about COLLECTIVE RESILIENCE

Purpose and History

The purpose of Collective Resilience is to inspire people-powered, nature-inspired and equity-based resilience through place-based projects. Our intention is to help guide resilience hubs, spaces and blocks to evolve and flourish through training workshops, equitable funding distribution and authentic cross-sector collaborations. We strive to honor Just Transition principles.

Collective Resilience was founded in January 2022 as a nonprofit partner of Planting Seeds Consulting. CR Founder Susan Silber birthed the Resilience Hubs Initiative through her work at the NorCal Resilience Network. The organization is based in the Bay Area, CA.

Collective Resilience is a fiscally-sponsored project of Inquiring Systems, Inc.

Planting Seeds Consulting

Leadership

Susan Silber: Program Director

I have 30 years of experience working as program creator, fundraiser, project manager, strategic planner and educator in the field of community resilience and sustainability. I have created (or co-created) the NorCal Resilience Network, Nature’s Voices Project, Climate Action Groups at the Ecology Center, the Green Star Schools program with the Green Schools Initiative, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica. My passion is working with solutions-based grassroots projects to help create a more resilient, healthy and equitable world.

Collective Resilience Advisors

Trathen Heckman

Founder and Director, Daily Acts Organization

Nahal Ghoghaie

Senior Program Manager, U.S. Water Alliance

Laura Nicodemus

Neighborhood Organizer, Maxwell Park Resilience Hub