Gather.
Sips, Snacks & Loose Threads
A Fierce Mamas caregiver gathering
Sunday, March 22
Cooper Young, Midtown Memphis
address provided after rsvp
3 - 5 PM
What loose threads are you holding?
Gather is an afternoon where caregivers come together to share stories, recognize one another, and begin weaving those threads into something stronger.
Please join us!
What Happens at Gather
This will be a warm, informal afternoonof conversation, sips, snacks, and shared stories.
Some people will arrive knowing one another. Many will not.
This is not a lecture.
It is not a panel.
It is not a traditional support group.
It is simply a space where caregivers can meet, listen, and recognize the threads that connect our experiences.
Sometimes the first step toward changing a story is discovering that it is not yours alone.
Why We’re Gathering
Caregiving can be isolating work.
Whether you are caring for a child with medical complexity, disability, mental illness, addiction, or another need that reshapes a family’s life, you may have discovered something difficult: the systems meant to help are often the hardest places to navigate.
Over time, caregivers become translators, advocates, researchers, and crisis managers. We learn how systems actually work — and where they fall short.
We carry knowledge that only caregivers acquire.
Knowledge about what families need.
Knowledge about how care really happens.
Fierce Mamas is rooted in the wisdom of mothers caring for children whose lives require extraordinary care.
While our work begins there, we welcome and celebrate the knowledge of all caregivers — those caring for children, parents, partners, siblings, and chosen family.
Caregivers hold knowledge that systems rarely see.
Gather is an evening designed to bring that knowledge into the same room.
What Gather Will Look Like
Gather is for anyone who has stepped into the work of caring for another person.
You might be:
a parent raising a child with medical complexity or disability
a caregiver navigating mental health or addiction in your family
someone supporting an aging parent
a grandparent, sibling, partner, or friend in a caregiving role
someone who has spent years learning how to navigate care systems
You do not need to have the right words or the right story.
If caregiving has shaped your life in ways others may not fully see, this room is for you.
Bring a Loose Thread
If you’d like, bring a small artifact of care — something that reflects part of your caregiving journey.
A denial letter.
An EOB.
Therapy notes.
A medical supply.
A photo.
A small object that carries a story.
These are the pieces of everyday caregiving that systems rarely see.
Over time, these fragments may become part of a collaborative Fierce Mamas storytelling project we’ve been calling the Care Quilt — not necessarily a traditional quilt, but a growing collection of the objects, images, and moments that shape caregiving lives.
Or they may simply be held and witnessed in the room.
Both are enough.
What This Gathering Begins
Gather is the first public event for Fierce Mamas, a community rooted in the wisdom of mothers and strengthened by the knowledge of caregivers.
Our work begins with a simple belief:
When caregivers gather, the knowledge of care becomes a force for change.
The Care Quilt is one way we begin collecting and honoring that knowledge. Over time it will inform art, conversation, and advocacy aimed at making care systems more humane and responsive to families.
But on this first evening, the goal is simpler.
To meet.
To listen.
To recognize one another.