Yes! While every interactive zine has a predictable structure...

Part 1: Thoughts, recipes, questions, etc. on the theme
Part 2: Journal Space with essential questions
Part 3: Planner

...the theme varies each month with a new topic that our founder, Sarah, has been considering as she thinks about being a creative human teacher in this extractive world. Each zine is written at the beginning of the previous month by Sarah herself, sometimes with the help of co-founder Jess, sent to the printer with a quick turnaround time, and shipped out to you, so the journals are timely, and the thoughts are fresh and relevant. The creation of these journals themselves is one of Sarah's creative practices that she hopes you enjoy. <3

Guided Journals for the next month ship out regularly on the 24th of the previous month. So, September's journal ships out on August 24th.

If you were to purchase a journal between the 25th and the 10th of the next month, that month's journal will ship to you within 24 hours. So, let's say you purchased a journal on August 29th, your journal for September would ship out to you the next business day.

If your purchase date is after the 10th of the month, you have instant access to the We Are Verbs Study Club Platform and all resources and events, but your journal subscription will start the next month and ship out on the 24th. For example, let's say you purchase a 3-month subscription on the 14th of October (though if there are any leftover you can buy at a discounted rate). You'll have instant access to the community, but you will not receive the October journal as the beginning of your subscription. Your journal shipment will begin in November, and you'll receive journals for November, October, and December.

The We Are Verbs  online community uses a platform called Circle. It's sort of like a facebook, but only for us with no ads. You'll be able to see and message other members, create posts to share what's inspiring you/ask questions/crowd-source ideas, and look at our calendar to RSVP for our monthly meet-ups.

Sarah, Jess, and our other community moderators will keep the conversations flowing! You can talk about anything from the monthly zine reflection questions to any creative project you're working on personally (knitting! dancing! etc.) or professionally (new curriculums! learning space layouts! etc.)

Some might call it a creative workshop, a craft circle, an online art night, but whatever you call it, it's SO FUN and inspiring to hear what folks are tossing around & working on.

We spend the first part of the meeting around a discussion topic (perhaps from the workbook), or with a guest speaker, or some sort of creative demo/workshop.

Then we spend the last portion of the class simply crafting/art-making alongside each other, or responding to activating questions about our creative practices, projects, or inspiration.

It's our time to connect, listen, and/or share ourselves. It's pretty awesome.

To attend, you'll RSVP on our We Are Verbs online community (hosted by the Circle platform) where you'll see a list calendar of all the upcoming monthly meet-ups. It's super simple!

We are teachers. We love teachers. Often, it's more than just a job-- we love our learners, too.And, at the same time: the industrial, extractive systems we're swimming in (including but not limited to education) can make us feel like a victim, cog, burnt-out worker, exploited, etc.

There are structures that need to be changed, but while we work on that:There is a way to remember our humanity, our community, our joy. It's by stretching our creative muscles and doing it with a community. It's about unlearning when we're supposed to be the holders of the learning.

We love the idea of a community for teachers that doesn't necessarily focus on teaching-- though, of course, the more creative we feel, the more aligned we are to who we are, the better outcomes for everyone in our lives, starting with ourselves.

Yes! Our community currently consists of public school teachers, school founders, Montessori teachers, other private school teachers, administrators, University professors, homeschool parents, community educators, and anyone else who, as we like to say, is "responsible for a learning space".

Yes! You may purchase a gift card for a specific amount, and allow the teacher to decide what to put it towards. You can also be more flexible with the amount in this way, too.

Yep! And it is super easy to do, as well. If you ever have any trouble, you can always connect with us on our community page or email us as well-- we are easy to get ahold of!

We often think of ourselves staticly: I am a teacher. I am a woman. I am a mom. While those things aren't un-true, stating it like that leaves little room for flexibility and growth, when the reality is: we're all more like a process, than a thing. We'll never be finally finished or perfect, nor will any of our identities. Even literally and physically, our atoms are moving all the time. When we call ourselves verbs, when we start to envision ourselves as a process, it is more true and it also feels freeing. We could all use a good dose of that. Try it on for size: "I'm actually a process". See how you want to give yourself some more leeway? More possibility? Yep. That feeling.

September's theme is "in-betweens". We're talking about all sorts of transitions (like how it feels to start the school-year) but also the relationships between people, the liminal spaces where we aren't quiiiite somewhere we imagine being yet.