w/ KAT VELLOS

Designing A Path Beyond Loneliness

Our modern culture is built around production, consumption, and convenience.

But rarely around one of the core experiences humans need to live meaningful, fulfilling lives: connection.

Kat Vellos writes:

"If our lives, cities, and neighborhoods were designed for human thriving, people wouldn’t have to work so hard to meet basic human needs like friendship and community."

And yet, for many of us, connection does feel like hard work.

Everything moves fast. The news cycle is relentless. We’re overwhelmed by global crises, interpersonal conflict, daily obligations, and endless notifications.

  • How do we navigate this landscape?
  • How do we truly slow down and find our people?
  • How do we build the future we want to experience together?

Join us for this conversation on connection, belonging, and how we can design a culture of care in our communities.

This event also marks the beginning of Global Loneliness Awareness Week, from June 15-21st.

Live, Virtual Event

June 14, 2026
4:30pm Pacific Time

This event is offered at no financial cost.

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang is an educator in the Pacific Northwest and the writer and facilitator behind Gentle Change.

Emphasizing the importance of embodied and guilt-free social action, he works with folks to find sustainable ways to turn experiences of overwhelm into action that brings repair and healing in their communities.

You can find more of his work and offerings here.

Kat Vellos

With a background in UX design and years of experience supporting people in cultivating friendships and platonic connection, Kat Vellos sees the hidden reason why so many people struggle with loneliness as a failure of design.

And she is committed to solving this problem at the personal and structural levels.

Kat is a speaker, facilitator, certified connection coach, and author of We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships.

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