BridgeMakers

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We envision virtual reality communities that thrive on collaboration and resilience by aiming to foster inclusive, transformative spaces where challenges become opportunities for innovation and growth. https://bridgemakers.world/

This is a promotional image for Civic Picnic, a new event from BridgeMakers in VRChat.

This is an image for a new event in VRChat from Bridgemakers called Civic Picnic! This is a mixed reality space for sharing food gratitude and community awareness through culture. You are invited to join us with your food and enjoy fresh air with your headset inside/outside (safely) in VRChat.

This is a promotional image for the TalkGroup VRChat group featured in the Virtually Impossible Premiere hosted by BridgeMakers on Sunday, November 9th at 1PM Eastern US time.

This is a promotional image for the Virtually Impossible Premiere hosted by BridgeMakers on Sunday, November 9th at 1PM Eastern US time.

This is a promotional image for the Virtually Impossible Premiere hosted by BridgeMakers on Sunday, November 9th at 1PM Eastern US time.

This is a poster of a show called Firefly. The BridgeMakers Firefly VR series explores the 'Verse with weekly talks & discussions in a custom VR world. Meet fellow fans, share theories, and relive the magic. Limited tickets—don't miss out!

This is a short animation or GIF showing footage of the Project Fest 2025 community world with a multitude of booths and a path to the BridgeMakers booth inside.

We tend not to realize that we've decided our own facts based upon the way we originally view things. In failing to convince someone to think our way, we may think of them as amoral. How do we manage this online? Sign up for Venia's course, starting tomorrow, to learn more!

This is a promotional video for a civil discourse class in VR focusing on deliberative facilitation.

This is a cartoon image of social media platforms depicted as people. The internet as we know it today forces us into isolation while promising us belonging. How can we still maintain healthy communication when our conflicting values disagree? In our new course starting on June 21st we will explore this embrace of conflict.

This is a promotional image for a new course from BridgeMakers, supported by Socially Constructed Online starting on June 21st. Feel free to add this as a custom sticker to your VRChat+ menu.

This is an animated GIF of different avatars as examples promoting a workshop hosted by BridgeMakers on May 18th at 6PM ET.

This is an image from a previous leadership summit by BridgeMakers, held in VRChat.

Here are our next Street Epistemology discussion questions. Reminder: This is not a debate, instead it's about practicing civil discourse on disagreeable things. Feel free to join us in VRChat for this event at 6pm Eastern today and more!

This image is of a portion of an article about community leaders holding space for hard questions about emotionally-fluent leadership, challenging moments, and figuring out what to do in the process.

This is an image of the following questions in ascending order for the Street Epistemology activity.

3. Religion should always have a place in society.
2. The world needs violent video games.
1. If there is no oncoming traffic, it is okay to turn left at a red arrow light.

This Sunday, 3/30 at 4PM EDT we hold our next Street Epistemology event! Reminder: This is not a debate, instead it's about practicing civil discourse on disagreeable things. Feel free to join us on Discord and then VRChat for this event and more!

This Sunday, 3/23 at 4PM EDT we hold our next Street Epistemology event! Reminder: This is not a debate, instead it's about practicing civil discourse on disagreeable things. Feel free to join us on Discord and then VRChat for this event and more!

Civil Discourse in Social VR: In part 3 of this course on 3/19 at 6PM EDT, we explore what civil discourse is and how to effectively build favorable environments for it.

Image detailing the 3 areas of discussions for Sunday's Street Epistemology event. 1. Wokism killed DEI. 2. VR is a drug. 1. Star Wars is better than Star Trek.

An image of a snippet of an article about community rules, guidelines, norms, and values.

This is a promotional image for a watch event featuring the main character of the TV show "Sort Of". This is a show that beautifully explores the intersections of identity, culture, and belonging in today's world. The episodes are roughly 20 minutes long, and the discussion about 30 minutes long. Sundays, 9:30pm ET.

This is a promotional image for Spectrum Street Epistemology: How does context change how we feel about things? This event is about finding answers to things we "think" we are right about playfully and purposefully, gaining perspectives that we've never thought about! Sundays, 4pm ET.

This is a promotional image for Community Leaders Roundtable World Hop: Here you can join community builders Ren, Tim (FireSide), CuriousKibble (Curious Connections), and Heyuh (BridgeMakers) in immersive spaces as they share insight on thriving virtual communities. Sunday, March 2, 2pm ET.

This is a promotional image for BridgeMakers Weekly Meetup. Ready to dive deep and level up your leadership skills in the virtual world? Here we welcome mods, managers, mediators, and creators like you to talk shop and explore the coolest virtual spaces! Fridays, 9pm ET.

This is a promotional image with a llama holding a video game controller for Llamarawk Games-n-Connects: Play games & chat with Llamarawk in the Welcome/Hangout Chat on our Discord server. Fridays, 3pm ET.

This is a promotional image for The Body Keeps the Score: Join us in the midst of a 10-week exploration of trauma's impact through Dr. Bessel van der Kolk’s groundbreaking book, "The Body Keeps the Score". Great for anyone seeking to understand how trauma shapes our lives and how we can move toward healing. Thursdays, 8pm ET.

This is an image of a rabbit wearing glasses and headphones. For this event, we'll dive into the world of emotional connection through music, exploring how we resonate together with songs. Wednesdays, 8pm ET

This is an image of a rabbit wearing glasses and headphones. On 2/26 at 8PM ET, we'll dive into the world of emotional connection through #music, exploring how we resonate together with songs in our Music HOP event. Feel free to join us on Discord in appreciating sadness as this week's theme.

This is a promotional image for a new BridgeMakers event focusing on the environmental design of worlds. In this event, BridgeMakers visits Ritual by DrMorro.

Four social VR users explore various uncomfortable emotions together in worlds of a similar feeling.