Settling into the season: what's news for Confluence in November
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November 2025
When my son was really little, a high school bestie, Xing reminded me that, when raising children- the days are long but the years are short. Wiser words, I've not heard.
My bonus son turned 19 yesterday, and it has me thinking about all the times I wished for time to move faster for myself as a person and parent. I reminisce about the moments when I thought truth or love or life was just across the next horizon.
For me today, growing up means settling into what is-
there will be enough time, if we remember to be here now;
the people we love will surely leave us, so honor our relationships for the time we have them;
being real is better than being right.
I have been so fortunate to live to see 42 (helllooo, Sagittarius season). This year in particular, I have been in spaces and places where I can spiral back around to past lessons I've lived. At each step, I have the incredible opportunity to forgive myself, feel what it means to be here now, and re-commit to my relations.
digital collage by Jess Limbird from the harvest of November's Grow circle
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.
Beth Tener will be joining the New Leaders Network in December for a Resonant Listening workshop. Resonant Listening explores how to listen and respond in ways where people feel resonance, which is feeling that the listener really heard us and is "with us." It's fundamental to creating connection, trust, and thinking well together.
When a group of people listen with resonance to one person's story, it allows the tangle of thoughts, emotions, and layers of complexities to be pulled apart. Instead of one person holding it alone, the challenge is held in a much larger container of a group, who can sense more of the dynamics of a situation.
Confluence is one node is a network of movement builders, change-makers, and influential work happening across our country and world. Check out what our friends are up to.
TNN has launched its second round of TeamUp learning cohorts. TeamUp is an intensive, 8-month program designed to elevate skills and maximize impact. Participants saw an average of $37K in new donations and a 60% increase in volunteer participation for those in respective cohorts.
To be eligible, a nonprofit must be based in Tennessee, have been operating for at least 3 years, have a minimum annual budget of $200K, and commit a dedicated paid staff person to the 8-month program.
The call to fund a cross-movement, multilingual infrastructure for justice is here! Join Resonance Network and Jamii Linguists as they co-create in-person governance labs and simultaneous interpreting clinic. If you are a funder or have philanthropic friends, please share to get this work from imagination to experience.
Never Use Alone is the US National Overdose Response line that people can call when they're using by themselves with no one to call for help. Volunteer operators take location information, remain on the call, and notify EMS to a location if a caller stops responding after using. All operators are people with lived experience. If you would like to support this life-saving effort, check out the details and apply.
Truthfully, I haven't spent time with this podcast..yet. But Beth Tener is an author, practitioner, and podcast host. And this one is all about relationships and healthy communities. Yes, please!
My partner and I have been working on a song list for a holiday concert at a local nursing home with the Quiet Congregation, and this is top of our list. Enjoy!
mutual aid
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.
βHelp a Queer & Trans Family Find Safe, Stable Housing - Funds will be used to house, provide food transportation and medication for a queer and trans family that fled Tennessee for safe haven in Washington state.
βBIPOC and LGBTQIA Non-Profit Mutual Aid Fund - Funds will be used to stop gap the massive amount of funding lost to organizations that provide direct support to communities of color, trans and queer communities, and those that support the intersections of those identities.
βWestern Alaska Disaster Relief - Funds will be distributed via advisory to agencies supporting impacted families and communities.
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 fund or know a group that funds truth and reconciliation and anti-racism work in rural areas of Tennessee? I'd love to leverage to my network(s) for potential sources of funding to help realize a community goal of learning and healing, together.
Confluence Consulting is located in Lewisburg, Tennessee on the ancestral lands of the α£α³α«αͺαα± (Tsalaguwetiyi), Chikashsha IΜ yaakniβ (Chickasaw), Sβatsoyaha (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.
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