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SCREAM INTO
THE VOID
Bringing the humanity back to human services.
For the people who do this work because they need a paycheck, not a purpose statement.
Every time we think we’ve seen it all, the sector finds a secret tunnel below rock bottom. We’re done being quiet about it.
If your executive team calls a pay cut an “investment in culture,” you are exactly who we’re here for.
who this is for
- Anyone whose org has said “we’re a family”
- Anyone who has heard “no budget” and then seen the retreat
- Anyone told to “be grateful for the mission”
- Anyone who has read the 990
- You, specifically
statistically, clowns
branded fleece vest
minimum
01//The Manifesto
Somewhere along the way, the sector replaced raises with pizza, grief with a #wins channel, and accountability with a values statement written by a consultant. Lunch became a “learning session.” Rest became a “wellness initiative.” Burnout became “mission alignment.”
Meanwhile: the people doing the work can’t afford rent. The galas about poverty are catered. The billionaire’s name is on the building. The ED is on a panel about equity. The raise is, once again, not in the budget.
We’re done pretending that’s fine. We’re done translating our burnout into gratitude. We’re done softening the language so the donors feel comfortable in the room.
So we’re taking the one thing that has kept us functional — the unhinged, fluorescent-lit humor of the break room — and putting it on a stage. Exposure therapy with a two-drink minimum. Workforce development that doesn’t lie. A scream, on purpose, in a room where someone finally hears it back.
02//What We Do
Surviving the Social Sector
A touring routine for any event whose budget line reads “culture.” Humor as the hook, workforce data as the spine.
Exposure Therapy, Live
Audience members act out their worst day at work. Cofounders play the institutional person — like the King in Hamilton.
Scream Rooms & Smash Sessions
Silent rooms to yell into. Dummy bosses to cuss out. Laser-printer paper to destroy with impunity.
Wellness That Isn’t a Lie
Workshops that don’t end in a branded fleece. By people who have done the work, for people doing it now.
03//The Cofounders
Kiyomi
Data nerd. Will model exactly what your “Executive Team Windfall” cost in case manager dignity.
Sierra
Centuries of routines queued up. Trainer by day, crowd-worker by calling.
Chelsea
Loudest laugh in the infusion room. Specialist in the phrase “DOT HELP lmaoooo.”
The Tip Jar
Not a 501(c)(3). We’re paying for this domain out of a literal piggy bank. If this made you laugh or cry, drop a tip. Funds the next show, the next scream room, and zero pizza-in-lieu-of-wages.
P.S. — Wanna do something about it? (coming soon)
.love is our (coming) mutual aid pool for the micro-services that help people actually break out: resume writing, therapy, interview clothes, childcare for the job interview. First we close the wage gap. Then we hold the door.
SOFT LAUNCH NOTICE
This website was built with three cofounders, one piggy bank, and the kind of energy you only get from years of unprocessed institutional rage.
If something looks broken, it probably is. We’re building this in public because the sector taught us that behind closed doors is where the bad decisions happen. Consider this the beta test of our coping mechanism.