Hello friends!
I find myself feeling particularly inspired as I reflect back on what this past month has brought for the CMM Institute. At the beginning of May, the CMMi Board of Stewards met and talked about our vision for this organization and community. We agreed that there remains a need for CMM in the world and we renewed our commitment to exploring creative next turns for what is next. I find myself wondering what is next for you, dear reader of this newsletter? If you’d like, would you message me and tell me if you have any ideas or desires for the CMM Institute community around how we gather and what we explore together?
Another question at the forefront of our minds is the financial sustainability of the Institute. Realistically, we know that we cannot continue this important work at the level we hope to without money to help make our grand dreams into reality. We are so glad that so many of you have opted to become CMMi Associates and financially contribute to our ongoing work in that way. We are always finding new ways to say ‘thanks!’ to our Associates, so we encourage you to consider if that is a possibility for you. Your support means everything to us!
We are also eager to create more partnerships and find new opportunities for collaboration with other like-minded groups. If you know of an organizations or individuals that may want to help fund our work, please reach out and let us know. We are excited to make the most of our relationships!
Below you will find some information on what we’ve been up to and what you can look forward to.
Relationally yours,
Abbie VanMeter & The Board of Stewards
‘Communication Creates’ Webinar Series
Event Recordings
CMMi Associates can now watch the recordings of our two most recent webinars:
Upcoming Webinar
Calling all Educators!
We are excited to invite you to an information session on integrating our free social emotional resources- CosmoKidz and CosmoTweenz- in conjunction with existing curriculum and programs to strengthen students’ relational and communication skills in the classroom and beyond.
Join us on Monday, June 29, 2026, at 6:00 pm Eastern US Time (UTC-4) for CosmoActivities for Educators: Giving Students Tools to Improve Relational and Communication Competence with longtime educators, Amy McDonald and Katrina Telles, who will offer a “how-to” for using CosmoKidz and CosmoTweenz with various student groups across ages and contexts.
We hope to see you there!
For more information on the CosmoActivities, check out our new CosmoActivities Substack here:
Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/cosmoactivities-for-educators-event
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026
Time: 6:00 pm Eastern US Time (UTC-4)
Location: Zoom (link provided upon registration)
Cost: Pay What You Can*
*Group Tickets are available for schools or programs that would like to purchase multiple tickets together. Email abbievanmeter@gmail.com to assist in this process.
Stories Lived. Stories Told. Podcast
This month on SLST, Abbie VanMeter is joined by Karen O'Brien of the Quantum Social Change Substack, and offers some reflections on the Central States Communication Association Conference to wrap up ‘The Stories of CSCA’ Mini-Series.
CosmoActivities
We heard you loud and clear- you LOVE our CosmoActivities, but are feeling lost on our cosmoactivities.com site because there is simply too much to explore! Well, in order to help this issue and to breathe some new life into our existing resources, we have turned the CosmoParenting Substack into the CosmoActivities Substack!
Now, you can simply navigate over to cosmoactivities.substack.com to easily access the materials you are looking for. We recommend starting at the About page for a quick orientation to the site and the activities.
Plus, starting in August, we will be sending out a weekly newsletter containing one of the CosmoKidz Scenarios and the corresponding prompts to go with it. This weekly dispatch is designed with educators and caregivers in mind who want to integrate the CosmoKidz Activities on a weekly basis. You can subscribe (for free!) below: