Dear Femmes Rising Community ~ 

It's with tender hearts that we have to make the difficult announcement to postpone the Femmes Rising gathering. 

The hard reality is that our numbers have not reached the spot needed to financially support this gathering. We've done our best to keep it as accessible as possible but it's clear that we need to build a scholarship fund, supported by deeper fundraising, to truly open this space to the folks we most want to see here. 

We've received some feedback that people don't feel this gathering is for them ~ and yet, those people are absolutely welcomed in this space. We see that the language and representation of our gathering needs to shift further to reflect and embrace the people who this is for. 

We've been so honored to work to create a space that looks like something that we want to see more of in this world and we want to tend to the feedback of collective voices so we can learn, grow, and reshape this gathering.

For now, we're gonna give this some time to rest, but not dissolve. The bones are good, we just need to shift in some places. We will continue to hold the spirit of this gathering and use it as momentum to start recreating again in the new year, in a way that feels more aligned with the needs of our community. 

If you'd like to check in with us more about this, please feel free to reach out.

With reverence and gratitude, 

Jes + Sky