A Free Professional Development Series on Mattering, HOPE, and Human-Centered Work

The Mattering Movement

If you work with people, how you show up matters more than you may realize.

The Mattering Movement is a free, interactive professional development series grounded equally in the science of Mattering and the HOPE Framework. Together, these evidence-based approaches offer a powerful, practical lens for strengthening relationships, reducing burnout, and creating meaningful, trajectory-changing impact in everyday interactions.

This series is designed for anyone who works with people across roles, systems, and sectors. Education. Healthcare. Nonprofits. Government. Business. Community-based work. Leadership. Caregiving.

If people are at the center of your work, this is for you.

The Mattering Movement meets on the third Tuesday of each month throughout 2026,

beginning January 20, 2026

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PST

This monthly format is designed to support learning over time, while remaining manageable for busy professionals. Participants are welcome to attend one session or engage in the full series.

All sessions will be held at

12610 E Mirabeau Pkwy Ste. 1200,

Spokane Valley, WA, 99216

Why Mattering and HOPE

Across professions, we are seeing the same challenges: exhaustion, disconnection, high turnover, and a growing sense that people feel unseen or undervalued within the systems meant to support them.

The research is clear.

People thrive when they experience Mattering and when their environments intentionally cultivate HOPE.

  • Mattering is the deeply human experience of feeling seen, valued, and significant to others.

  • The HOPE Framework focuses on four building blocks tat shape lifelong well-being: relationships, environments, engagement, and emotional growth.

When Mattering and HOPE are present together, outcomes improve for individuals, teams, families, and communities. When they are missing, the cost shows up everywhere.

The Mattering Movement brings these two bodies of work together in a way that is accessible, actionable, and immediately relevant to real-world practice.

What This Series Will Help You Do

This is not abstract theory or feel-good messaging. Participants will gain:

  • Clear language for things they already feel but have not had words for

  • A practical understanding of Mattering and the HOPE Framework, and how they work together

  • Insight into how small, intentional shifts can create meaningful impact

  • Concrete ways to show up differently without doing more or working harder

  • A renewed sense of purpose and possibility in people-centered work

Many participants discover that positive, trajectory-changing impact is more achievable than they previously believed.

What Makes the Mattering Movement Different

  • Equally grounded in science and lived experience

  • Balanced focus on Mattering and the HOPE Framework

  • Practical, reflective, and applicable across professions

  • Designed to support sustainability and reduce burnout

  • Accessible, removing financial barriers to participation

These sessions are offered at no cost as part of the Rosalie Murrey Memorial Foundation's Community Child Care Partnership Grant through the Washing Department of Commerce and through the generosity of our collaborators and sponsors. This support allows us to provide high-quality, research-informed professional learning that is intentionally designed to serve the broader community.

Who This Is For

The Mattering Movement is intentionally interdisciplinary. This series is for people who:

  • Work directly with individuals, families, or communities

  • Lead or support teams and organizations

  • Care deeply about dignity, belonging, and human connection

  • Feel the weight of people-centered work and want it to feel more sustainable

  • Believe that how we treat people matters

No prior knowledge of the HOPE Framework or Mattering research is required.

What You Will Learn About HOPE

Participants will explore the HOPE Framework in a practical, accessible way, including:

  • The four HOPE building blocks and why they matter

  • How HOPE-informed practice strengthens resilience and well-being

  • Ways to intentionally embed HOPE inot systems, teams, and daily routines

HOPE is not abstract optimism. It is something we build, moment by moment, through intentional practice.

Meet the Facilitators

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Julie German-Murrey, EdD

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Julie is the Co-founder and executive director of the Rosalie Murrey Memorial Foundation and a systems-level leader whose work is rooted in lived experience navigating people-serving systems. The Mattering Movement was shaped by years of working alongside families, professionals, and communities where care, effort, and humanity were deeply present, yet not always recognized or supported.

Her work helps people understand how small, intentional shifts in everyday interactions can create meaningful, lasting impact.

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Jesse Johnson

Champion Empire was founded by Jesse Johnson, a serial entrepreneur with an OJT-MBA, meaning he got his graduate degree in business the hard way: through boots-on-the-ground, trial and error with several enterprises.

Here are a few highlights of Jesse’s success:

- Started his first business at the age of 6

- Made his first 6-figure income at age 19

- Purchased his first business at age 20, and experienced 200% growth in year one

- Owned multiple 6 and 7 figure businesses

- Coached business leaders and individuals on how to eliminate over $5,000,000 in personal debt

- Completed over 1000+ live speaking engagements

- Led sales teams to deliver in excess of 8 figures in revenue

Join the Mattering Movement

This work is about more than professional development. It is about changing how people experience care, leadership, and support.

If you are ready to gain clearer language for your work, understand how Mattering and HOPE shape outcomes, and be part of a growing movement centered on dignity and belonging, we invite you to join us.

Registration is free. Space is limited.

Join us and be part of the Mattering Movement.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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Sponsorship Opportunities

Building Mattering and HOPE in Human-Serving Systems

These learning sessions strengthen the people who strengthen our community. Grounded in the science of HOPE and the practice of mattering, the series equips professionals working in human-serving roles with practical tools to foster connection, resilience, and sustainable engagement. Participation in the sessions is free. Sponsorship ensures this learning remains accessible, high-quality, and rooted in dignity and belonging.

Why Sponsor This Workshop

People working in human-serving systems often operate in complex, high-stress environments where relationships matter deeply and burnout is common. This learning series invests in the relational conditions that help individuals and systems function well. Sponsoring this work supports practical, hope-centered approaches that strengthen trust, reduce burnout, and improve how people experience services, leadership, and community. Sponsors help make this learning possible and accessible while contributing to a more connected and resilient workforce.

How Sponsorship Supports the Workshop

All sponsorship levels support the same core elements of the learning series, including session design and facilitation, learning materials and reflection tools, accessibility supports, and evaluation. Sponsorship levels reflect the scale of investment and the way support is recognized, not differences in the value or importance of the contribution.