ABC Types & Developing New Base Collectives

Rooted in a specific neighborhood, block, rural area, or metro node (such as PHL / Lenapehoking), building local commons, tool libraries, and neighborhood mutual aid.

Formed by and for people sharing a specific lived experience or social location (such as Black, Indigenous, queer, trans, disabled, or tenant/worker collectives) to ensure self-determination without marginalization.

Engage across multiple Focus Area Groups simultaneously (Foundational Well-Being, Social Connection, Learning & Expression, Transformation, and Supporting Infrastructure).

Concentrate deeply on one or two specialized Focus Areas (such as a Street Medic & Care Collective, a Liberatory Tech & Cryptography Collective, or a Situated Media Collective).

Facilitate inter-collective communication, maintain shared knowledge bases and software commons, and help scaffold emerging Stage 1–3 ABCs (such as Autonomous founding the ABC Federation).

A fledgling local group (2+ peers) partners with an established Developing ABC for hands-on facilitation, popular education, and optional temporary 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship.

The emerging collective co-designs its first Minimum Viable Contributions (MVCs) and low-barrier volunteer Principled Actions alongside peer facilitators from the Developing ABC.

The collective runs its own 3-week Catalytic Cycles, Capacity Dialogues, and local volunteer onboarding independently, drawing on peer guidance as needed and eligible to ratify the ABC Federation Protocol.

The collective sustains its own infrastructure, Community Fund, and Renewal processes while contributing back to lateral federation conduits.

The formal scaffolding relationship concludes in a celebratory Graceful Exit. The collective stands as a fully autonomous peer capable of helping nurture and scaffold new Stage 1–3 ABCs.