August Community Guide
Wealth is Liberation
Enoughness, Money & Community Security
A month of meaningful conversation about the stories we carry around money, what enoughness means in our lives, and how wealth can support community security.
Important Dates
Monthly Community Connection
Asynchronous community discussion
Friday Love Notes continue throughout the month.
The Double Tax
This month's reading gives us another lens for examining money, labor, caregiving, opportunity, wealth-building, and the different costs people carry through daily life.
You can participate in every August conversation whether you read the entire book, a portion of it, or simply engage with the questions it raises.
Share. Respond. Connect.
Each week, add your own perspective and spend a few minutes learning from someone else's. Ask a question, share a connection, or name where your experience differs.
Week by Week
What Does Enough Mean?
We begin by exploring what “enough” means beyond a number. What creates a sense of security, possibility, rest, or care in your life?
Reflection: Where did your definition of enough come from, and how is it shaping your money choices today?
Money Stories We Inherited
This week we examine the messages we absorbed about saving, spending, security, scarcity, generosity, work, and success.
Book connection: Where do personal money stories meet larger conditions that shape what life actually costs?
Wealth Moves Through Relationships
We expand the idea of wealth to include money, knowledge, time, skills, care, access, food, creativity, and other resources that support community security.
Creative practice: Make a personal wealth inventory that includes the resources in your life beyond income.
What We're Carrying Forward
We close the month by noticing what we learned through one another.
Money Story Conversation Circle
August 20 · Monthly Community Connection
Our one live peer gathering this month is centered on listening, curiosity, and learning from each other's money stories.
Come ready to explore
- What money represented in your family
- What financial security means to you now
- A money belief you are reconsidering
- Something another person's story helps you see differently
Our conversation practice
Listen for understanding. Ask thoughtful questions. Share from your own experience. Make room for different relationships with money and security.
Ways to Join In
Main community conversation
Poll or short reflection
Friday Love Note
Reply to another member
Want to Go Deeper?
Enrollment is open for members who have not yet participated in Money Work or Reclaim. August's conversations offer a starting point for noticing the beliefs, experiences, and patterns you may want more space to explore.
Bring your experience.
Read. Get Curious. Connect.
Read what someone else shares. Ask a question. Let another member's story expand your thinking.