Kinship Plot

Housing is about more than homes. It’s about the kinds of places where people know their neighbors, children are safe, beauty is shared, creation is cared for, and everyone has the opportunity to belong and flourish.

That’s the vision behind the Faith’s Pavilion statement, developed in anticipation of the World Urban Forum themed “Housing the World: Safe and Resilient Cities and Communities.” Sharing the conviction that every person possesses sacred and inherent dignity and deserves access to safe, secure, and affordable housing, we’re excited to join Habitat for Humanity, Micah Global, Parish Collective, and others as an organizational signatory.

The statement calls for housing that advances intentional placemaking, human-scale development, walkability, inclusion, beauty, resilience, cultural rootedness, and ecological sustainability, fostering places where people and the rest of nature can flourish together.

It also reminds us that this kind of homemaking cannot be accomplished by any one sector alone. It invites public institutions, businesses, financial partners, philanthropists, and faith communities to work together, drawing on the unique gifts each brings—from land and patient capital to trusted relationships, volunteer networks, and long-term presence.

This vision captures much of what Kinship Plot is working toward here in Charlotte.

We invite you to read the statement and imagine with us. What resonates? What questions does it raise? Where do you see opportunities for partnership? We would love to hear your thoughts. Big visions become reality when they are shared.

🔗 Link to the statement in our bio

The photos in this post are captured by Tracy Watts, showing various places, expressions, and gatherings of Kinship Plot

Architectural rendering by Nicole Perri’s team, a glimpse of what is to come

A week of apprenticeship in pictures:

- Learning to harvest above the node
- Becoming friends under a paw paw tree
- Arugula seed saving
- Leaving seeds to dry on the plant
- Harvesting seeds before they pop or drop on their own
- Tending a chicken
- Preparing a taste of the days harvest
- From garden to plate
- Unnamed yellow flowering lettuce seed we have been saving and replanting for years
- Tomato season begins
- 2026 Kinship Plot tea blend coming soon!
- Wild Bergamot, a new addition this year, the favorite during tea tasting
- Mountain Mint, another new addition this year
- Double washing flowers to dry
- Prepping Anise Hyssop to hang dry
- Zucchini became bread
- Tasting teas from all the ‘new to us plants’ added this spring

Kinship Plot has been such a blessing to me this summer. I have learned so much about identifying plants in the garden, and in other places I have visited. Not only is there so much to learn, but there’s also strong conversation where our ideas, experiences, and thoughts are brought to the table.

I have enjoyed being surrounded by a space that truly feels comforting and inspiring. As I have been working the last few weeks, I like to share with my family, whether it be trying flowers, or eating vegetables together. I wanted to share a snippet of the result of working with the Kinship Plot. We pick and prepare everything with so much thought, and in the end, we get to enjoy wonderful snacks like pickle jars! This is something I will truly cherish as it has brought me closer to this community and my own family. I cannot wait to continue learning more along this journey.

— Aniya, summer apprentice

We are so glad we get to have you with us Aniya!