Convenings
The field comes together in rooms. Convening is its own discipline—the right people, the right framework, and stakes that justify the gathering.
Rural Firearm Violence Prevention Implementation Convening
Dates to be determined · Winthrop, Washington
Co-hosted with the Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Coalition. Academic partner and event co-sponsors to be announced.
A three-day multidisciplinary convening on rural implementation of Washington State's firearm violence prevention infrastructure—Extreme Risk Protection Orders, firearm relinquishment, safe storage, behavioral health crisis response, and the multi-disciplinary coordination that translates statute into operational reality. The program includes a private judicial listening session and project-based workshops across law enforcement, prosecutorial, judicial, public health, behavioral health, legal aid, tribal, and community-based partners.
I designed the convening for rural and under-resourced jurisdictions where conventional firearm violence prevention infrastructure has been slow to land. I am taking engagement and registration inquiries.
Women's Hunter Education Field Skills Evaluation
Sunday, October 11, 2026, 12–4pm · Nature's Window Wildlife Museum, Chelan, Washington
Co-hosted with wildlife biologist Megan Turnock.
A women-only Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife hunter education field skills evaluation for women and their children who have completed the online WDFW hunter education curriculum and need the in-person field component to certify. Taught by two female instructors. Because of current wildfire concerns, this event will not include a live-fire component—the four-hour program instead concentrates on a review of safety, firearm handling, and wildlife-conservation material, a written quiz, safe firearm handling and storage practice, and the field-navigation and practical scenarios—muzzle control, ammunition selection, safety procedure, ethics—every hunter needs before heading to the hills and prairies.
The course extends the women's hunter education work I run in Okanogan County and sits inside a broader case: rural firearm literacy is foundational infrastructure for firearm violence prevention, not opposition to it. Seating is limited to ten; admission requires a printed copy of your online course completion certificate, and a signed Parent Agreement form for participants under eighteen. Registration.
The right convening produces work the participating organizations could not have produced separately; no single institution carries all the weight. The agenda centers on questions, not panels. Outcomes belong to the field, not to the convener.
Convening design as a service
I also offer convening design as a defined engagement—for jurisdictions, philanthropies, or coalitions that need to bring a difficult question into a room and want the room built by someone who has done it before. Inquire here.