Confluence Rising (formerly CCEJ)

Our mission is to educate and empower youth and adults to lead change for equity and justice in our communities.

Since 1963, Confluence Rising (formerly the California Conference for Equality and Justice or CCEJ) has been building a world where people live free of oppression and thrive. Our mission is to educate and empower youth and adults to lead change for equity and justice in our communities. At Confluence Rising, we lead people of all backgrounds in deep examinations of power and privilege at the personal and societal levels, inspiring them to build community across differences and work together to advance equity, inclusion and justice. Our programs incorporate Restorative Justice practices to support youth and adults to increase their resiliency and ability to address identity-based conflict. Please visit our website to learn more about our programs – www.ConfluenceRising.org.

We use these core values to guide our work and organizational culture:

• Care: We invest time and energy in the wellness of individuals and the community. We lean on one another for strength and hope.
• Curiosity: We ask questions and seek different perspectives. We recognize our own assumptions and biases.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for the impact we have on others. We respond to conflict in ways that build trust.
• Imagination: We believe that another world is possible. We create more possibilities for equity and justice in our lives, workplaces, and communities.
• Interdependence: We believe by connecting our individual strengths, we intentionally build a collective whole to deepen our impact.

Our work is focused on building individual and collective power to end structural forms of oppression and cannot happen without all of us. For this reason, we strongly encourages and welcomes applications from Black people, Indigenous people, LGBTQIA+ people, women, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, religious minorities, and people with disabilities.