THRD: Roots & Diaspora

THRD is a free membership club for creatives and entrepreneurs with Caribbean roots — at home and across the diaspora. Membership is by application and free, with no end date. WHAT'S ON TODAY Open the app and see what is happening where you are, today. Today's events sit at the top of the home screen, and the rest of the week is one tap away. No hunting through forty accounts to find out whether anything is on. A CALENDAR THAT IS MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE'S Nearly every night on the board belongs to someone else — an independent promoter, a gallery, a run club, a supper club, a carnival band. We find them, check each one against the organiser's own page, and put them on one calendar. Where an event has a real photograph from its host, that is what you see. TWENTY-ONE HUBS, HOME AND AWAY Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Guyana, the Eastern Caribbean, The Bahamas, Cayman, Belize, Turks & Caicos, the Virgin Islands and Bermuda — and where the diaspora lives: New York and New Jersey, South Florida, Orlando, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC and Maryland, Toronto, Calgary and the UK. THE CARNIVAL CIRCUIT Carnival is a calendar of its own and it moves through the year. See the dates across the islands and the diaspora, the bands and fetes around them, and the members planning to travel. CIRCLES Rooms for what members actually organise around — a city, a craft, a carnival, a cause. Talk in them, and turn the talk into plans. COMMUNITY LINK-UPS The smaller, everyday things, run by their own organisers: a dinner, a market, a dance class, an open mic. Members can post their own, too. THE REGION What is moving across the Caribbean that someone with roots and a stake abroad might want to know about — development, listings, cultural moments. Each item is checked against the source that published it, and each one names that source. YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD A membership card in the app, with a QR code to hold up and let someone scan. HOW MEMBERSHIP WORKS Apply from inside the app. Applications are read and voted on by existing members, not sorted by an algorithm. Membership is free, with no end date. There are no in-app purchases, no subscriptions and no advertising anywhere in this app.