Why Sociocracy For All
(SoFA)?

Learn and evolve

We offer the whole spectrum of training, coaching and consulting: training on all levels, immersion programs, peer learning among and a one-year advanced program.

Membership organization

We are a membership organization with more than 120 members worldwide with several language groups and circles on topics like cooperatives, communities, permaculture etc.

Social change mission

We think that sociocracy is one of the tools that will make our world more beautiful. That’s why we’re committed to spreading it all over the world.

Real people, peer approach

We hold pride in being approachable, genuine and willing to give it all we have. We are also non-competitive and value-oriented.

What we do and why – explained in 40 seconds

Partnerships

Systems Change Alliance

Systems Change Alliance connects the dots between individuals, groups and organizations working in different fields to collaborate, educate, advocate and implement positive systemic change. We act in three core areas: environment, society and economy, and aim to advocate political, ecological and economic reforms, by organizing movements, workshops and conferences; publishing articles and newsletters; conducting research and developing policy proposals.

Foundation for Intentional Community 

We’re excited to have the Foundation for Intentional Community as new partners!

Their mission is to support and promote the development of intentional communities as pathways towards a more cooperative, sustainable and just world, to make intentional community accessible to all those who seek it and to serve intentional communities and spread their solutions.

Next GENNA

NextGEN is a youth initiative born out of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN). There are NextGEN groups in all 5 regions of GEN – including Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
By hosting educational events and reaching out to student groups, our Sustainability Educators share their extensive knowledge in all aspects of communal regenerative living.

New Economy Coalition

The New Economy Coalition (NEC) is a network of organizations imagining and building a future where people, communities, and ecosystems thrive. Together, we are creating deep change in our economy and politics—placing power in the hands of people and uprooting legacies of harm—so that a fundamentally new system can take root.

Thriving Resilient Communities Collaboratory (TRCC)

Thriving Resilient Communities Collaboratory  is a U.S.-based network of regional and national leaders who use systemic and collaborative approaches to help communities become more thriving and resilient.

The Sociocracy Movement

Sociocracy has been driven by a vision of social change from the beginning, a thread that continues in the present. Since Gerard Endenburg, sociocracy has been merging ideas from the Quakers (everyone’s voice matters), engineering (feedback loops and continuous improvement) as well as natural systems (nesting of semi-autonomous systems).

Since the early days, sociocracy has grown, has been blended with other methods, and yet, the core is still the same: a non-coersive system that is based on trust and empowerment as well as equality.

 

SoFA is well-connected with other players in the field, from some regional centers, related branches, as well as holacracy and other teal practitioners and trainers.

We are striving to contribute to a pluralist, cooperative learning community that embodies the values of sociocracy: helping each other, appreciating differences and finding the both-and in a non-competitive way.

(For more information on the movement, read Sociocracy. The movement.)

SoFA Mission and Aims

Vision

A world where people are organized in a Sociocratic way ( = no one is ignored ) to meet needs.

Mission

To make resources for learning and implementing Sociocracy accessible to everyone.

Aims

Creating accessible, educational and inspirational materials about Sociocracy (primarily CC–SA-BY license)

  1. Organizing live introductory learning about Sociocracy such as online webinars and in-person presentations
  2. Creating and delivering comprehensive training on Sociocracy such as multi-day workshops and the Sociocracy Leadership Training (SoLT)
  3. Helping implement Sociocracy in organizations
  4. Creating and enhancing connections among the people who are practicing and sharing Sociocracy

SoFA Circle structure

Sociocracy For All History

  • 2016: the founders made videos and led four cycles of the Sociocracy Leadership Training (SoLT) program.
  • 2017: the founders wrote a book (Many Voices One Song), started the Empowered Learning Circles (study groups), led three more cycles of SoLT, and redesigned SoFA as a member organization with multiple circles (teams) of volunteers.
  • 2018: we strengthened and expanded our circle organization and launched an advanced training program, the Sociocracy Academy.
  • 2019: we strengthen the SoFA infrastructure and ease replicability (making our resources easier to copy, use, and adapt, and in multiple languages and multiple sectors.
  • 2020! We are getting ready for a major expansion in year five! As we continue to grow, we invite you to join SoFA.

Who is on SoFA Staff?

SoFA has more than 120 members and gains about a 1-2 members per week.
Below you can see the SoFA members on staff or in paid roles. 

Zujeil Flores

Zujeil Flores

CJ O’Reilly

CJ O’Reilly

A passionate communitarian and avid systems thinker, CJ was drawn to Asheville, North Carolina by the rich appalachian community ecosystem. Communities he participates as an organi...Read More

Eric Tolson Solis

Eric Tolson Solis

Sociocracia Práctica

Eric currently resides in Mexico City, where he is originally from. Whilst studying highschool in the United States, he became engaged in social movements, particularly with the co...Read More

Andy Grant

Andy Grant

Information Service Specialist for SoFA

Andy has a background in information service with nonprofits. He is passionate about healthy food access, seeking to introduce sociocracy to food co-ops and a regional mobile marke...Read More

Jerry Koch-Gonzalez

Jerry Koch-Gonzalez

Leader of training/consulting circle

Imagine a world where people enjoy working equitably together to meet personal and planetary needs. Jerry helps companies and organizations implement sociocracy to create adaptive ...Read More

Nora Plaza

Nora Plaza

Leader of Sociocracia Práctica

Spanish Philologist, Filmmaking and Master in International Humanitarian Action NOHA (Network On Humanitarian Action). I’ve been always involved in works related to communication...Read More

Ted Rau

Ted Rau

Operational leader

Ted spends most of his time training and consulting in sociocracy and leading SoFA as an organization. Ted is co-author of the sociocracy handbook Many Voices, One Song. He enjoys ...Read More

Who is on SoFA board (Mission Circle)?

SoFA mission circle in Nov 2020: 
Jerry Koch-Gonzalez (delegate from SoFA General Circle), Ted Rau (leader of SoFA General Circle), Stephanie Nestlerode (USA), Sebastián Zulueta (Chile), Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard (France), Nara Pais (Brazil), Deborah Chang (USA)