real necessities of life: joy, connection, and truth.

Together, we create a small pocket of the world we all want to live in—and watch it spread. It ripples out from the space and into the streets, flowing from person to person, community to community—until it becomes something larger than any one of us.

And when these events happen often enough, in enough places, those ripples become a current strong enough to change the emotional climate of the planet.