"I'm moving beyond Circles as service delivery to really looking at systemic issues in terms of how we can really, create a win-win situation for communities all around the country."
— Bruce Forbes, Circles Upstate SC
#MovingBeyond #CUSACONF25
“I am moving beyond barriers towards growth. With Circles, I feel that I've overcome barriers and I'm steady growing. And now, since I'm in a leadership position, I can help other people grow as well.” #MovingBeyond #CUSACONF25
Part Two of our 2025 Conference Recap is here, with an overview of session highlights, keynotes and more! Check out the post at www.circlesusa.org/post/2025-co... #CUSACONF25
The results are in! We're pleased and proud to share the feedback we’ve compiled from attendee questionnaires for #CUSACONF25. Thank you to everyone who joined us this year!
That’s a wrap on #CUSAConf25! Thank you to all of our staff, volunteers, partners, sponsors, and attendees who made this a week to remember—full of inspiration, innovation, laughter and love! 💙
#CUSAConf25 NETWORK AWARDS now live streaming on FB, Insta and YouTube! See links in our feed below! 🏆💐🥇💫
Would you believe us if we told you this is financial #trauma #healing? 😉 #CUSAConf25 folx activating our empathetic brains with TRAUMA OF MONEY’S Chantel Chapman!
“We name the shame to tame the #shame…” TRAUMA OF MONEY author and financial trauma educator Chantel Chapman at #CUSAConf25 #livestransformed #CirclesUSA
Where does gratitude live in the body? How does it feel when we recall expressions of thankfulness and connection? TRAUMA OF MONEY author Chantel Chapman leads participants in a #financialtrauma healing exercise at #CUSAConf25
In just a few hours, we're hosting CUSA's 2025 Network Awards at our #CUSAConf25 in Ogden, UT. We can't wait to celebrate some truly outstanding work from across our community of practice this year.
You can tune in live from wherever you are at 11am MT (10am PT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET)!
Guess who we’ll be talking to on our LAST MORNING here in beautiful Ogden, UT? So excited to welcome Chantel Chapman, author of Trauma of Money to #CUSAConf25 !! cc: @chantelchapman @traumaofmoney
Stories move hearts in ways facts alone cannot. In the #CUSAConf25 session The Art of Storytelling, attendees step into their stories, claim their pasts, and uncover the power their voices hold to change minds.
We love a #MakerSpace! At the session for Creating the Future Through Collaborative Art, #CUSAConf25 attendees are letting creative play to embody the hope, resilience, and community at the heart of the #CirclesUSA movement.
“What I found is important…is to learn to sit with my pain. To honor my pain. And then to put it down.” Roxy Hastings teaches #CUSAConf25 attendees how to use movement to reduce care fatigue
“Everybody is creative: we’re born creative and that creativity is trained out of us.” Ogden’s Poet Laureate Angelika Brewer teaches in her session, Creativity as The Human Superpower, this afternoon at #CUSAConf25
“Hate rhetoric has turned into real action that is oppressing many of us…and we are also confronting who we are in terms of our ability to vote. In our strategic plan, CUSA must make a decision to what extent our work can build coalitions to address these crises.” Joan Kuriansky #CUSAConf25
What’s on your wishlist for the next #CirclesUSA strategic plan? “My hope is that this plan will give us a stronger infrastructure…if we had more people who exemplified radical hospitality, we would not be in this position socially.” Peyton McCoy #CUSAConf25
STARTING NOW! #CirclesUSA has a stellar working Board, and they’re here with us at #CUSAConf25 to speak on nonprofit governance, the future of Circles, and how our network can come together to end #poverty in our lifetime.
We are so inspired by the Parkersburg Engagement Project, a year-long WVian experiment to cultivate civic engagement that bridges divides! This work asks: “Who do you need to reach out to?” #CUSAConf25 #communitywins
“Our kids’ behaviors are not just rebellions against us; they’re children’s way of communicating their needs to us.” Circles Chief Learning Officer Kris Alexander #CUSAConf25
What would you do if your new CEO—highly successful in their previous role—falls prey to mission drift at your org? Board members are learning best practices for this and other scenarios from Circles RVA’s Lisa Specter-Dunaway’s in her Nonprofit Board Essentials session at #CUSAConf25
Jomaris DeJesús of The Prosperity Agenda is helping #CUSAConf25 members sort out our life priorities as part of today’s Family-Centered Coaching session! #communitywins
We wrapped up Day 1 of #CUSAConf25 watching and discussing @joinordiefilm.bsky.social—a powerful documentary about the work of social scientist Robert Putnam and why social capital is vital to the wellbeing of ourselves, our communities, and American democracy.
How can we support immigrants and refugees in #CirclesUSA? Crystal Carlson, ED of Circles San Diego, has had the privilege of walking alongside Ukrainian refugees and is sharing best practices for creating responsive, compassionate communities for all. #CUSAConf25
“You can tell a Circle Leader ‘this is what you COULD do,’ but if it doesn’t align with their values or life…you need to let it be a good idea for someone else.” CUSA Natl Coach Addie Hartnett and Cheryl Williams talking EQ (Emotional Intelligence) for #CirclesUSA #CUSAConf25
“We wanted to be Circle Leader led…we wanted to learn from them.” Barbara Garner, Circles Cobb ED on Appreciative Inquiry #CUSAConf25 #bigview
