Resources for Community-Governance
Your community of belonging, governance structures, solidarity, and collective leadership.
Once we know ourselves and our lineages, we are ready to show up for our communities. These resources explore governance, peacemaking, solidarity, and collective action — what it means to be a good guest, a bridge-builder, and a leader within the larger systems we inhabit.
Community Action
We are only ever as strong as the most vulnerable in our community.
As one global community sharing one rock hurtling through space, this is an invitation to learn more about localized communities who are hurting and in the journey of rebuilding, and about leaders who are a voice of the regenerative future. If you feel ready to give in some way, or simple want to learn more, scroll down to begin your own journey. I also welcome any feedback to how this page can be more useful, and resources that you feel should be added.
Solidarity Scarves for the Global Sisterhood
TURTLE WOMEN RISING & MATRIARCH MAKEOVER
Communities In North Carolina Rebuilding After Hurricane Helene
ORGANIZER: TURTLE WOMEN RISING
Communities In The Lost Sierra Rebuilding After 2021 Dixie Fire
ORGANIZER: DIXIE FIRE COLLABORATIVE
Black Families Displaced By Los Angeles Fires
ORGANIZER: OCTAVIA’S BOOKSHELF
Modern Matriarchs & Matriarchs-in-the-Making
These women are speaking their truths and showing that together we are stronger.
I invite you to learn more about these leaders, their truths, and how you can support them.
Tracee Worley
RADICAL FUTURES
Latino Spirit Awards Honorees
CALIFORNIA LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS
Robin Wall Kimmerer
AUTHOR: BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
National Women's History Alliance
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Jane Braxton Little
THE PLUMAS SUN: COMMUNITY NEWS
Louise Dunlap
HEALING THE COLONIZER MIND
Haudenosaunee Clan Mothers
PEACEMAKERS
Catherine Corless
TUAM MOTHER AND BABY HOME IN IRELAND
Dr. Lyla June Johnston
RE^HUMAN
Adrian Seneca Bello
PEACEMAKING FOR GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP
Carissa Moore
MOORE ALOHA
Eli PaintedCrow
TURTLE WOMEN RISING
Hilary Giovale
BECOMING A GOOD RELATIVE
1975 Icelandic Women’s Day Organizers
GENDER EQUITY STRIKE
Melanie DeMore
POWER OF MUSIC
Free Guides
Focus on the smaller steps of your journey.
Real sustainable change takes time, and these guides are designed to help you on your leadership journey to becoming a Modern Matriarch. The content of most of these guides can also be found in the book “Matriarch Makeover: A 30-Day Invitation” — the 20-minute journaling exercises have been carefully crafted in a specific order to help guide you through the 30-days. As with all the resources on this page, these guides are a gift to your future self.
Conflict in the Workplace
FREE MODERN MATRIARCH GUIDE
Learning Articles
The world is constantly changing, so we must be vigilant to adapt and stay informed.
Some of these are questions I get asked, others are questions I see asked in other groups or the public sphere, and some are topics that are important to be aware of as you design your path toward becoming a Modern Matriarch.
Divorce Circles
A Witnessed Alternative to Conscious Uncoupling
Maija Speech at Democratic Women of Monterey County Award Ceremony
United We’re Stronger
~Matriarchal Governance series~
#8: The Circle is open — What comes next for Governance Practitioners
~Matriarchal Governance series~
#7: What it means to build something that outlives you
~Matriarchal Governance series~
#6: A different governance is already emerging — How to move at the speed of trust
~Matriarchal Governance series~
#5: This July 4th marks 250 years — What the story left out, and what has survived longer
~Matriarchal Governance series~
#4: A Document is never neutral — Three questions to ask of any governance document
~Matriarchal Governance series~
#3: The Solstice is a governance event — What the longest day asks of us
~Matriarchal Governance series~
#2: What shape is the power? — What the Circle holds that the Triangle cannot
~Matriarchal Governance series~
#1: Matriarchy –– What we recover when we hold the word precisely
The Thread of Unity: A Conversation Across Peace Traditions
The Thread of Unity: Baltic and Haudenosaunee Lessons on Sovereignty and Peace (Paper)
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Change: Retelling the Stories That Shape Our Future
Shoulder to Shoulder
Beyond the Locker Room
How to Start Your Own Matriarch Makeover Book Club
Bridge Building and the Threads of Solidarity
Assimilation Stories: A Bridge for Matriarchs
Culture of Whiteness
What are Good Manners
How to Be a Good Guest
How to Address Issues
Learning to Use Peacemaking for Governance and Leadership
Democracy, Oligarchy & Haudenosaunee
An Open Letter on Reciprocity
How Intimate Relationships Impact Women’s Capacity to Organize
Understanding Group Trauma: How to Choose Safe and Respectful Communities
Hospicing Modernity and Midwifing Emergent Systems
Why DEI Matters: Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Why Women Leaders Are So Important
Reclaiming Matriarchal Leadership: An Interview by Amie Forest
Reclaiming Father’s Day
A Matriarchal Invitation to Parents of All Genders
Monterey Car Week & 1927
Monterey’s Land, Legacy & Belonging
The Real Story of Mother's Day
And what it still asks of us