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SUMMARY:Empower Hour: Friendship After 40
DESCRIPTION:Empower Hour: Friendship Over 40\nBuilding community gets harder with age. But it doesn’t have to. \n \nWednesday July\, 8 2026 · 12:00–1:00 PM Pacific · Virtual · Free for community\nMaking friends used to be built into your life — school\, sports\, the dorm hallway. After 40\, it doesn’t happen by accident anymore. You have to build it on purpose\, and for gay and queer men of color\, that’s its own layer of complexity. \nThis Empower Hour is a space to get honest about adult friendship — why it gets harder\, what we’re actually craving\, and what it looks like to build real connection at this stage of life instead of waiting for it to find you. \nExpect: a grounding check-in\, reflection on the friendships you have and the ones you’re missing\, and real talk with community members navigating the same thing. \nFacilitated by Noris Chavarría\, ICF PCC-Certified Executive Coach and founder of Bloom Social Club.
URL:https://norisknows.com/event/empower-hour-friendship-after-40/
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CATEGORIES:Bloom Social Club,Community & Connection,Empower Hour,Personal Growth,Virtual Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Bloom Social Club":MAILTO:noris@norisknows.com
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SUMMARY:Empower Hour: Still Building
DESCRIPTION:STILL BUILDING\nthe conversation nobody’s having about the long haul\nAn Empower Hour Session — Wednesday\, July 15\, 2026 · 12–1PM Pacific · Virtual\n\nTHE ROOM\nNobody talks about what it takes to keep going once you’ve actually built something. \nThere’s plenty of conversation about how to get into the room — how to earn the seat\, land the funding\, build the reputation. The early chapters get all the attention. But the middle chapters — the ones where you’re leading the company\, running the practice\, holding the vision\, and quietly wondering how long you can sustain the pace — those stay unspoken. \nFor gay and queer men of color who’ve climbed further than the systems around them were built to hold\, that weight is specific. You didn’t just build a business or a career. You built it while carrying more than the job description ever accounted for. And the same drive that got you here can start to feel like something you’re managing instead of something fueling you. \nThis month’s Empower Hour is a conversation about the long game — for the ones who are already far enough in to feel it. \nABOUT THIS SESSION\nEmpower Hour is a free\, monthly virtual gathering for gay and queer men of color. One hour. Honest conversation. No panels\, no pitch decks — just a room that holds space for what’s actually hard about staying at this level. \nThis month: Still Building — what it takes to keep leading\, founding\, and creating over years\, not just a sprint. What replenishes you versus what quietly drains you. How to build a practice that doesn’t cost you your health\, your relationships\, or your edge to maintain. And what sustaining yourself looks like when the systems you’re operating in weren’t designed with your longevity in mind. \nWHAT WE’LL EXPLORE\n\nWhat stamina actually means at your level — beyond grit and willpower\nThe replenishment practices high-performing queer leaders and founders of color actually use\nHow to recognize depletion before it costs you the thing you built\nBuilding a leadership or creative practice that holds up across a career\, not just a quarter\n\nWHO THIS IS FOR\nSenior leaders\, founders\, and entrepreneurs — gay and queer men of color who’ve already built something real and are figuring out how to sustain it. Executives carrying real weight. Creatives and business owners scaling past the hustle phase. People who aren’t asking “how do I get in the room” anymore — you’re asking “how do I stay standing in it.” \nThis isn’t for anyone looking for a pep talk on grinding harder. It’s for the ones already ambitious enough to be tired from the climb\, and serious enough about the long game to actually do something about it. \nEVENT DETAILS\nDate: Wednesday\, July 15\, 2026\nTime: 12:00–1:00 PM Pacific\nFormat: Virtual — Google Meet\nCost: Free
URL:https://norisknows.com/event/empower-hour-still-building/
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CATEGORIES:Bloom Social Club,Community & Connection,Virtual Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Bloom Social Club":MAILTO:noris@norisknows.com
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