A Quick Guide to our Sliding Scale 

Below is a very brief rundown on how our sliding scale works. For more in-depth information, scroll to the bottom.

‘A sacred pause and honesty’ 

  • If we truly want a more just and loving world we need to talk about money, class, and income, and personally and collectively work with our money differently.

  • Our sliding scale pricing recognizes that:

    • Financial resources, including income, should not determine whether or not someone can access services/care/community, etc.

    • Facilitators deserve to get paid and participants deserve classes that recognize the multiple realities of economic access and privilege exist.

    • Our worth is inherent. Regardless of how much we are able to pay, we deserve communities that honor our financial contributions as equal. Please know we appreciate your presence equally. If you pay less, nothing more is expected of you, we are grateful you are here. You do not need to work harder, do more work, be on time - we welcome and celebrate you showing up as you are and however suits you best.

  • We ask that you take your time with the guide and honestly assess where you sit within the scale when selecting your level. 

Pay-It-Forward. You have financial comfort, savings, your household has stable income, and you have the ability to support your fellow community members. Go hiontach! [especially if you own two homes or rental property we request you pay at this level]

Actual cost. You are able to meet your needs and have reliable income. [This is the cost of the course, levels below this amount are subsidized by the facilitators and GC community. If you have a two income household we request you pay at this level or above]

Reduced cost. Paying for this class may qualify as a sacrifice but it would not create a significant financial hardship.

Access. Your income meets your basic needs but any cost above this level would create a significant financial hardship.

Pay-what-you-can. You would love to participate but it wouldn’t be possible for you at any of the above levels

A Deeper Dive into Financial Access 

*Access and redistribution is a core pillar of undoing Empire, so it's part of our work at GC and yours if you join us. We’ll share more about our thoughts on financial accessibility, sliding scale, and transparency in the coming months. 

Check out the work of two individuals whose work we have heavily leaned on and who have greatly inspired our pricing scale: 

Both have written extensively radical financial access and, with their permission, we’ve borrowed from their work. 

Sacrifice vs Hardship 

by Alexis J. Cunningfolk

Recently, someone shared with me the idea of sacrifice versus hardship when examining access. If paying for a class, product, or service would be difficult, but not detrimental, it qualifies as a sacrifice. You might have to cut back on other spending in your life (such as going out to dinner, buying coffee, or a new outfit), but this will not have a long term harmful impact on your life. It is a sacred sacrifice in order to pursue something you are called to do. If, however, paying for a class, product, or service would lead to a harmful impact on your life, such as not being able to put food on the table, pay rent, or pay for your transportation to get to work, then you are dealing with hardship. Folks coming from a space of hardship typically qualify for the lower end of the sliding scale. I find the idea of sacrifice versus hardship to be a very useful nuance when talking about class and access because it recognizes and respects that paying for something might still be a challenge even if it is just a short-term one, while giving appropriate space for those who are dealing with financial hardship.