CLASSES AND EVENTS
Upcoming Events
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Event Spotlight
Join us for our first, year-long read of a justice classic, Michelle Alexander's award-winning book about the justice system, The New Jim Crow.
2nd Tuesdays each month on Zoom from September 9, 2025 through May 12, 2026 at 4:30 pm (Pacific) / 7:30 pm (Eastern)All Classes and Events
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Kids & Justice: Parenting Panel
Raising Kids to Pursue Justice
Join Flourish Co-Founder and Kids & Justice leader, Lynnette Marshall, in conversation with three of our favorite justice leaders to hear stories, tips, and reflections on how to engage justice-minded kids of all ages. We'll hear from award-winning author and parent, Traci Huahn; college junior and justice advocate, Whitley Alpher; and Flourish Co-Founder and grandparent, Emily Nelson as they share their thoughts on how to encourage kids to find and pursue justice in their families and communities.
Join us for an engaging conversation representing varying stages of this essential journey.
Flourish Travels: Southern Justice Experience
You are cordially invited to a southern justice experience with Sankofa! We will be traveling to Atlanta, GA, then taking a bus to the historical sites of Birmingham, Selma and Montgomery, Alabama as well as Memphis Tennessee.
This sacred pilgrimage lays the foundation for the spiritual practices of remembrance, confession, lament, and repentance. It mobilizes the Christians to sacrificially love neighbors, seek the peace and prosperity of communities, and become repairers of the breach.
Sankofa is an invitation to understand racial righteousness as a critical component of our Christian discipleship. It is an immersive discipleship experience that equips believers to seek the coming Kingdom, participate in the multiethnic mosaic and pursue biblical justice.
For more details as well as pricing information, please contact Laura Taggart, head of Flourish Faith & Justice, as LauraTaggart4@outlook.com.
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Flourish Travels: Southern Justice Experience
You are cordially invited to a southern justice experience with Sankofa! We will be traveling to Atlanta, GA, then taking a bus to the historical sites of Birmingham, Selma and Montgomery, Alabama as well as Memphis Tennessee.
This sacred pilgrimage lays the foundation for the spiritual practices of remembrance, confession, lament, and repentance. It mobilizes the Christians to sacrificially love neighbors, seek the peace and prosperity of communities, and become repairers of the breach.
Sankofa is an invitation to understand racial righteousness as a critical component of our Christian discipleship. It is an immersive discipleship experience that equips believers to seek the coming Kingdom, participate in the multiethnic mosaic and pursue biblical justice.
For more details as well as pricing information, please contact Laura Taggart, head of Flourish Faith & Justice, as LauraTaggart4@outlook.com.
Flourish Travels: Southern Justice Experience
You are cordially invited to a southern justice experience with Sankofa! We will be traveling to Atlanta, GA, then taking a bus to the historical sites of Birmingham, Selma and Montgomery, Alabama as well as Memphis Tennessee.
This sacred pilgrimage lays the foundation for the spiritual practices of remembrance, confession, lament, and repentance. It mobilizes the Christians to sacrificially love neighbors, seek the peace and prosperity of communities, and become repairers of the breach.
Sankofa is an invitation to understand racial righteousness as a critical component of our Christian discipleship. It is an immersive discipleship experience that equips believers to seek the coming Kingdom, participate in the multiethnic mosaic and pursue biblical justice.
For more details as well as pricing information, please contact Laura Taggart, head of Flourish Faith & Justice, as LauraTaggart4@outlook.com.
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Flourish Field Trip: Black Liberation Walking Tour
Join The Flourish Collective and the Lynnwood Social Justice group as we go on a Black Liberation Walking Tour in West Oakland and explore the history, art, and culture of Oakland’s Hoover-Foster Neighborhood
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Kids & Justice: Saturday Share
Join our Kids & Justice team for a monthly time of sharing and connection as we raise justice-minded kids
Every second Saturday this fall, we'll gather to connect and share about raising and teaching justice-minded children of all ages. We'll hear stories and learn together, and we'll share a few engaging activities for younger children who join us!
We welcome those new to Flourish, and hope to see you on Zoom with your family and friends. Mark your calendars, and spread the word!
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Faith & Justice: Conversation with Dominique Gilliard
Join us for an afternoon of in-person learning and conversation as Flourish Faith & Justice hosts author, theologian, and civil rights leader, Dominique Dubois Gilliard
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Kids & Justice: Saturday Share
Join our Kids & Justice team for a monthly time of sharing and connection as we raise justice-minded kids
Every second Saturday this fall, we'll gather to connect and share about raising and teaching justice-minded children of all ages. We'll hear stories and learn together, and we'll share a few engaging activities for younger children who join us!
We welcome those new to Flourish, and hope to see you on Zoom with your family and friends. Mark your calendars, and spread the word!
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Allyship Book Club: The New Jim Crow
Join us for our first, year-long read of a justice classic, Michelle Alexander's award-winning book
about the justice system, The New Jim Crow
2nd Tuesdays each month on Zoom
from September 9, 2025 through May 12, 2026
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Faith & Justice Summer Book Cohort
Are most white American Christians actually committed to a Religion of Whiteness?
In their book, The Religion of Whiteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith, authors and scholars Michael O. Emerson and Glenn E. Bracey II respond definitively: "yes." The majority of white Christians in America, they argue, are believers in a "Religion of Whiteness" that shapes their faith, their politics, and more. This religion has its own unique beliefs, practices, sacred symbols, and organizations. What is more, this religion affects more than just churches. It drives the nation's politics, divides families, and is especially harmful to communities of color.
Come join Flourish Faith & Justice for a summer book club read of The Religion of Whiteness and a chance to pour over and discuss the reporting Emerson and Bracey have done to show how the Religion of Whiteness shapes the practice of Christianity for millions of Americans--and what can be done to confront it. There is an in person option or zoom option available for particiaption.
This book can be purchased in The Flourish Collective's online bookstore at Bookshop.org here.
Flourish Book Club: Kindred, by Octavia Butler
Join us for our annual summer book club as we journey through Octavia Butler's groundbreaking masterpiece, Kindred -- a searing exploration of race, power, and historical trauma told through the journey of Dana, a modern Black woman mysteriously transported to the antebellum South.Our facilitators will invite us into conversation as we consider;
Butler's revolutionary blend of speculative fiction and historical narrative
The enduring legacies of slavery and their contemporary manifestations
Personal and collective responsibility in confronting historical injustice
The complex intersections of race, gender, and power across time
Kindred challenges us to reckon with America's painful past while providing pathways toward healing and transformation. Through thoughtful discussion and reflection, we'll explore how Butler's visionary work speaks to our current moment and calls us toward a more just future.
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Flourish Field Trip: The Oakland Museum
Join us for our inaugural Flourish field trip to see the new exhibit "Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain" at the Oakland Museum
Flourish Meet-Up
Join us for our weekly time to connect, engage and process all that is happening around us.
We'll gather each Thursday this Spring at 4:30PM PT/ 7:30ET via zoom.
We'll follow this format for our discussion topics each week:
Week 1: Hot Topics - Current conversations and trending topics
Week 2: Live It Out! - Actionable steps to combat racism right where we can
Week 3: Faith & Justice - Exploring important justice issues in our faith communities
Week 4: Sticky Conversations - Share and learn from difficult or successful conversations about race, with optional role-playing opportunities.
Week 5: Film and Culture discussion group (chosen films/documentaries will be shared in advance)
After you submit you'll get the zoom link in the email confirmation which is the same link each time!
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!
There is enough flourishing for us all
Fallow Soil
Hello Flourish Collective,
Our team is taking the month of July to rest and prepare for all that the rest of 2025 has in store. If you need anything during this time please feel free to reach out via our team email. We will be monitoring this intermittently and will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming events this fall, feel free to check them out and RSVP!