About Rising Ember
Connection. Growth. Impact.
Why Rising Ember?
We believe every woman carries an ember of courage, resilience, and strength within her. Sometimes that ember simply needs connection, inspiration, and opportunity to grow.
Rising Ember exists to help women discover and nurture that strength, find greater purpose and connection, and use it to create meaningful change in their own lives and within their communities.
Who We Serve
Rising Ember welcomes adult women from all walks of life and stages of life who are seeking meaningful connection, personal growth, greater purpose, and opportunities to make a difference.
While our community is open to women across diverse experiences and circumstances, we are particularly committed to creating accessible opportunities for women navigating periods of transition, disconnection, changing identity, or a desire for renewed purpose and community.
Our community-based programming is currently rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area, with educational content and digital resources extending beyond our local community.
Our Mission
Rising Ember Foundation empowers women to discover their inner strength, build meaningful connections, and cultivate greater purpose. Through community experiences, education, accessible resources, and opportunities for service, we create pathways for women to grow, contribute, and make meaningful change in their lives and communities.
Our Vision
We envision communities strengthened by women who feel connected, purposeful, empowered, and inspired to use their unique strengths to make a difference.
Our Approach
Connection
We create spaces where women belong.
Through Reflection Hikes, community gatherings, Meet & Greets, Book Club experiences and other facilitated events, we bring women together to build authentic relationships, engage in meaningful conversation, and develop a stronger sense of community.
Growth
We create opportunities to discover what's within.
Through reflection, education, research-informed content, shared experiences, resources, Women Who Inspire, and future workshops and conversations, we encourage women to explore their strengths, perspectives, interests, confidence and sense of purpose.
Impact
We turn connection and growth into action.
We listen to the needs identified by women and community partners and mobilize our community to respond. Through volunteerism, donation drives, community projects, resource sharing, partnerships and other opportunities for service, women can use their individual strengths and collective capacity to make meaningful contributions to their communities.