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September 2025
Hello beautiful humans,
This September has been a really special one. Earlier this month, Aeros and I were able to fly out to the Tri-Cities area in Washington state and spend Marvin's birthday with him. He turns 49 this year, and it's his first birthday free in thirty years. Remarkable is an understatement.
Jess and Marvin in Walla Walla, 2025
As I grow older (and maybe wiser, but probably just softer), I remain steadfast in my commitment to abolitionism. As Fannie Lou Hamer is quoted, "Nobody's free until everybody's free." That is frightfully true in the US right now, where political violence against individuals and entire groups is at an all-time high. The levy feels about to break. What are you doing to care for yourself and your community right now?
I'm holding onto hope as a practice and sometimes a chore. What is the next, right thing? Do that. How do we know what the next right thing is? Engage with your somatic & spirit practices- read a poem, paint a picture, go for a run, go to church, laugh with your loved ones, bake for your family and friends. However you hold yourself whole, do that. And then if you have enough with a little extra, give some wholeness to your community.
Curious about how Confluence can support you and the work you're doing? Have feedback or just want to check in?
Here's the short list of Offerings. I look forward to collaborating in shared space with you soon.
If you have someone in your world that could benefit from one or more of these spaces or activities, please share with them! All my best referrals come from the cool kids I already know.
Jess was in Memphis earlier in September delivering this workshop to a group of clinicians and social workers. Want to help develop relationships across your team of impact professionals and strengthen workplace culture? This workshop can be delivered in person or virtually and will leave your team feeling connected, having reflected on and shared their why for the work they are called to do.
Radically Rural is going to be incredible (again) this year. I know some of my Alaska peeps will have a much longer haul to get all the way to New Hampshire, but I promise it's worth it! Wherever you are in the US, especially if you're rurally-located- this is our conference.
DO cohorts are small community-based learning academies for folks wanting to run for something in rural places. DO's model blends electoral and grassroots organizing skills
I've had the opportunity to join a story circle with Resonance Network. It was blissful. Such sweet nectar in the middle of a work day. If you have the chance, join in.
Join the Solvable team as they feature brilliant writers and Dojo sessions, where they'll shine light into the dark corners of organizational change. This 9-session series runs October through June. Come to what you can.
Opportunities for people to help people. Give what you can, when you can. Even sharing these opportunities in your networks can go a long way in helping folks reach their needed goals.
Help Protect My Mother's Rights - Sequoya is raising funds for legal fees and expenses to keep her mom from being put into a conservatorship.
Leonard Peltier Medical Care Fundraiser - Leonard Peltier was released earlier this year after more than 49 years behind bars. Funds will be used to support healthcare access.
These will be updated monthly. If you have a need that folks can help with virtually, email them to me (with links!) by the first Friday of each month.
The Together Project
Do you have access to funds or know of a funder that is grantmaking for truth and reconciliation and anti-racism work in rural areas in Tennessee? I'd love to leverage to my network(s) for potential sources of money to help realize a community goal of learning and healing, together.
Confluence Consulting is located in Lewisburg, Tennessee on the ancestral lands of the ᏣᎳᎫᏪᏘᏱ (Tsalaguwetiyi), Chikashsha I̠yaakni’ (Chickasaw), S’atsoyaha (Yuchi), and Shawandasse Tula (Shawanwaki/Shawnee) people.
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Curious. Creative. Values-based action to increase your impact.
Confluence supports people and organizations who want to build for change frame their first steps by sharing practical tools and innovative processes. We work with professionals who want to level up their leadership and increase their impact, often in community with other changemakers.
