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SUMMARY:Empower Hour: Navigating Change & Transitions
DESCRIPTION:Empower Hour: Navigating Change & Transitions\nA free virtual gathering for gay and queer men of color · 60 minutes \n \nEmpower Hour — September 2026: Navigating Change & Transitions \nEvery leader knows the feeling — you’re mid-role\, mid-relationship\, mid-life\, moving fast because slowing down feels like the thing you can’t afford. And then something breaks the pace: the layoff you didn’t see coming\, the firing that still stings\, the relationship that ended\, or worse — no crisis at all\, just a quiet Tuesday where you realize you’re bored out of your mind in a life you used to want. \nSeptember tends to be when the fall push starts before you’ve processed whatever just happened over the summer. New quarter\, new goals\, a calendar filling up before you’ve asked whether you’re even the same person who set last quarter’s intentions. It’s easy to keep performing forward motion without checking if you’ve actually moved through anything. \nThis Empower Hour is a space to stop performing it — and actually sit with what’s shifting. \nEmpower Hour is Noris Knows’ free\, monthly virtual gathering for gay and queer men of color who are freelancers\, consultants\, coaches\, CEOs\, founders\, entrepreneurs\, creatives\, and senior leaders. It’s built specifically for people already carrying real weight — a title\, a team\, a reputation — who rarely get a room designed for what that weight costs in a season of change. \nThis session includes a guided values reflection\, small-group breakout conversation\, and a community harvest to close. No panels. No performance. Just space to get honest about who you’re becoming and whether your leadership is still built for it.
URL:https://norisknows.com/event/changeandtransitions/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Bloom Social Club,Community & Connection,Empower Hour,Virtual Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Bloom Social Club":MAILTO:noris@norisknows.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T120000
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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/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Bloom Social Club,Community & Connection,Virtual Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Bloom Social Club":MAILTO:noris@norisknows.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260708T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260708T130000
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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/
LOCATION:Virtual
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T120000
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SUMMARY:YOU SAID THIS WOULD BE YOUR YEAR. It's June. Let's talk about it.
DESCRIPTION:YOU SAID THIS WOULD BE YOUR YEAR. It’s June. Let’s talk about it.\nEmpower Hour · June Edition · Pride Month Free · Virtual · RSVP Required\nFor gay and queer men of color\n\nJanuary had a plan. June has receipts. \nThe goals. The commitments. The version of yourself you were going to be by now. Six months in\, you have actual data — and data doesn’t lie\, even when it’s uncomfortable. \nMost people do one of two things at the halfway point: push harder on what’s not working\, or quietly let go and pretend they never wanted it. Neither of those is recalibration. \nThis is. \nJoin us for June’s Empower Hour — a free\, one-hour virtual gathering for gay and queer men of color — where we take honest stock of the first half of 2026 together. Not as a performance review. Not as a shame spiral. As an inventory. \nWhat’s landed. What hasn’t. What you’re still carrying that you can put down. And what the second half of this year could actually look like if you built it with what you know now — instead of what you hoped for in January. \nOne hour. Real conversation. No performance required. \nThis is your mid-year moment. Show up for it.
URL:https://norisknows.com/event/you-said-this-would-be-your-year-its-june-lets-talk-about-it/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Bloom Social Club,Community & Connection,Community Gatherings,Empower Hour,Virtual Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Bloom Social Club":MAILTO:noris@norisknows.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T120000
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SUMMARY:What Now — A Circle for Men A Virtual Conversation for Men Navigating What's Next
DESCRIPTION:What Now — A Circle for Men A Virtual Conversation for Men Navigating What’s Next\nWednesday\, June 10\, 2026· 12:00 PM PT · 1 Hour · $10 Virtual · Tickets below\n\nYou’ve done something. Built something. Survived something. And now you’re sitting with a question that doesn’t have an easy answer. \nWhat now? \nNew career. New relationship. New city. New version of yourself. Whatever your next chapter looks like — this is the room where you talk about it with other men who are asking the same question. \nWhat Now is a one-hour virtual circle hosted by Noris Chavarría — ICF PCC certified coach and founder of Queer Compass Institute — for men who are ready to stop carrying that question alone and start exploring it out loud. \nThe format is simple. We open together. We go around the room. We share where we are and what we’re moving toward. We listen to each other. We close with one insight we’re taking with us. \nNo presentations. No slides. No performance. Just an honest conversation between men who are building something — a life\, a business\, a new chapter — and want the perspective and company of others doing the same. \n$10 gets you in the room. What you take with you is worth considerably more.
URL:https://norisknows.com/event/what-now-a-circle-for-men-a-virtual-conversation-for-men-navigating-whats-next/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Bloom Social Club,Community & Connection,Community Support,Networking,Virtual Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Bloom Social Club":MAILTO:noris@norisknows.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T120000
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SUMMARY:Visibility Without Burnout
DESCRIPTION:One hour to pause\, reflect\, and get honest about the cost of being seen.\nFor gay and queer men of color\, visibility in professional spaces is rarely simple. Being seen often comes with calculation. Managing perception. Reading rooms. Deciding how much of yourself is “safe” to bring into leadership spaces. Knowing when to speak\, when to soften\, when to shrink\, and when to perform confidence even when you’re exhausted. \nOver time\, that kind of visibility creates a tax. \nAnd most leadership spaces never talk about it. \nWhat Is Empower Hour?\nEmpower Hour is a FREE monthly one-hour gathering for gay and queer men of color who want to navigate life\, leadership\, ambition\, and identity more intentionally. Each session centers a real conversation about the realities we carry — personally\, professionally\, emotionally\, and relationally. \nThis month\, we’re talking about visibility. \nNot visibility as branding.\nNot visibility as performance.\nNot visibility at the expense of yourself. \nWe’re talking about what sustainable visibility actually looks like:\nHow to build presence without constantly managing everyone else’s comfort.\nHow to stop confusing overexposure with impact.\nHow to be seen without abandoning yourself in the process. \nThis is not a lecture or networking event disguised as healing. It’s a grounded\, honest conversation with other gay and queer men of color navigating many of the same tensions:\nLeadership and exhaustion.\nAmbition and authenticity.\nRecognition and emotional labor.\nSuccess and self-preservation. \nTogether\, we’ll explore where visibility becomes strategy — and where it quietly becomes self-erasure. \nWho This Is For\nThis space is for gay and queer men of color who have ever thought: \n“I’m tired of feeling like I’m always ‘on.’”\n“I’ve worked hard to be seen\, but I don’t know if this version of visibility is sustainable.”\n“I’ve learned how to succeed in rooms that still don’t fully feel safe.”\n“I want to show up more fully without burning myself out in the process.”\n“I’m successful professionally\, but emotionally exhausted underneath it.” \nYou do not need to have the answers before you arrive. \nYou just need space honest enough to ask better questions. \nReserve Your Spot\nSeats are intentionally limited to keep the space intimate\, reflective\, and conversation-centered. Register now to reserve your spot — and invite another gay or queer man of color who may need this conversation too.
URL:https://norisknows.com/event/visibility-without-burnout/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community & Connection,Community Support,Empower Hour,Networking,Professional Development,Virtual Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Bloom Social Club":MAILTO:noris@norisknows.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260318T120000
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SUMMARY:Are You Living by Your Values — Or Just Your Habits?
DESCRIPTION:One hour to pause\, reflect\, and get honest about whether your choices are actually yours. \nEmpower Hour: Values Check-In & Decision Making \n\nWhen was the last time you made a decision that truly reflected who you are — not who you’ve been\, not what was easiest\, not what everyone else expected?\nIf you had to think about it for a moment\, this hour is for you. \nWhat Is Empower Hour? \nEmpower Hour is a FREE monthly one-hour gathering for gay and queer men of color who are serious about living intentionally — not perfectly\, but purposefully. Each session focuses on a real theme that shows up in real life. In March\, we’re going deep on something that touches every single choice you make: \nYour values. And whether your decisions are actually honoring them. \nThis isn’t a lecture. It’s not a productivity hack. It’s a real conversation with real people who are navigating the same things you are — careers\, relationships\, transitions\, the daily tension between who you want to be and what actually gets done. \nWe make hundreds of decisions a day. Most of them on autopilot. Autopilot isn’t bad — until it starts steering your life somewhere you never actually meant to go. \nWe’ll share tools\, frameworks\, and — most importantly — each other’s lived experience and wisdom. Because sometimes the best insight doesn’t come from a book. It comes from someone sitting in the same situation\, one step further down the road. \nWho This Is For \nThis is for you if you identify as a gay / queer man of color  AND you’ve ever said any of these things — even just to yourself: \n\n“I don’t know why I keep saying yes to things that drain me.”\n“I want to make a change but I keep defaulting to the same patterns.”\n“I feel successful on the outside but something still feels off.”\n“I want to be more intentional but I don’t know where to start.”\n\nYou don’t need to have everything figured out to show up. That’s exactly the point. \nReserve Your Spot \nSeats are limited to keep the space intimate and meaningful. Register now to secure your place — and bring someone who needs this hour too.
URL:https://norisknows.com/event/are-you-living-by-your-values-or-just-your-habits/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community & Connection,Community Support,Empower Hour,Networking,Personal Growth,Professional Development,Virtual Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T130000
DTSTAMP:20260214T005008Z
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SUMMARY:Empower Hour: The Art of Saying No (Without the Guilt)
DESCRIPTION:January often brings clarity.February is where reality sets in. \nThe Art of Saying No (Without the Guilt)\nThis Empower Hour is a one-hour virtual gathering focused on boundaries\, energy\, and capacity—especially for those who are carrying a lot\, navigating change\, or feeling stretched early in the year. \nThis is not a workshop and not a networking event.It’s a grounded\, facilitated space to: \n\ncheck in with yourself\nreflect on what’s draining vs. sustaining you\nconnect with others who are navigating similar questions\n\nWe’ll explore how boundaries aren’t just about saying no—they’re about protecting your energy so you can show up fully where it actually matters. \nCome as you are.Listen\, reflect\, connect\, and leave with more clarity around what you can—and cannot—carry right now. \nAbout this space:Bloom Collective gatherings are intentionally created for gay and queer men of color\, with a focus on connection\, leadership\, and community care. We name this to ensure the space feels aligned\, affirming\, and supportive for those it’s designed to serve.
URL:https://norisknows.com/event/event-empower-hour-boundaries-energy-capacity/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community & Connection,Community Support,Empower Hour,Networking,Personal Growth,Professional Development,Virtual Events
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