building the infrastructure
for thriving

Modern life takes place within fully built-out systems of distraction and a loneliness epidemic.

rec·re·a·tion is a nonprofit organization and a social sculpture: an experiment to build scalable structures for individual flourishing. In short, to scale joy.

We're inspired by the AA fellowship model — decentralized, member-run, fully self-sufficient autonomous groups — and grounded in Aristotelian friendships of virtue and bell hooks' definition of love. Our belief: a sense of both purpose and belonging is critical to thriving.

Learn more about the foundation and our programs.