Convergence Zone: Adult Unschooling Interactive Summit

Schedule

Sat Aug 16 2025 at 02:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

11th Hour Coffee | Santa Cruz, CA

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Meet people in Santa Cruz, grow your skills, and make a real impact through hands-on, alternative learning. Produced by Liminal Space.
About this Event

Overview

Looking for personal development in Santa Cruz that is social, creative, and practical? Convergence Zone is a high energy, interactive summit for adults who want to learn by doing. You will meet people in Santa Cruz, level up your career and life tools, and discover how to make an impact in your community and the environment. No lectures, just guided activities, real conversations, creative stations, and projects you can carry forward.


What's in store?
  • Short, hands-on sessions led by local coaches, 30 minutes each
  • Prompted networking during 15-minute breaks that help you connect fast
  • Mindfulness, presence exercises, and social games that build confidence
  • Creation stations for communal problem solving
  • Closing share-outs with next steps and accountability goals

Food Options
  • Delicious diet-friendly bites and craft espresso coffee by 11th Hour
  • Specialty drinks and mocktails by Afterhours
  • Award-winning post-event dinner by Chubbs Chicken Sandwiches and Full Steam Dumpling

Sample Convergence sessions
  • Build a business or career that aligns with your unique superpower
  • Weather life shifts and pivot gracefully
  • Why, find your ikigai
  • Live an eco-regenerative life with biomimicry

Who Convergence Zone is for
  • Adults seeking alternative learning, beyond the standard lecture
  • Creatives, founders, and professionals who want to upskill and network
  • People who want to meet new friends and collaborators
  • Anyone ready to make a difference in their world, with community support

What you will leave Convergence Zone with
  • A clearer sense of direction and practical tools you can use right away
  • New friends and collaborators in Santa Cruz
  • Momentum and accountability to follow through on your goals
  • A special perk, everyone who checks in receives 75% off their first one-month Convergence Course, $300 off

Tickets
  • 2-for-1 - First 100, ends 8/9 at 5:00PM
  • $15 - General

Capacity is limited. Grab presale to save your spot.


Vibe

Expect a warm, plant-filled, community atmosphere in downtown Santa Cruz.


What is Convergence

Convergence Courses are workshops, summits, month-long courses, and quarter-long intensives held at inspiring venues and in nature around Santa Cruz and the Bay Area, with follow-up cohort calls to keep momentum. We also design bespoke experiences for organizations that want better team alignment, innovation, and decision making.

Convergence Courses use self-directed communal learning to help adults grow, build community, and create local impact. It is adult learning in Santa Cruz that feels like play, yet delivers real outcomes.


Testimonials

“Meeting people every week, getting creative, & solving problems hands-on is a life changing combination.” – Todd Medema, Santa Cruz, Author of "How to Surf a Hurricane", Creator of Expedition RPG, Product Director

“This is the future of education, hands-on, interactive, team-based learning.” – Mariella Tinoco, Los Gatos, engineer, educator, mother

“This gives a stage to the future and the microphone to the forgotten.” – Justin Cummings, Santa Cruz, Mayor and County District Supervisor, California Coastal Commissioner

“Convergence Courses are a breath of fresh air, they’ve created a platform for the conversations of the future.” – Brian Upton, Santa Cruz, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Vibes Magazine, SCVM TV

“These experiences activate the community, activate spaces, and make great things possible.” – Marla Novo, Santa Cruz, Deputy Director, Museum of Art and History


Organizer

Liminal Space Collective, a Santa Cruz creative incubator known for immersive art, community activation, and alternative learning. We partner with local coaches, researchers, accelerators, and organizations to deliver deep value and real outcomes.


Accessibility

11th Hour is centrally located downtown with nearby transit and parking. If you have accessibility needs, contact the organizer for accommodations.



Agenda

🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Arrival & Sign-in
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Intro Activity
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:45 PM
Session One
🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Session Two
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Session Three
🕑: 05:15 PM - 06:00 PM
Integration, Accountability & Outro
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Where is it happening?

11th Hour Coffee, 1001 Center Street, Santa Cruz, United States

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Tickets

USD 7.50 to USD 15.00

Liminal Space Collective

Host or Publisher Liminal Space Collective

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