Lillie

Lillie is developing independent offerings alongside a handful of event production and spiritual alignment contracts. She writes When Holy Sparks Fly, a bi-monthly offering about what unlocks the divine, and is a site manager at PAIKKA, a modern, industrial event venue. They produce the Climate Solutions Series for The Great Northern, an annual festival that celebrates Minnesota’s cold, creative winters in the midst of our changing climate. Lillie is also a Cohort 4 Fellow in the Jewish Studio Project’s Creative Facilitator Training, a two-year intensive fellowship designed to bring the Jewish Studio Process deeply into their personal and professional practices. Lillie is also a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory.

Lillie works from a clear commitment to tikkun olam (repairing the world) at the intersection of racial justice, environmental justice, and LGBTQ+ liberation. She is the daughter of lesbian parents and grew up in a progressive, rowdy, and joyful intergenerational Jewish community that equated being Jewish with fighting for collective liberation. Lillie has been involved in community organizing and convening the Jewish community from a young age. This sparked a deep curiosity about how to build Jewish spaces that are inclusive and unlock the creativity of community.

Lillie has convened art-sharing spaces, co-hosted Season Six of Jesus Has Left the Building podcast on Fostering Interconnection, and guided organizational culture change to center equity. She was most recently the Program Coordinator for At The Well, a national organization that works to enhance well-being through Jewish practices and supported network members to deepen their Rosh Chodesh practices. Prior to that, she worked at The On Being Project as the Pastoral Engagement Associate, where she accompanied religious and spiritual leaders to deepen their social healing work - including building a national three-part Clergy Cohort with leaders across religious traditions - produced large-scale organization-wide virtual events, and curated On Being content thematically, such as on grief and awe in the natural world. Before that, Lillie worked for an environmental non-profit where she managed a state-wide awards program, produced a policy event series, and led efforts to center equity in organizational convening and hiring practices. She served as Vice President and Co-Chair of the Governance and Organizational Restructuring Working Group at Shir Tikvah Congregation. They have planned in-person offerings and virtual experiences at many scales and are interested in finding the container that best fits a need.

Lillie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies and Politics from Mount Holyoke College and was a 2019 New Leaders Council Fellow. They are based on Dakota Land in Minneapolis, MN where they live with their partner and two cats, Atash and Zissa. She feels most grounded connecting with beloveds, practicing Jewish rituals, and soaking up thought-provoking books with her morning coffee in hand.