

Meet Joy Holmes
Joy Holmes is a writer, communications consultant, speaker, and community builder based in Eastern Oregon. She is the founder of JJ Holmes Communications, where she helps mission-driven organizations communicate more clearly, build stronger systems, and make more room for meaningful work.
Her creative work explores faith, identity, belonging, queer joy, and the complicated business of being human. Her writing has appeared in Scribbled, and she is a contributing author to Crossing Paths. Across her consulting, writing, and speaking, Joy brings together strategy, storytelling, community, and joyful expression.
Speaking & Readings
Community • Faith • Queer belonging • Recovery • Writing & storytelling • Communications
Joy brings storytelling, lived experience, humor, and practical insight to conversations about identity, faith, belonging, creativity, and building stronger communities.

A reading at CC Slaughters in Portland

Inspired by my words!

Group shot of more authors, this time from the larger Our Bold Voices crew

A reading at CC Slaughters in Portland

