SOLD OUT! 🩷🤎

Strong communities are built in good company.

For more than five years, our community has gathered, shared resources, supported local businesses, built friendships, and created meaningful connections throughout Orange County. What began as OC Black Moms has now grown into Held & Rooted Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit building technology and community infrastructure to strengthen connection, access to trusted resources, and belonging for mothers raising Black children.

On Sunday, October 4, 2026, 120 members of our community will gather for In Good Company: Celebrating the Launch of Held & Rooted.

And we are officially SOLD OUT.

Even more incredible, our community helped us exceed our $10,000 fundraising goal before we ever walked into the room. This celebration is about more than launching an organization. It represents what more than five years of community can become when people gather, invest in one another, support local businesses, share resources, and choose to build together.

To every guest, sponsor, donor, community partner, friend, and family who helped make this possible: thank you.

You made room at the table. You invested in this next chapter. And you are helping Held & Rooted build the infrastructure that will carry this community beyond where it began.

We reached the goal. We filled the room. Now, we celebrate.

Because good things happen In Good Company. 🥂

Can’t attend but still want to support Held & Rooted?
Our next chapter is Rooted Beyond: Southern California, our campaign to complete Held & Rooted’s Southern California region by expanding into Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and San Diego.

Your support helps us build the local relationships, leadership, and infrastructure necessary for community to truly take root.

→ Support Rooted Beyond: Southern California

Because Orange County was the beginning. Now, we’re building beyond it. 🩷🤎

In Good Company

Celebrating the Launch of Held & Rooted: Gather beautifully. Give meaningfully.