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!!!

Truth be told, I am VERY bad with celebratory days, but this didn't escape me this year. Wanting to love on and uplift some of our trans siblings here in the group and remind you all that you are safe here with us today and every day. 💗 @Chris Diaz (They/Them) @Brandyn Gallagher (They/Them) @Joe Cardillo (They/Them) @Liam A Paschall (He/Him) @Danielle Stefanski (She/Her) @Aj Singh (They/He) @Lucie Le Naour (All pronouns) @Margie Banker (They/Them) Special shoutout to the parents of trans children out here putting in that work as well, like @Allison Saunders and so many more. If I've missed anyone else, please tag in the comments. Sharing this lovely artwork posted by Tara Robertson on LinkedIn by Lisa Congdon. Purchase a print here. She also shared recommended writing by Erin Reed (she/her) on substack, which you can read here

I just found out a few moments ago that yesterday was our fellow Accomplice Accelerator and Identity & Belonging Lab member @Brandyn Gallagher 's 37th birthday!! 🥳 🎂 🎉 🎈 💖 👉 Please join me in celebrating Brandyn by dropping a quick note/GIF below! 👈 -------------------------------------- PS: Sharing a direct quote from our lovely leader, @Erin Corine Johnson, so y'all will understand why we'll soon be asking all of our members (if you're comfortable doing so!) to share your birthday with us so we'll know when to celebrate YOU next!! 🚂 🥂 ✨ "I love birthdays—mine AND everyone else’s! They’re such a special moment to bring some joy to someone else by celebrating their completing another life cycle." ✨

I’m going to be brief because if not, I will not sleep—but I didn’t want the day to get away from me before showering @Colin Yearwood with all the birthday admiration I could from every which direction—including from The Accomplice Accelerator and Identity & Belonging Lab communities!! So much of what I’ve been able to accomplish from getting this group together and believing in its value to having the courage to even send out some of the DMs that many of you have received with a personal invitation to webinars is thanks to his guidance around ethical sales AND our shared anti-oppression, pro-impact values. When we talk about how important representation, leadership and encouragement from people that look like you, this is what I mean. One of the things that most strikes me when Colin talks about his clients is ownership: “We did this. We accomplished that. We reached this audience.” Folks, no one is self-made—and I am no different. Thank you so much for being in my corner, for helping me pick myself up when things felt too hard, hopeless or overwhelming, and for inspiring me to continue to make sure this series, this community and this work reaches each and every person that needs it during these critical times. You’re the best, Colin!!

Some of you may already be aware of this but there is an app called Goods Unite Us which tracks the political spending habits of a multitude of corporations. It looks like they have been keeping it up to date and the list just keeps getting more extensive. If you don't already have it I highly recommend it! If anyone has other resources to share for how we can better use our dollars I would love to know more!