About the Rising Kind

  • The Rising Kind exists for people who feel the tension between the world we have and the world we know is possible.

    People inside businesses trying to turn values into measurable action.
    People inside nonprofits and movements trying to build power that lasts.
    People who believe systems can change, but only if we show up to shape them.

    No one gets to opt out of shaping the future.
    And no one builds it alone.

    We are stronger when we organize across sectors. When business leaders listen to organizers. When organizers understand systems. When we move from isolation to coordination. When we support each other through care and mutual aid.

    That’s what this space is for.

  • Because resilience is quiet.

    Because systems don’t change overnight, they change when people persist.

    Because even when knocked down, there is a kind of person who rises again. Not alone. But together.

    We are the rising kind.

    If you’re building something that serves more than yourself — you belong here.

  • The Rising Kind is a home for:

    • Leaders pursuing B Corp certification and collective action

    • Entrepreneurs who believe business can be a force for good

    • Organizers and movement builders strengthening community power

    • Anyone trying to create meaningful change from wherever they sit

    Through consulting, courses, writing, and community gatherings, this work focuses on three core commitments:

    1. Accountability
    Step fully into your power — and stay accountable to the people and systems it affects.

    2. Collective Action
    Impact doesn’t scale through shere will alone. It scales through coordinated effort.

    3. Capacity
    Change requires skill. Governance. Structure. Strategy. Stamina.

    We will build all of it, together.

  • The beginings of this are from Benn Marine, to learn more about him and what he stands for, keep scrolling.

Hi! I’m benn!

My first attempt at organizing was in the wake of the Columbine shooting in 1999. I started a SAVE chapter, Students Against Violence Everywhere, at my high school because I didn’t know what else to do with the grief and urgency I felt.

I’ve been trying to create change in my own way ever since.

Over the last two decades, that work has taken different forms. I’ve supported grassroots campaigns fighting for dignity and justice. I’ve helped companies pursue and recertify as B Corps. I’ve taught, advised, and coached leaders who want to align their operations with their values and use their influence responsibly.

I’m also a trans man.

That experience has shaped how I understand power, belonging, and systems.

It has taught me what it feels like to navigate institutions that were not built with you in mind. It has deepened my commitment to bodily autonomy, to the idea that no person is illegal, and to the belief that dignity should not be conditional.

It has also taught me that sustainable change requires both courage and community.

The hats change.
The values don’t.

Someone might work inside a B Corp today and join a nonprofit tomorrow.
Someone might organize in their community this year and fund a social enterprise the next.
Someone might move between movements and institutions over the course of a lifetime.

The roles evolve. The strategies adapt. The titles shift.

And the people doing this work are often striving toward the same outcomes:

A deep belief in dignity.
The conviction that every being deserves safety and autonomy.
The responsibility to leave the planet better than we found it.
A commitment to regenerative systems that sustain communities rather than extract from them.

These are the threads that connect us.

The Rising Kind is rooted in the belief that when people who share these commitments are in community with one another, when we can exchange tools, share lessons, ask for help, and offer it, the work becomes more effective.

And more personally sustainable.

Change work is demanding. It requires courage, structure, and stamina. Too often, the people doing it burn out or feel isolated inside their roles.

I want to see a world where changemakers are supported enough to love this work. Where they can build power without losing themselves. Where they can stay in this work for a lifetime if they choose.

When we are connected by shared values and supported by one another, we don’t just rise individually.

We rise together.

Benn Shares his experience as a trans man with the B Corp community at Champions Retreat 2024 in Vancouver, BC. The video is 5:34 in length.