Midwifing Change

An online gathering of facilitators, changemakers, and cultural midwives

Together we will explore how collective inner and outer development shape cultures of care, how conflict can open into connection, and how belonging can be reclaimed as fertile ground for renewal. 

We will experiment with what becomes possible at the crossroads of technology and  collective intelligence and explore how institutions might be reimagined with wisdom and creativity. Through storytelling, shared practice, expressive arts, and collective inquiry, we will learn how to be more collaborative - designing for emergence, nurturing learning cultures, and cultivating the relational capacities needed for healthy groups.  

We invite you to bring your questions, best practices, heartbreak, and hope.

Bring your brilliance and your uncertainty.

Bring your whole self.

All of you is welcome.

Not Just a Summit — A Participatory Gathering at the Thresholds of Change

Facilitators & Practitioners

Who is this summit for?

This summit is for anyone midwifing change. Below are some examples of who may benefit, and ultimately, we are all part of this larger movement—everyone is welcome.

Supporting systems change, leadership development, or community organizing.

Organizational & Community Leaders

Guiding transformation in institutions, organizations, or communities while deepening their leadership growth.

Teams & Organizations

Working together toward healthy organizational and work cultures.

Conflict Mediators & Coaches

Holding space for complexity, tension, healing and transformative conversations.

There will be spaces where people can…

  • An invitation to slow down, nourish our nervous systems, and reconnect with what sustains us—laying the groundwork for resilient action, continued learning and collective transformation.

  • Spaces to share our learning and the projects we’re passionate about growing. A time to celebrate one another, to name our failures and the wisdom they’ve offered, and to share our successes as seeds of inspiration, collaboration and co-learning.

  • Spaces where curiosity meets practice, new tools and strategies are shared, and our capacity to serve transformation grows in depth and breadth.

  • Invitations to lean into mystery, hold each other through uncertainty and let emergence shape what comes next.

  • Spaces that serve as the mycelium beneath the forest floor — quietly linking us in unseen ways. Cafe’s and participatory spaces designed to nourish new growth through informal storytelling, discovering shared purpose and living collaboration.

  • Spaces where the sacred and the celebratory meet — an invitation to honor what is meaningful through deep listening, creative and cross-cultural expression, artistry, and the sharing of our unique gifts and hidden talents.

Stepping Into the Summit

  • Some of the many:

    • Holding Space: Facilitating Transformation w/Jace Malz

    • The Great Dance: The Resilient Wisdom of Body and Soul w/ Cynthia Winton-Henry

    • Nurturing the Interior Condition of the Peacebuilder w/ Betty Pries

    • Reimagining Institutions with Wisdom and Care w/ Annick Davignon & Antoine Béland

    • Expanding Our Nervous System Capacity to Hold the Work of Change w/ Gabrielle Donnelly

  • Some of the many:

    • Tim Merry - Participatory community led organizing and social entrepreneurship

    • David Hester - Brain Capital, Longevity, Access: The ESG Trifecta

    • Lori Hanau & Tristan Toleno - A Return to Wholeness: Leading with care, learning together and centering our humanity through sharing leadership, power, responsibility and meaning

    • Ayelen Liberona - Becoming Community

  • Some of the many:

    • A practice Space for Speaking & Listening from the Heart w/ Jeff Carolin

    • Purposeful Peacebuilding: Harnessing Your Gifts, Strengths & Talents for Lasting Change w/ Pramila Javaheri

    • Longing and Belonging: A Collective Inquiry w/ Chetna Mehta

    • Exploring postgrowth principles & money w/ GreaterThan team

  • Some of the many:

    • Miki Kasthan and other members of NGL (details TBC)

    • Re-matriation panel w/ Rutendo Ngara (details TBC)

    • Exploring nuances of technology w/ Jay Vidyarthi & Nicholas Parker (details TBC)

  • Some of the many:

    • Movement of Resistance w/ Ayelen Liberona

    • Expressive Arts w/Naomi Tessler

    • Time Zone Research Lab w/ Nadia Chaney

    • Embodying Principles of Change (Feldenkrais) w/ Saadia Esat

    • Prayers and Blessings from the Earthrise Collective

    • Keynote - The role of imagination in times of collapse w/ Aliva Garcia

    • Music & Dance

    • Collective Closing Carnival

Gift Culture

This gathering is offered in the spirit of gift culture and reciprocity. The Bloom team, speakers, facilitators, and contributors have gifted their time, energy, and many forms of capital—relational, cultural, creative, and financial—to support this meaningful coming-together.

You are warmly invited to contribute what you choose. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.


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FAQs

  • All sessions will be hosted on Zoom. We recommend updating your Zoom account before the summit starts to make sure everything runs smoothly for you.


  • Great question! You’ll find more details and links for each speaker in the Conference Guide. In addition to simply searching their name online, the conference guide is your go-to resource if you’d like to dive deeper into who they are and their work. here

  • Absolutely!  We encourage teams and organizations to join! The summit can serve as an awesome way to offer upskilling, nourishment and opportunities for cross-pollination to the your team! 

    Here’s how it works: each person on your team should register individually so they can get their own links and updates about the summit. If your team would like to make a financial gift together, one person can handle the payment on behalf of everyone, while the others can register using the “pay what you choose” option, selecting 0$.


  • Yes, some sessions will be recorded — mainly so speakers can have them for their own use and so we can share a selection of butterfly talks and panels more widely through our YouTube channel and blog. That said, this summit is designed as a live experience - acknowledging some folks will only be able to join 1 or 2 sessions and other folks a large majority - so recordings of individual sessions will not be shared with participants afterward.

  • Building Bridges is a program offered by Jeff, Moyo and Rehana from the Bloom team. The cohort is designed to support teams and organizations in building the skills and mindsets needed to navigate workplace conflict more skillfully. The first cohort begins in January. You can learn more here: https://www.bloomworld.org/building-bridges-cohort

  • We’d love to hear from you! If anything’s unclear or if you have additional questions, reach out to Dan at info@bloomworld.org.