Hi, I'm Jess (or J. or Friday!)

People say "The further your message gets, the better the world becomes."

Will you help me get it farther by giving me the stability I need and reconnecting me with kiddo?

Three years ago, I'm walking into a shelter. My startup to democratize manufacturing just collapsed. From shelters to streets and stations to endless strangers and friends offering help, with each move, I feel hopeful - maybe this time something will work out.

Flash forward three years: I'm still homeless, still separated from my child in North Carolina, still trying to show the world that community wealth works while disconnected from my own community.

I'm autistic with chronic illness. Never lived without a partner or carer. Tried for 20 years to make traditional businesses work. Failed every time.

So why keep trying?

Because I discovered something: the economy I was trying to build already exists.

What I Found

Hundreds of movements globally, with practical proven steps to create an economy that serves all life, not just the super rich. Pathways to reconnect to the real kind of wealth - belonging and community, not GDP.

Platform cooperatives and social enterprises connecting communities, treating people fairly and paying living wages. Community wealth building adopted by governments in Scotland, Wales, Canada. All real.

All working.

They just can't find each other. Different names for the same thing: wellbeing economy, gift economy, commons, regenerative economics.

Why wasn't anyone connecting them?

So I started making it visible. My content consistently hits 100K+ views. I reached #18 Rising in World Politics on Substack while homeless. People ask daily: "Where do I start? How do I get involved?"

I survive almost entirely on community wealth for three years. Scrapping together enough to get by through scattered donations, donating plasma, taking odd jobs, all while relocating on average every six weeks.

Why would I risk going back?

I tried multiple times. Slept in the woods, sketch conditions where I got the worst bedbug infection of my life - I still have scars! The choice felt like: be safe couch surfing, or put myself in danger to go home.

So much of this movement is about connecting again with the people who live near you. Please help me get safely home.

Why Now

Thursday marks exactly three years since that shelter. Three years barely seeing my kid. Three years with chronic illness and no medical care. I'm going to North Carolina on Friday with whatever money I have, because three years is enough.

I need $12,000 to land safely and keep building:

$4,500 - First two months rent + deposit (credit shot from the business, deposits required for everything)

$2,000 - Short-term housing/motel until apartment secured

$1,500 - Working computer and equipment

$1,500 - Moving expenses, transportation, utilities

$1,500 - Food/basics while I get established

$500 - Medical care not received in three years

$500 - Buffer for unexpected costs

What Happens Next

With stable housing and working equipment, I'll:

This isn't charity. It's an investment in making solutions visible that millions need right now.

The Real Impact

When people see that wellbeing economies already exist, that millions are living them, that the transition is simpler than we thought - they can't unsee it. That's the tipping point.

You can't go back once you realize scarcity was always a choice.

Every contribution helps reunite a mother with her child while making an entire economy visible.

If you're a helper like me, it's often because no one helped us when we needed it. So we don't ask for help ourselves. But I'm being brave now and asking. Please help me get the support I need.

You're not just helping me go home. You're helping build the economy we all deserve.

xoxo

Friday