Work with Joy
Rooted, Relational, Ready to Serve
I help changemakers strengthen their systems, grow support, and keep purpose at the center. Whether you’re launching a new initiative or evolving a long-standing effort, there’s a path here that meets you where you are.
Current Work
Right now, I’m walking alongside visionaries who are reshaping what care, collaboration, sovereignty, and systems can look like, all working amongst each other.
I support an Indigenous-governed global trust forming from a regenerative energy project, helping structure its ethics and strategy from the roots up. I’m guiding community-rooted nonprofits in Kansas City as they design land-based programs, activate storytelling, and reclaim resources for healing and cultural continuity. Some days, I’m writing grant narratives that read like prayers. Other days, I’m helping founders step out of burnout and into grounded action.
This work spans spreadsheets and ceremony, facilitation and fundraising. It’s all threaded by a deep respect for right relations — between people, place, and purpose.
Whether I’m building something with you, or simply bearing witness and giving testimony, I aim to be a steady presence: truthful, thoughtful, and in service to what’s only right to emerge now.
Offerings
How I Help Movements
These are common topics I am used to discussing with leaders of efforts, movements, and organizations.
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Strategic Planning for Community-Founded, Land Occupying, and Healing-Centered Programs
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Values-Aligned Fundraising + Donor Storytelling
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Trust-Based Board, Advisory, and Workgroup Models
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Narrative Strategy & Case Development
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Gentle Systems Design for Community-Led Projects
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Decision Making When Spirit and Strategy Must Align
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Cultural Safety in Strategic Partnerships
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Nonprofit Startup Structuring & Filings
