Ecosystem

ECOSYSTEM

In times of change, portals to what’s next are necessary.

In that spirit, an ecosystem of some of the world’s most creative people have come together since 2017 in varied gatherings, pop-up projects, and experiments related to protecting the sacred and reimagining money. Collectively these circles have created a field of trust and wisdom.

Today we are an ever-expanding volunteer ecosystem with various opportunities to gather, practice and serve. A host group curates invitations and shares learning across the ecosystem. Many of the volunteers in this ecosystem host other aligned place-based sanctuaries, organizations, or communities of practice.

The seed invitation that catalyzed this ecosystem was a prayer from Michelle Long and Don Shaffer as depicted in the original Jubilee image accompanying their invitation.

The Jubilee Community intention:

“to align the interior experience with the original gift”

The eyes in the mountain denoting “wisdom keepers” who retain and/or catalyze the “seeing” of our planetary home as a coherent and increasingly compassionate whole

The water which represents integrated capital to support interdependence…”from transactions to relationships”

The stone wall which represents “the financial system that has blocked us from the original gift of Earth and each other”

The flaming heart which represents the practices that show us the way to our natural compassion and interdependence

The people gathered, denoting journeys with “the most trusted and courageous community you will ever have”

The rainbow swan denotes the phenomenon that these ideas could become widely adopted much more quickly than seems possible now.

In times of change, portals to what’s next are necessary.

The seed invitation that catalyzed this ecosystem was a prayer from Michelle Long and Don Shaffer as depicted in the original Jubilee image accompanying their invitation.

The Jubilee Community intention:

“to align the interior experience with the original gift”

The eyes in the mountain denoting “wisdom keepers” who retain and/or catalyze the “seeing” of our planetary home as a coherent and increasingly compassionate whole

The water which represents integrated capital to support interdependence…”from transactions to relationships”

The stone wall which represents “the financial system that has blocked us from the original gift of Earth and each other”

The flaming heart which represents the practices that show us the way to our natural compassion and interdependence

The people gathered, denoting journeys with “the most trusted and courageous community you will ever have”

The rainbow swan denotes the phenomenon that these ideas could become widely adopted much more quickly than seems possible now.

Co-creation:
Timeline and Initiatives

The Jubilee intentions were, and are, held by many people, and in this ecosystem many of them began to find one another. The following are just some of the co-creator circles we have learned and practiced within (most recent is listed first). The field expands through the inquiries and connections from each, and weaves into others. What follows is far from comprehensive. Other circles, and co-creations known and not known, have also grown from this field!

Co-creation:
Timeline and Initiatives

Click on each of the arrows for more:

Sacred Waters "Current-See"

An inquiry and experiment into 3rd drawer gift flows that see and support the currents of trust and care between us.

Creating in the context of Northern California and the return of the Nur (salmon) to restore the ecosystem. Hosted by Andy Lam, Saad Khan, Srinija Srinivasan, Michael Preston, Michelle Long, Laura Riccardi Lyvers, Don Shaffer, also guided by Sep Kamvar, Tawna Little, Orland Bishop. Additional NorCal co-creators including indigenous and other land stewards along the McCloud and Sacramento Rivers are weaving in now, as are global co-creators who are also connected with the protection of sacred mountains, their headwaters, and people, in other parts of the world.

Jubilee College

Historically, in times of significant change, new schools and places of initiation have formed where people can gather and inquire together about who we are and how we are becoming.

All the Jubilee inquiries since 2017, as well as the inquiries into Dunsmuir/ Mount Shasta, and its connection to other Earth sanctuaries globally, became the base for the new Jubilee College. Today, the Design Team includes board members: Srinija Srinivasan, Tawna Little and Laura Riccardi Lyvers, as well as Andy Lam, Saad Khan, Kotaro Aoki, Amir Sulaiman, Love Weinstock, Stephen Lewis, Fania Davis, Michelle Long, Matt Palevsky, Don Shaffer, Lyla June Johnston, Charlene Eigen-Vasquez, Michael Preston, as well as leadership and advising from Ariella Cooley, Sarah Sullivan, Sage Wheeler, Chief Caleen Sisk, and Orland Bishop.

Has also included co-creation gatherings in 2024-2025 with others including: Pandora Thomas, Ali Meders Knight, Rhamis Kent, Sallie Calhoun, Paul Muller, Audrey Lin, Awo Fatokun Faniyi, Christa Barfield, Desirae Harp, Gloriana Mejia Gund, George Gund, Hideyuki Inoue, Yuki Inou, Konda Mason, Nathan Johnston, Ralph Crowder III, Charlie Theriot, Navin Amarasuriya & Yuka, Tim Huang, and Matt Rales.

Earth Sanctuaries

Expansion into inquiries around the prophecy that a new protection of the world’s sacred mountains, their waters and their peoples, will be required in order to hold balance on Earth.

Including re-connecting the downstream “fire” of human creativity, in gratitude back upstream to the headwaters of life, and a series of “Mount Shasta headwaters to the San Francisco Bay” / “Water & Fire” elemental journeys.

Aug 2023 Opening Prayer, “Reconnecting with Earth, spirit and one another”; Oct 2023 with Peaceful Valley: “Exploring a Jubilee on Earth! Including co-creator participants: Srinija Srinivasan, Sage Wheeler, Matthew Palevsky, Ain Bailey, Ge Wang, Xue Devand, Harou Miyagi, Stephen Lewis, Laura Riccardi Lyvers, Kotaro Aoki, Nipun Mehta, Tawna Little, Amrita Yoshido, Calvin Nguyen, Amiria Raumati, Don Shaffer, Orland Bishop, Michelle Long, Kamarie, Michael Preston, Victor Koo, Chief Caleen Sisk, Ariella Cooley, Tabreez Verjee, Saad Khan, Tim Freundlich, Delton Chen, Jodi Archambault, Charlie Thierout, Todd Park, Dana Bezerra, Andy Lam, and Roberta Katz.

Journeys to other Earth Sanctuaries since including: Kuni pilgrimage in Japan, Aotearoa/New Zealand with Maori hosts, and South Africa “to speak from the stars”.

"Unlikely Allies"

A shared inquiry into the regeneration of Nur (salmon) and water in Northern California, seeded January, 2023 with a most unusual meet-up in Dunsmuir, CA between large farmers and the McCloud River tribe (Winnemem Wintu).

Hosted by a Jubilee group of Jodi Archambault, Todd Park, Ain Bailey, Orland Bishop, Tawna Little, Laura Riccardi Lyvers, Michelle Long, Don Shaffer, Michael Preston, and Srinija Srinivasan, plus twenty other key co-creators including Chief Caleen Sisk, Cannon Michael, and Charlie Theriot.

Three years later, through hundreds of conversations, three annual summits, and dozens of small gatherings, these “unlikely allies” have become a much larger group of participants, including the most senior stakeholders on these topics in California, and together they have created a set of shared strategies for water, farms, salmon, people and life, that they are now implementing.

Jubilee Gift Galaxy

Beginning in 2024, Jubilee Gift Galaxy became an independent organization committed to indigenous land rematriation, bringing love and soul into movements, and supporting wealth holders to build trust webs for flowing gifts for justice and beauty.

Led by Marian Moore and Alexie Torres with a council of co-hosts including Laura Flynn, Dana Bezerra, Tracey Peterson, Laura Riccardi Lyvers, Pat McCabe, Andy Lam, and Tawna Little. Has included the co-hosting of indigenous land rematriation gatherings at Ekvn-Yefolecv, and journeys to Puerto Rico with the Taino and to sacred mountain, Sisnajini.

Temple Group

Beginning Feb 2023, a “Temple” group of eight began a six-month exploration into what was being invited in this particular place on Earth toward the creation of a new center of learning, (Mt Shasta/ Dunsmuir headwaters region), and specifically related to, “remembering the role of the human”.

Co-hosts were Ain Bailey, Orland Bishop, Tawna Little, Laura Riccardi Lyvers, Michelle Long, Don Shaffer, Michael Preston, and Srinija Srinivasan. This came from an inquiry that began the prior summer where we said: “It feels we here at Jubilee are being called to a next level of expansion… to practice ”gift” in place… to create and link Earth Sanctuaries where people will go to learn… to remember who we are, in the years ahead. We need places to practice recontextualizing human creativity within the web of life….and connection between places that hold balance for all life.”

This became the foundation for Jubilee College. We began with gatherings at the headwaters of Dunsmuir / Mt Shasta, California with this “temple group” of hosts as well as others including: Alexie Torres, Andy Lam, Jodi Archambault, Laura Flynn, Marian Moore, Sadada Jackson, Sage Wheeler, Tabreez Verjee, Todd Park, Xue Devand…

The Course #3

This seven-month inquiry in 2023 was built from the Course but took the focus of the particular theme: sacred philanthropy.

This was an exploration into philanthropy and grant-making, which too often model the hierarchy and competition of dominant systems, toward bringing a spirit of gift and love of humankind. Included journeys to Ekvn Yefolecv and Jubilee College in Dunsmuir/Mount Shasta. Hosts: Alexie Torres, Marian Moore, Ain Bailey, Don Shaffer, Srinija Srinivasan, Michelle Long, Tawna Little, and Laura Flynn with additional co-creator participants including wealth holders, program officers, movement leaders and wisdom keepers: Aldita Gallardo, Beatrice Stern, Bruce Campbell, Christopher Lindstrom, Dana Bezera, Deb Fee, Deb Soule, Dey Hernández, Faith Spotted Eagle, Heatherly Born, Isaac Luria, Jane Lerner, Leila Tamari, Luana Morales, Matthew Palevsky, Mike Rollin, Myrlande Pavert, Myrna Orozco, Otis Pitney, Michael Preston, and Sally Goodwin.

The Practice

With hosts Pat McCabe, Tawna Little, Marian Moore, Orland Bishop, Don Shaffer, Michelle Long, Laura Riccardi Lyvers, Alexie Torres, Marcus Briggs Cloud, Srinija Srinivasan and Tabreez Verjee, this was an ongoing practice group for the Courses, the work after the Courses, and the next iterations of the 3rd Drawer.

We practiced flowing funds toward sanctuary farms, indigenous land rematriation, wisdom keepers, and toward protecting the sacred. More than twenty million dollars flowed in various iterations. That said, it was the “how” we did this, which transformed all who were touched and inspired other versions, that was the real opening. Some other key creators of the practice included: Adam Growald, Sage Wheeler, Cynthia Henebry, Elisabeth Keller, Steve Bonsey, William Peterffy, Stacy Grant, Greg Osofsky, Brooke Lehman, Josh Roseman, Chris Mann, Saad Khan, Dana Bezerra, Jodi Archambault, Sonali Balajee, Nina Simons, Laura Flynn, Daniel Roth, and Michael Preston.

The Course #2

We were moved to go deeper into a second ten-month Jubilee Gift Course inquiry over 2021-2022, which included a journey into Ekvn Yefolecv.

Intention: A Mystery School focused on the crucial task and practice of remembering Earth’s sacred nature, which is also our own sacred nature. We will be in deep exploration of how we are to live, create companies, and use capital in accordance with the natural gift-based interdependence of Earth”.

Host team: Don Shaffer, Michelle Long, Srinija Srinivasan, Marian Moore, Pat McCabe, Orland Bishop, Tawna Little and Tabreez Verjee. Co-creator participants on the journey of inquiry together included: Michelle Meyercord, Jack Meyercord, Sadada Jackson, Daniel Roth, Dana Lanza, Eric Ries, Tara Mohr, Greg Jobins-Leed, Laura Riccardi Lyvers, Daniel Brettschneider, Jodi Archambault, Sutv Cvpn, Tanu Kumar, Jacob Isrealow, Joan Fallon, Todd Park, Amy Geng, Bill Tarr, Nina Simons, Laura Flynn, Hilary Giovale, Pete Giovale, Wendy Cooper, Taj James, Misty Ireland, Sage Wheeler, Ain Bailey, Karen Swift, Andy Lam, Sam Bonsey, Reetu Gupta, Xue Devand, Warren Reed, Allison Duncan, Simar Mangat, Sep Kamvar, Vhee Ananda, Sonali Sangeeta Balajee, Alexie Torres.

Belonging Circles

In 2021 we hosted an inquiry into “designing a process and set of practices that support caring beyond “in-groups”, and toward sharing what we have with each other much more broadly”.

Hosts included: Isoke Femi, Kaughtlane Gless, Michelle Long, Alexie Torres, Laura Riccardi, Sonali Balagee, Kevin Eppler. Led to a cohort practice group with other key participants including: Josephina Santiago, Rev Dele, Ann Rader-Hayes, Edgar Hayes, Ethan Pomerance, Deb Soule, and Thea Maria Carlson. Co-created a 21-day Belonging Challenge with Dr. john a. powell, Dr. Dacher Keltner of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and Preeta Bansal and the Service Space ecosystem. The recognition was that we have “30 yrs left before one in seven people are expected to be on the move globally as refugees – how are we to welcome people and build communities of belonging?”

The Course #1

After Marcus Briggs Cloud called for a deeper understanding of money that he named a “Course” (of study, of water, of relationality), we began a process that resulted in a ten-month Jubilee Gift Course 2020-2021 with host team: Don Shaffer, Michelle Long, Marian Moore, Srinija Srinivasan, Pat McCabe, and Orland Bishop.

Our inquiry was into the creation of a “Mystery School focused on the crucial task and practice of remembering Earth’s sacred nature, which is also our own sacred nature. We will be in deep exploration of how we are to live, create companies, and use capital in accordance with the natural gift-based interdependence of Earth”.

Co-creator participants on the journey of inquiry together included wealth holders, wisdom keepers, and entrepreneurs with a wide vision: Adam Rockefeller Growald, Alexie Torres, Annabelle White, Ben McBride, Brooke Lehman, Chris Mann, Cynthia Henebry, Cynthia Travis, Dana Bezerra, Elizabeth Keller, George Gund, Gloriana Meija-Gund, Gregg Osofsky, john a. Powell, Josh Roseman, Karl Kister, Laura Riccardi Lyvers, Lyla June Johnston, Marcus Briggs-Cloud, Mary Caulkins, Molly Bingham, Nipun Mehta, Preeta Bansal, Rachel Bagby, Saad Khan, Stacy Grant, Steven Bonsey, Tawna Little, Tabreez Verjee, Umar F. Moghul, William Peterffy.

Jubilarising

Jubilarising (Jubilee and Uprising ventures) came together 2019-2020 in prayer and inquiry to explore a ‘spirit of gift’ in investing, in the center of community operations, and as a radically gift-centered approach to what could be done with financial “returns”, re-imagined for flow.

Study group of Orland Bishop, Saad Khan, Tabreez Verje, Don Shaffer, Andy Lam and Michelle Long. Collectively hosted Devoted Health annual leadership retreat in Boston Feb 2020, a June 2021 online retreat, and created a series of Belonging Circles for Devoted members. Plus, collaborated with and coached Devoted Guides to host them. Other key co-hosts in these initiatives: Todd Park, Pavi Mehta, Marian Moore, john a. powell, Rachel Bagby, and Christine Ageton.

The Gift Circle & 3rd Drawer

Formed early 2019 around an inquiry into “transmuting today’s uniquely large financial reservoir into the deepening and evolution of our humanity”.

Catalyzed by by Don Shaffer, Marian Moore, Michelle Long, Orland Bishop and Tabreez Verjee. Together we developed the “Jubilee Gift”, which was imagined as “an investment into individual “Wisdom Keepers” whose lives are devoted to expanding humans’ capacity for empathy, compassion, and the sacred”. Key ongoing participants included: Srinija Srinivasan, Lorrie Meyercord, Steve Bonsey, Elisabeth Keller, Adam Yukelson, Rachel Bagby, Cynthia Henebry, Bella White, Pat McCabe, Ari Nessel, Birju Pandya, Tawna Little, Marcus Briggs Cloud, Saad Khan, Laura Riccardi Lyvers.

Eventually Michelle Long, Marian Moore, and Don Shaffer created two legal entities: Jubilee Gift LLC and Jubilee Gift Galaxy 501c3 to expand the work.

Included key Jubilee Journeys with Molly Bingham, Janie Newton, Wendell Berry, Winona LaDuke, and Christy Brown, into compassion and belonging in Louisville, KY, (& with Dave Melly, Elspeth Gilmore, Jess Daniel Hart, Jim Ritchie-Dunham, Lauren Embry, Margot & Roger Milliken, Trayce Peterson, Sage Wheeler, Adam Rockefeller Growald, Xue Devand, Mary Berry, Preeta Bansal), and into living/sacred land with Robin Wall Kimmerer.

In 2019, collectively developed the gift practice: the “3rd drawer” through deep study and practice, and made the first gifts. The 3rd drawer was, and is in later iterations since, a spirit of trust in one another and love for each others’ destinies. There are no givers or receivers, everyone is both.

Jubilee Partners

15-month incubator from fall 2017 - winter 2018, hosted by Michelle Long, Don Shaffer, Konda Mason, Dave Haynes, with guidance from Orland Bishop.

Original intention was to “joyfully reimagine our current financial system toward an economy based on a spirit of gift”. Included significant gatherings: Feb 2018 at Spirit Rock/UCB/Oakland Hub/Filigreen Farm, Oct 2018 at Inglewood Plantation in Alexandria, LA, and Feb 2019 at Banyan Grove/Service Space.

Two new land-focused initiatives – Jubilee Justice (which has now also spun out two organizations: Jubilee Specialty Foods and Jubilee Junction!), and RePlant capital were incubated and created, as was a community of deep “Gift” practice: Jubilee Gift, (which has also now spun out the organization, Jubilee Gift Galaxy).

Some of our fellow jubilants in this phase of learning included Steve Bonsey, Elisabeth Keller, Bella White, Pat McCabe, Reverend Deborah Johnson, Sage Wheeler, Richard Pendleton, Lucas Johnson, Sallie Calhoun, Greg Osofsky, Brooke Lehman, Tabreez Verjee, Andy Lam, Saad Khan, Todd Park, Dacher Keltner, Nipun Mehta, Krista Tippett, Ari Nessel, Pat Riley, john a. powell, Chrystel Cornelius, Alfa Demmellash, Alex Forrester, Alex Haber, Steve Finkel, Jacob Isrealow, Marian Moore, Berry Liberman, Danny Almagor, Isoke Femi, David Melly, Lauren Embrey, Stacy Grant, Lyla June Johnston, Lorrie Meyercord, Laura Riccardi Lyvers, Sohrab Nabatian, and others!

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy” ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Art credit (From top): Website photography by Don Shaffer; dancing and meditation figures artwork by Sabine Shaffer

Ecosystem

ECOSYSTEM

In times of change, portals to what’s next are necessary.

The Jubilee Community intention:

“to align the interior experience with the original gift”

In times of change, portals to what’s next are necessary.

The Jubilee Community intention:

“to align the interior experience with the original gift”

Co-creation: Timeline and Initiatives

Co-creation:Timeline and Initiatives

Click on each of the arrows for more:

Sacred Waters "Current-See"

Jubilee College

Earth Sanctuaries

"Unlikely Allies"

Jubilee Gift Galaxy

Temple Group

The Course #3

The Practice

The Course #2

Belonging Circles

The Course #1

Jubilarising

The Gift Circle & 3rd Drawer

Jubilee Partners

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy” ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Co-creation:
Timeline and Initiatives

Co-creation:
Timeline and Initiatives