Sustainability VI: Back 7 Cups

Dear Community,

I hope you all are well.

Soon you'll be able to back 7 Cups directly, through monthly or one-time contributions. You'll see a "Back Us" button in the top menu. You can also find it here: http://7cups.com/back-us/. Guests, members, and listeners can all take part.

For a long time I wasn't very transparent about what it costs to run 7 Cups. More recently I've started to open up: it's expensive, and revenue is a real and ongoing challenge. When I've shared that, many of you responded the same way - how can we help? This is the answer.

We've built 7 Cups together, brick by brick. Everyone here has their own square on the sphere. It has never been my project that you volunteer for - it is a community we own in common, and it runs on something that can't be bought or sold: people showing up for each other because they choose to. That's exactly why we're asking you to back it rather than charge for it. Backing is the only model that fits what we actually are.

If 7 Cups has been a place where you found support, or found a self you didn't know you had, or found people who mattered to you, then this is a way to help keep your square, and everyone's, standing.

Cris worked hard on the icon: a beating heart, with colors that shift over time and it follow you around the site.

Please let me know what you think. I’m happy to hear thoughts, questions, and concerns. Thank you for considering it, and thank you for building 7 Cups with me.

Best,
GlenM