Author name: Jess Limbird

We We Need Now: Lessons Learned from the 2025 Partners in Prevention Conference ↓ I had the pleasure and privilege of meeting coalition leaders from across Tennessee on Monday and Tuesday this week, as folks gathered for the 2025 Partners in Prevention (PiP) Conference. Convened by the Tennessee Certification Board and CHASCo, PiP offers preventionists across Tennessee the opportunity to consistently expand their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Amazing! What I’ve been learning, however, is…

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Recovering our Communities: Making the case for a systems approach ↓ I published an article on LinkedIn yesterday, weaving the process of recovery with the work of shifting whole systems. “Key differences in these diverse ways of working are mindset, movement, and maintenance. This is the work of recovering our systems- shifting our mindset and thinking differently. It became less about what we were doing and more about how we were being with one another.” Read the article here. If you want…

“You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.” James Baldwin February is too short to contain the brilliance and beauty of Black Legacies – histories, currents/presents, and futures. So I wanted to share a list of things that I’ve been engaging with. I encourage you to return to this totally incomplete list, and add to it, throughout the year. Because Black Legacies deserve to be seen, shared, and celebrated every day. Black Histories Dr….

February 2025 The full moon in Leo this past week was wild. Demanding to be seen and felt, I turn my attention toward regenerative self-care and relationship. What do I mean by that? I mean the care that will sustain me for the longer term. This is less about bubble baths and spa treatments (though both are valid and lovely.) This is more about stepping into personal power, advocating for what I need and want, and leaning on my community for support. I share more about sustainable care in…

Hellooo everyone, Here is your invitation to participate in a six-week course, Building Inclusive Spaces. This training weaves together frameworks, stories from the field, and the lived wisdom of participants to help coalition leaders and impact professionals deepen their change practice. I introduced the first version of this training to a group in Alaska last year. Participants said the training was “easy to follow and understand…fun and uplifting…cerebral and interesting…overall very…