Upcoming Events
Immigration
March 11 5pm
Zoom
Join us for an essential conversation with Angelica "Lica" Acosta Garnett from Abara, who will share powerful immigration stories alongside critical findings and practical interventions. You'll gain clarity on current immigration issues, learn how to lead informed community conversations, and discover concrete ways to advocate and stand up in support of immigrants in your community. This is your opportunity to move from confusion to action.
Annual Benefit
May 16 5:30pm
Oakland, CA
Join us for an unforgettable evening where laughter, music, and mission unite.
Your presence helps fuel The Flourish Collective's mission of building bridges and advancing equity through our learning programs and Impact Partners. Together, we're raising funds for visionary leaders of color driving positive change in their communities.
Make it an evening that matters.
Gathering
Oct 23-24
Berkeley, CA
A time for community, learning and action!
We are excitedly planning all the details and will share more as they come.
Event Calendar
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All Classes and Events
Understanding Immigration
Join us for an essential conversation with Angelica "Lica" Acosta Garnett from Abara, who will share powerful immigration stories alongside critical findings and practical interventions. You'll gain clarity on current immigration issues, learn how to lead informed community conversations, and discover concrete ways to advocate and stand up in support of immigrants in your community. This is your opportunity to move from confusion to action.
We'll close with Flourish Community Examples to answer your questions and equip you to identify ways to engage in your own community
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!
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!
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!
Color-Courageous Discipleship Cohort
Join us this spring for a 5-Week Cohort, to read Michelle Sanchez's Color-Courageous Discipleship and explore how faith and antiracism come together to change us, and the world around us.
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!
Color-Courageous Discipleship Cohort
Join us this spring for a 5-Week Cohort, to read Michelle Sanchez's Color-Courageous Discipleship and explore how faith and antiracism come together to change us, and the world around us.
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!
Cultivate Hope
Join us for an unforgettable evening where laughter, music, and mission unite.
An Evening of Hope & Impact:
Savor cuisine by On The Vine Catering
Move to the rhythms of Oaktown Jazz
Bid on fun Silent and Live Auction items
Sip wines from local wineries
Hear directly from our Impact Partners about their groundbreaking work
Your presence helps fuel The Flourish Collective's mission of building bridges and advancing equity through our learning programs and Impact Partners. Together, we're supporting visionary leaders of color driving positive change in their communities.
Make it an evening that matters.
Color-Courageous Discipleship Cohort
Join us this spring for a 5-Week Cohort, to read Michelle Sanchez's Color-Courageous Discipleship and explore how faith and antiracism come together to change us, and the world around us.
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!
Color-Courageous Discipleship Cohort
Join us this spring for a 5-Week Cohort, to read Michelle Sanchez's Color-Courageous Discipleship and explore how faith and antiracism come together to change us, and the world around us.
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!
Color-Courageous Discipleship Cohort
Join us this spring for a 5-Week Cohort, to read Michelle Sanchez's Color-Courageous Discipleship and explore how faith and antiracism come together to change us, and the world around us.
Flourish Gathering 2026
A time for community, learning and action!
We are excitedly planning all the details and will share more as they come.
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 Travels: Southern Justice Experience
You are cordially invited to Sankofa, a southern justice pilgrimage. We will begin in Atlanta, GA, then travel by coach bus to the historical sites of Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma, Alabama, then on to Memphis Tennessee, and end back in Atlanta.
This sacred pilgrimage lays the foundation for the spiritual practices of remembrance, confession, lament, and repentance. It mobilizes Christians to sacrificially love our neighbors and spiritual siblings, 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 identity. It is an immersive discipleship experience that equips believers to seek the coming Kingdom, participate in the multiethnic mosaic and pursue biblical justice.
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!
From Insight to Action: The 2026 Midterm Elections
Come join us as we hear from experts about what's at stake in our communities and across the nation in the 2026 midterm elections and learn several tools and ways to engage during this election season.
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: Winter Book Cohort
Join us for a 6-week book cohort and author talk as we explore a Christian response to immigration through storytelling, learning, and policy interventions. This time will be rich in conversation as we look both at historic immigration practice as well as current day immigration issues and possible responses.
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
Winter Book Club
Join us as we discuss Harlem Rhapsody & hear from NYT best-selling author, Victoria Christopher Murray.
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
Allyship 101
Come join us as we explore how to listen, reflect, learn, and act together to become allies in our communities
Advent Visio Divina
Join us as we explore art together and reflect on what the Christmas season meant for the Holy Family - and what it might mean for us today.
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
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!
This November our topic will be Native American and Indigenous People - Learning About and Celebrating Them, Then and Now. We'll be reading Carole Lindstrom's We are Water Protectors, too.
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!