Starting our monthly Justice Partner Spotlight with Community Works Consulting! ✨ CWC is a mission-driven firm helping nonprofits, foundations, and donors advance lasting change through fundraising, strategic planning, and expert guidance. Learn more at www.confluencerising.org/justice-part...

Rising into 2026 ✨ All of us at Confluence Rising wish you a joyful holiday season and a New Year filled with growth and connection. Thank you for being part of this journey—we can’t wait to rise together in 2026 💛 📅 Our office will be closed 12/24 through 1/2/26.

Confluence Rising connects, educates, and transforms our communities every day—and we can’t do it without you. Help us reach our $45,000 end-of-year goal and start the new year stronger than ever. Donate today and rise with us. www.confluencerising.org/donate

Este entrenamiento apoya a les participantes a desarrollar sus habilidades y brinda oportunidades de autorreflexión para capacitarnos a responder a los retos con los demás en maneras que centran las relaciones. Costo: $125 per persona Registrar aquí: www.surveymonkey.com/r/DialogoRes...

✨ Our Community Connection Deck is here to make building meaningful relationships easier than ever - now available in 2 digital versions! 👉 Perfect for anyone, whether or not you’ve practiced Restorative Justice before. Ready to strengthen your connections? www.ConfluenceRising.org/store

🌟 Whether you’re a seasoned facilitator or just looking for new ways to build connection with your team, this 3-hour Games & Teambuilders Training is for you. 📅 Cost: $115 per person 🔗 Register: www.surveymonkey.com/r/GamesTeamb... Let’s build stronger, more connected spaces together! 🤝💫

Last week, Executive Director Reena stood with the LA Human Relations Commission, Stop the Hate partners, and LA vs Hate as the 2024 Hate Crimes Report was shared with our community. The data is clear: we must continue showing up, supporting each other, and addressing the root causes of hate. ✊🏽💛

📣 Join us for Conscious Classrooms Facilitator Training! If you’re passionate about facilitating student workshops on racial, gender, and social justice, this 3-day training is for you! ✨ 🗓 Thursdays: Feb 12, 19 & 26, 2026 🎟 Only 20 spots available — register now: www.surveymonkey.com/r/CCFT2026

Join our 3-session Volunteer Training Series to build the knowledge, tools, and confidence needed to work with youth across Confluence Rising programs—especially Building Bridges Camp! www.surveymonkey.com/r/BBLAJanuar...

✨ Meet our keynote speaker, Lecia Brooks! ✨ Join us on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 at the Roots of Justice Convening to hear her inspiring insights! #RootsOfJustice #ConfluenceRising #EquityInAction

This month we hosted our first Gender Justice Camp as Confluence Rising! 🌈✨ More than 70 youth came together to build community, share their experiences, and learn from one another. We’re grateful for every young person who showed up with courage, curiosity, and care. 💛

Join Confluence Rising for the 2026 Roots of Justice Convening on Friday, February 27, 2026 (8AM–3PM) — a day dedicated to building equitable and inclusive workplaces. 💡 👉 Learn more: confluencerising.org/convening

🔥 Where Paths Meet: Camp Lessons, Life Journeys 🔥 If you went to NCCJ, Brotherhood/Sisterhood, or CCEJ Camp, this is your chance to reconnect across the decades and revisit the movement that shaped us. RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Apply to be part of WEAING TOGETHER: A Restorative Justice Retreat for What Comes Next! Retreat Dates: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - Thursday, March 12, 2026 Learn more and apply at: www.confluencerising.org/weavingtoget... Applications close on January 30, 2026 by 5pm PST

Join us for our Creating Cultures of Accountability training series, where we’ll explore communication styles, conflict norms, and how we repair harm. Let’s learn, practice, and rise together.

🎓✨ Huge congratulations to our very own Vanessa Chacón, on graduating from The Nonprofit Partnership’s Emerging Leaders 2025 Cohort! 👏 Congratulations to all the Emerging Leaders graduates for your dedication to learning, growth, and strengthening the nonprofit sector!

We gathered with community partners to talk about hate prevention and intervention — and celebrated a new chapter with a ribbon cutting alongside the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, unveiling our new name: Confluence Rising 💫 #UnitedAgainstHate

Our 61st Humanitarian Awards Celebration brought together friends, partners, and past honorees to honor Chuck Barnes, Julie Meenan, and Musical Theatre West for their leadership in advancing equity and justice. 🌟 For more event photos, visit www.confluencerising.org/humanitarian

☕ Join us for breakfast and community! This United Against Hate Week, come together for a morning of reflection, dialogue, and care. 💛 📅 Wednesday, Oct. 22 | 8:30–9:45 AM 📍 Confluence Rising Office, Long Beach RSVP by Monday, Oct. 20 → forms.gle/hV1WTSaRJU75...

It's official! Last week we unveiled our new name to 150 friends at our Humanitarian Awards Celebration, and the roll-out continues... Check our our updated website at www.confluencerising.org/our-new-name...

We have a new name! This special podcast episode marks a new chapter in our evolution. CCEJ/Confluence Rising staff Reena, Jessy and Vanessa reflect on why the time was right for change, what it took to get here, & what this shift means for the future of our work. www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thr...

🎨 Care & Connection Circle 📅 When: Wednesday, Oct 22 | 5–6 PM 📍 Where: CCEJ Office Need a chill space to unwind and get creative? Come hang out, try fun ways to cope with stress, and meet new friends! Bring your creative energy and your vibes. For youth 14+ partiful.com/e/o5sttjGMFk...

✨ Our Community Connection Deck is here to make building meaningful relationships easier than ever. These 52 cards with 76 thoughtful questions help spark check-ins, deep dialogue, and reflections. www.cacej.org/store/p/comm... #CommunityConnection #CCEJ #RestorativeJustice

🌱 Cultivating Compassion: Mediation Training 🌱 Strengthen your team’s ability to work through conflict and foster collaboration by certifying them as Community Mediators! 📅 Training Dates: 10/23, 10/24, 10/30, 10/31 (Thurs & Fri, 9–4pm) 🔗 Register now: www.surveymonkey.com/r/Cultivatin...

Join us for CCEJ’s United Against Hate Community Care Breakfast on Wednesday, October 22, from 8:30–9:45 AM at our Long Beach office. 🍽️ Free light breakfast provided 📍 CCEJ Office, Long Beach 🔗 RSVP here: forms.gle/hV1WTSaRJU75...

🌟 Honoree Spotlight 🌟 We are thrilled to recognize Musical Theatre West with the Building Bridges Award at our upcoming Humanitarian Awards Celebration! 🎭✨ Join us in celebrating Musical Theatre West on Wednesday, October 8! Tickets are available through 9/26 cacej.org/humanitarian.

🎉 THANK YOU! 🎉 Because of you, we not only hit our Long Beach Gives goal — we surpassed it! $10,457 raised by 81 donors - a new record for CCEJ! Every share, every donation, and every word of support made this possible. Together, you’re helping CCEJ build more just and connected communities. ✨

🚨It’s Long Beach Gives Day! We’re less than $3,000 away from reaching our $10,000 goal 🎉 Every gift—big or small—brings us closer to making it happen. ❤️ ✨ Donate today, share with your friends, and help us cross the finish line! 🔗 www.longbeachgives.org/organization... #LongBeachGives #SupportCCEJ

Creating LGBTQ+ Inclusive Workplaces Training! ✨ 🔗 Register here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/LGBTQInclu... Your support for CCEJ during #LongBeachGives makes trainings like this possible, equipping more people to build workplaces and communities rooted in equity, safety, and belonging.❤️

Join us on Wednesday, September 24th from 5:30–7:00pm ONLINE via Zoom for an evening of community, conversation, and connection. Together, we’ll co-create a brave space to share, reflect, and support one another in everything happening in our world right now. RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We’re honored to recognize Julie Meenan, for the Humanitarian Award at our Humanitarian Awards Celebration on Wednesday, 10/8! 🎟️ Celebrate Julie and our 2025 honorees with us—get your tickets at www.cacej.org/humanitarian 👉 Give to CCEJ for #LongBeachGives at www.longbeachgives.org/organization...

🌟 Applications are OPEN for CCEJ’s Building Bridges: Gender Justice Camp 2025! 🌟 📅 Application Deadline: Oct 17 at 5:30 PM 💻 Orientation: Oct 29 on Zoom 👉 Apply now: forms.gle/BLmsuULAhVgH... #BuildingBridges #GenderJustice #YouthLeadership #LongBeachGives

Thanks to our Collaborators and Sponsors! Visit Long Beach, The Queen Mary, LB Convention and Entertainment Center, Port of Long Beach, Long Beach Forward, NAACP Long Beach, The California Conference for Equality and Justice, Mayor Rex Richardson, 100 Black Men of Long Beach, Inc. WORDS2VISIONS

🌟 Early Giving for Long Beach Gives is OPEN! 🌟 ✨ Donate today – every gift brings us closer to our $10,000 goal. Together, we can educate & empower youth and adults to lead change for equity and justice in Long Beach. 💜 👉 Give now at www.longbeachgives.org/organization...

🌱 Join us for Foundations of Equity at the CCEJ office on Thursday, September 25! 📍 CCEJ Office 💵 Cost: $280 per person 📝 Register here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/EquityFoun... Let’s learn, grow, and take action for equity—together. 💜

🌟 Honoree Spotlight: We are proud to celebrate Chuck Barnes at our upcoming Humanitarian Awards Celebration on Wednesday, 10/8 at the Reef in Long Beach! 🎟️ Join us in honoring Chuck and all of our 2025 honorees! Learn more about Chuck and get your tickets today at www.cacej.org/humanitarian

📣 Save the Date! Join us for the Roots of Justice Convening on Friday, February 27, 2026, from 8AM–3PM at The Grand in Long Beach 🌟 We’re honored to welcome Lecia Brooks as our keynote speaker! Registration opens November 2025!

Join us on October 8 from 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM as we honor Julie Meenan, Chuck Barnes, and Musical Theatre West for their incredible impact in our community. 💙 Sponsorships are available until Friday, September 5! 🔗 californiaconferenceforequalityandjustice-bloom.kindful.com/e/61st-annua...

🎙️ New podcast episode! Five alumni of NCCJ’s Brotherhood Sisterhood Camp (now Building Bridges Camp) look back on their camp experiences in the 1960s and 1990s. They share why dialogue for equity and justice was so vital then—and why it’s just as needed today. ✨ Long Beach Gives 2025 is on Sept 18!

✨ ¡Explora la Justicia Restaurativa! ✨ Únete a una sesión interactiva de 2 horas para aprender los fundamentos y vivir la experiencia de un Círculo de Justicia Restaurativa. 🌱 📅 Costo: $85 por persona 🔗 Regístrate aquí: www.surveymonkey.com/r/RJIntroduc...

Our ED, Reena, joined local leaders at the press conference for the Grace & Glory United in Harmony Gospel Brunch! Join us on Sat., Sept. 20 from 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM at The Queen Mary! Purchase your ticket today & add “CCEJ” under Group Name so they know we sent you! fareharbor.com/embeds/book/...

✨ More moments from our Summer Youth Leadership Institute (SYLI) Graduation & Alumni Reunion! ✨

✨ CCEJ’s Care & Connection Circles for Youth are back! ✨ Join us on Wednesday, August 27th from 5:30–7:00pm at our office in Long Beach for an evening of community, conversation, and connection. RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

✨CCEJ in the community!✨ We’re honored to be in community alongside our partners in building equity, justice, and belonging across our communities. 💙

💬 Join us for CCEJ’s Restorative Dialogue Training! 📅 Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | ⏰ 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ✨ Learn: Affective Statements, Restorative Questions, Active Listening & Motivational Interviewing. 📍 Details & registration: cacej.org/trainings/restorative-dialogue

🎶🍽️ Join us at the Grace and Glory United in Harmony Gospel Brunch, presented by Black History Long Beach and The Queen Mary! When you purchase your ticket, be sure to add “CCEJ” under Group Name so they know we invited you! 🎟️ Tickets available here: fareharbor.com/embeds/book/...

In a time of rising harm and uncertainty, we need spaces for healing and connection. Join CCEJ for an online Community Circle to share, listen, and be in community. 📅 Tuesday, August 19 🕕 6:00–7:00 PM 🔗 RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us in celebrating our Humanitarian Awards on 10/8 at The Reef in LB! 🌊 This year, we’re proud to honor: 🏅 Julie Meenan – Humanitarian Award 🏅 Chuck Barnes – Gene Lentzner Human Relations Award 🏅 Musical Theatre West – Building Bridges Award Sponsorships & tickets: www.cacej.org/humanitarian

🎧 New Podcast Episode! 🔗 Listen wherever you listen to podcasts!

🌟 We had an amazing turnout for our Rising Futures summer teaser event!🌟 At our teaser event, youth heard from a powerful panel of professionals from diverse fields who are committed to equity and justice — sharing real talk about navigating workplace inequities and turning values into action.