Torchlight Gathering
An Evening of Memory, Resilience, and Shared Freedom
📣 Signal Dispatch — Signals from the field
Oct 2, 7–10 p.m. CDT at Refuge Bonne Foi (online)—bring a friend, bring your light.
On October 2, Torch & Tinder Press will join our collaborators at Refuge Bonne Foi for the Torchlight Gathering — an evening carried not by speeches alone, but by memory, resilience, and shared freedom.
We call it a “Torchlight Gathering” because freedom does not survive by accident; it unravels unless we bind it together, and it goes out unless we rekindle it — through our stories, our actions, and the ways we care for one another. The Torchlight Gathering is a night to do just that: to remember what matters and to spark new fires of resistance and hope.
Over the course of the evening, we will:
Open with welcome and keynote, grounding ourselves in truth and care.
Hear spotlight talks from those carrying torches in publishing, community, and cultural resistance.
Explore the Resistance & Resilience framework and take a tour of Refuge Bonne Foi.
Collaborate in building a Resilience Map / Vision Wall that reflects our collective imagination.
Connect in an open house space with time for conversation and shared discovery.
Close together in reflection and benediction — a reminder that freedom is a practice, and resistance is an ecosystem.
Torch & Tinder Press will be there as one voice among many, sharing why we publish handbooks, field guides, and memoranda: because stories matter, because memory is defense, and because cultural resistance is how we endure.
The Torchlight Gathering is hosted in Refuge Bonne Foi, with collaborators from Torch & Tinder Press, the Happy Medium Sustainability Collective, and Ember Commons, each carrying their own flame into the circle.
About our collaborators
Happy Medium Sustainability Collective (HMSC): A community agriculture initiative focused on regenerative practice, mutual aid, and consent-based collaboration—sharing resources and building practical tools for resilient neighborhoods and shared stewardship.
Ember Commons: A grassroots school exploring what it means to become and to nurture free thinkers in a world that often rewards silence, compliance, and standardization. Ember Commons is designed to reimagine community learning with a focus on joyful learning, creativity, chasing curiosity, sharing our knowledge with others, and building strong communities. Current offerings supplement but do not replace traditional education.
Details:
📅 Thursday, October 2, 2025
🕖 7:00–10:00 PM CDT
🌐 We will gather virtually in Refuge Bonne Foi, an online commons for cultural resistance.
⚠️ Space is limited. All registered participants will receive a welcome packet with details for the evening, including an invitation to the Refuge Bonne Foi Discord server, where the gathering will be hosted.
All are welcome. Bring your own flame, your own story, your own questions. Together, we keep the torchlight burning.
Invite someone you trust. If this resonates, please share the RSVP with a friend who’d bring light to the room.
Register for free: RSVP
Torchlight Gathering
Thu, Oct 2 · 7–10 p.m. CDT · Online (Refuge Bonne Foi)
Keynote • Spotlights • R&R tour • Vision Wall • Open house
Register: RSVP
All are welcome—bring your flame.
You are the signal.
Keep your torchlight burning.
Explore more from Torch & Tinder Press
📣 Signal Dispatch — Signals from the field (you’re here)
🔧 Torchlight Praxis — Tools you can carry
🔥 Embers — Warmth for the long winter
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