Welcome to the new members that have joined us in the last week! The first Town Hall & Community Support Sessions of 2026 is this Thursday 1/15 at 1pm Central US/8pm Central Europe—and not a moment too soon. Click here to register. Support sessions are open to the public throughout the month of January. I recommend registering even if you aren't sure if you'll make it just to save the date (and set the intention to show up if you can). 🫂 Then, I invite you to take a moment to reflect on and video prompt below. If you'd like to leave the original LinkedIn post some love, maybe even tag or forward to a friend, I'd greatly appreciate it. To summarize: It's been a rocky start to the year as far as social justice is concerned. If you are like most of the sentient human beings I know, I can imagine what you might be feeling. It's hard to know what to do next. What to fix first. How to speak up. I hear you. I AM you. So question is: How can I help? 💛 Tap in below and let me know what types of support you'd like to see this quarter in the collective. I'm all ears. Again, I am so glad you all are here—and for those that have been here now a year, I appreciate your fellowship more than you'll ever know. I look forward to holding space on Thursday, throughout the month of January and beyond.

On this day one year ago, the doors opened to this humble little free community—and with it, the Hola Magnolia Virtual Village grew from one Skool community to two. From the Accomplice Accelerator to The Changemaker's Haven and now the R.I.S.E. and Shine Collective, I thank you all for being on this journey of discovery not only with me, but with each other. In one year, we have completed over 60 hours of webinars, another 40+ hours of coaching, mentoring and stargazing sessions, and exchanged countless words of care, encouragement, and knowledge. We are 227 members strong, and soon to be growing steadily stronger in numbers with each day! I look forward to a 2026 filled with even more fellowship, learning, and growing in impact as we design the world in a way that would make ALL of our ancestors so immensely proud of who we are becoming as a society in spite of so many forces working against us. If you'd like to leave a gesture of support, you all know me: I'd LOVE for you to pay it forward by funding our first campaign of 2026: the R.I.S.E. Global Black Community Founding Member Fund! We're aiming to sponsor 4 seats for four Black impact professionals, entrepreneurs and creators as an homage to our Reparations Race roots. You can contribute to the fund in one of two ways: Contributions of $1100 USD or more, up to a full seat: https://buy.stripe.com/9B69ALeSnbDX6D1fB7cEw02 Contributions under $1100 USD: https://ko-fi.com/holamagnolia Any and all contributions are so important to us, regardless of size. It all adds up, and you are supporting Hola Magnolia's ongoing rebuild (as you always do) in the process. All contributions over $1100 USD will receive a complimentary Ask the Identity & Belonging Coach session to gift or take! Thank you all so much for your support and for being part of this incredible community. Here's to more of what we do best in 2026: caring for each other while making this world a better place for all. 🌟

Here's a quick tap to remind everyone that today is our the OFFICIAL launch party for the R.I.S.E. Changmaker's Academy! Click here to watch on LinkedIn Live, or register here to join us directly on Zoom. Our way of celebrating this big new step for Hola Magnolia is to open up space to feature products, services and holiday offers from the amazing changemakers already in our ecosystem. In addition to our first public introduction of The Code™ monetization framework that we'll be teaching our impact creators, entrepreneurs and founders in the academy, this weekend we'll feature market submissions from: @Stacy Casson @Brandyn Gallagher @Lucie Le Naour @Jillian Love @Christine Olukere And many more to be joining us in the community soon! We'll be adding to the marketplace all through the month of December, so there's still time to participate! If you want to partner with us to celebrate our launch by featuring your product in our marketplace and helping to spread the word, fill out the short interest form and we'll shout you out throughout the month at our livestream events. A reminder that academy enrollment is now open, so please visit holamagnolia.com/rise to learn more, book an application call, and fill out our affiliate form to begin earning up to 10% for any referrals you bring to us that eventually enroll in the program. We look forward seeing many of you there!!!

Happy Holiday Season for those celebrating with family in the US this weekend! Taking a moment to also honor our Indigenous North American community as we recognize the true history of this time of year. 💛 On Saturday 11/29 at 11am CST (Chicago)/6am CEST (Barcelona), we will be having our official launch party for the opening of the R.I.S.E. Changemaker’s Academy! True to our roots, we will be using our launch season as an excuse to uplift the impact leaders and entrepreneurs in our ecosystem already doing incredible things. If you would like to be featured in our first ever Changemaker’s Marketplace, please fill out this short form! For everyone else, it would mean the world for you to be there on Saturday. The more people RSVP and tune in live, the more the event—and launch—will be pushed out to our networks. Here are the links: ➡️ RSVP and invite friends to the LinkedIn Livestream HERE ➡️ Register to attend the Zoom webinar HERE And of course, please begin sharing our landing page at holamagnolia.com for anyone you know and think would be a great fit for our program. We kick off on January 5!! Let the countdown begin!! Thank you all so much and see you on Saturday!!

Happy Monday, Changemakers! I am delighted to announce that the re-aligning of our community to support the (re)launch of the R.I.S.E. Changemaker's Academy is now underway: Welcome to the makings of the R.I.S.E. and Shine Collective, a collaborative global community for people doing work that makes a difference. This will continue to be a FREE community with periodic opportunities to participate in discounted events and prep workshops for those with aspirations to invest in the R.I.S.E. Changemaker's Academy. ➡️ SPEAKING OF WHICH!! If you have not yet seen our new landing page, take a spin at holamagnolia.com/rise—and if you're ready to launch or grow your impact business in 2026, click here to apply and book a call! 🌟 We began as The Accomplice Accelerator, a meeting place to continue the conversations from our monthly webinars featuring professional changemakers of all walks, industries and demographics. From there, we evolved into The Changemaker's Haven, a softer more intimate space gathering rising change leaders learning to pour first into their own cups before putting on their capes to show up for others. And now, just over one month until doors open at the academy, one year since the formation of this community, I am so excited for this new iteration of our space. Starting in the new year, we will be adding an ongoing monthly offering called the R.I.S.E. Forum: a weekly space for changemakers of all levels to come together in fellowship to share collective learnings, wins, and support for the work each of us is striving to do in this world. In addition, there will be periodic special sessions with guest mentors from our growing network as well, so it's going to be a special place to be part of. Stay tuned for more info with R.I.S.E. launch events being announced throughout this week. In the meantime... Have you booked a R.I.S.E. Academy discovery call yet? Help me pass the word!! Just 22 spots in our first class remain!