Portfolio
Somatic & Trauma-Informed Operational Coherence Management
Diversity Equity & Inclusion/Belonging Consultancy
Function System Design
Knowledge Management
Change Design
Function System Design
Knowledge Management
Change Design
Organizations Assisted
Fuse Theatre, Movimiento, Racial Equity Coalition, Kuwait Water Association, Youth Empowerment Group Köln, Racial Equity Coalition, Global School for Citizenship, Magnificient Minds Movements, JUUstice Washington, Rubicon, Rainbow Refugees, Sofra, Demask, By 2020 We Rise Up, Soulfull, Mendocino herbal guild, Portugal Yoga & Surf, Lichen
Corporations Supported
HubSpot, Zalando, Apple, Balanced Being, SystAInh3r,
Community Projects Supported
Permalab, Moos Garden, Mashada Peace Academy, Ritmo da Terra, GeoParadise - Panama Tribal Gathering, Buckeye, Origins, Elderflower, Weaving Earth, Elemental LLC,
Academic Institutions Supported
UC Berkeley’s GTU SKSM, Lund University in Sweden – Political Ecologies of the Far Right
Grants
• UUA’s YaYA - Youth & Young Adult Grant – youth based justice and emotional intelligence social capacity building workshops
Conferences / Fellowships / Additional Projects
- JUUstWA - Justice Summits - planned, organized, and facilitated this event for US based Advocacy organization
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Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging Consultancy Brochure
"Staff D&I efforts with folks who’ve spent time in other sectors leading mission-driven work. The core competencies of a role that advances D&I in any kind of organization are high emotional intelligence, ability to turn multi-modal analysis into strategy, conflict resolution, strong communications and relationship & trust-building. You know who often possesses these skills? Community organizers & advocates in nonprofits. By expanding or reprioritizing what is essential to produce improved equity outcomes that expands your pool of candidates to include those with a firm grasp of equity, which is how we improve diversity and inclusion outcomes." ~by Danielle DeRuiter-Williams, CEO, The Justice Collective
The diversity equity inclusion and belonging based consultancy includes strategic planning which consists of identifying where your collective is in its process and clearly outlining and assisting with the necessary tailored steps to support progress.
Introductory sessions
Free intro session 30 min - Hourly Consultancy rates (350€/hr)
Codesigning method, strategy, and approach desired for the consultancy. An initial Question and Answer sessions with relevant business representatives e.g. People Operations and Diversity and Inclusion teams etc. supports collaborative and tailored consultancy.
Internal Assessment
Codesigning method, strategy, and approach desired for the consultancy. An initial Question and Answer sessions with relevant business representatives e.g. People Operations and Diversity and Inclusion teams etc. supports collaborative and tailored consultancy.
Internal Assessment
- Assess Current Analytics on Diversity and Inclusion
- Gather additional feedback / Administer Assessments: Survey, Focus Group, Interviews.
- Gauge D&I competency level of key stakeholders and company policies & processes
Speaker’s and Training Events
Training & Speaking Engagements 60 min. sessions 1000 €
For Diversity and Inclusion Events, panel discussions, general speaking engagements or initial training workshops determine target participants: prioritize Diversity and Inclusion teams and People & Operation teams, those responsible for content writing, and teams / Leads identified through data analysis as requiring additional support or with prior conflict adapting to existing D & I strategies e.g. high reporting rates, low diversity quotas. Training Beyond Initial Workshop fall into general consultancy rates.
Content Analysis / Upskill L&D Content Analysis
Assessing statements, internal documents, onboarding training material for competencies like region specific global inclusion rhetoric. Suggest edits and updates to language which increases the organization’s presentation externally as an equity focused firm.
Learning Strategy
Review & Update current Learning Strategy. Introduce new foundational organizational practices for diversity and inclusion, focus on multicultural competency, psychological safety, global inclusion, and embedding Diversity and Inclusion company wide.
Micro-Training Material
Provide mini training material for: statement, announcement, company email, blog, website, internal wiki pages etc. tailored and co-design for efficacy on projecting company’s inclusion proficiency
Learning Strategy
Review & Update current Learning Strategy. Introduce new foundational organizational practices for diversity and inclusion, focus on multicultural competency, psychological safety, global inclusion, and embedding Diversity and Inclusion company wide.
Micro-Training Material
Provide mini training material for: statement, announcement, company email, blog, website, internal wiki pages etc. tailored and co-design for efficacy on projecting company’s inclusion proficiency
Action Plan
Research
Gathering and providing current industry research on diversity’s role in fiscal gains and innovation to encourage more participation in Diversity and Inclusion strategies across the various teams and locations
Knowledge management
Map portfolio and assess (effective/ineffective) internal Diversity and Inclusion strategies and offerings to maximize efficacy, eliminating silos and ensuring meaningful programs are properly dispersed throughout the firm.
Analyzing & Creating Diversity Reports
Reduce their presentation as ethnocentric or monocultural, as well as providing further levels of innovation such as qualitative analysis of inclusion and intersectionality as a marker for quotas, (partnering with external data analysis organization when national laws limit a firm’s internal ability to conduct comprehensive diversity surveys.)
Monitoring and Evaluation
Evaluation tools: Focus Groups, Surveys, & Needs Assessment, Systems Theory Analytical Tools. Processing and scoring data for intake into diversity reports that can be generated company-wide or for particular team learning trajectories. Analyze forms of discrimination and misconduct reporting for efficacy e.g. anonymity
Gathering and providing current industry research on diversity’s role in fiscal gains and innovation to encourage more participation in Diversity and Inclusion strategies across the various teams and locations
Knowledge management
Map portfolio and assess (effective/ineffective) internal Diversity and Inclusion strategies and offerings to maximize efficacy, eliminating silos and ensuring meaningful programs are properly dispersed throughout the firm.
Analyzing & Creating Diversity Reports
Reduce their presentation as ethnocentric or monocultural, as well as providing further levels of innovation such as qualitative analysis of inclusion and intersectionality as a marker for quotas, (partnering with external data analysis organization when national laws limit a firm’s internal ability to conduct comprehensive diversity surveys.)
Monitoring and Evaluation
Evaluation tools: Focus Groups, Surveys, & Needs Assessment, Systems Theory Analytical Tools. Processing and scoring data for intake into diversity reports that can be generated company-wide or for particular team learning trajectories. Analyze forms of discrimination and misconduct reporting for efficacy e.g. anonymity
Retention and Recruitment
Assessing source of problematic feedback and partnering with the firm to support implemented viable strategies that improve outcomes and increase KPIs
Strategic Outreach
This includes developing strategic partnerships and providing liaison services with global and diverse collectives to further diversify the company throughout both job level and job family.
- Establish internal annual award program recognizing employees who champion diversity efforts,
- Ongoing “diversity at work” training, and involvement with minority-focused business resource
- Cross cultural mentoring programs and reverse mentoring initiatives to encourage interactions across various cultures and competencies.
- Increase popularity, sustainability, and functionality of ERGS
- Event Planning: panel discussions & events that aim to encourage larger corporate network in Equity focused workplace culture
Strategic Outreach
This includes developing strategic partnerships and providing liaison services with global and diverse collectives to further diversify the company throughout both job level and job family.
- Complete strategic action plans and structuring for creative programs; Apprenticeship, Mentorships, Traineeships, & Internships, Sponsorships etc.
- Identifying Ambassadors to assist Affinity Groups and Employee Resource Groups. Champions for Committees.
- Establish internal annual award program recognizing employees who champion diversity efforts,
- Ongoing “diversity at work” training, and involvement with minority-focused business resource
- Cross cultural mentoring programs and reverse mentoring initiatives to encourage interactions across various cultures and competencies.
- Increase popularity, sustainability, and functionality of ERGS
- Event Planning: panel discussions & events that aim to encourage larger corporate network in Equity focused workplace culture
Rebuilding Team Cohesion
Mediation, Liaison, & Conflict Resolution 155€ /hr.
Multicultural competent counseling informed strategy includes training, mediation, and conflict resolution. Psychological safety focus includes moral repair and processes of reconciliation to incorporate on team level. Initiated by determining target candidates and prioritizing those in leadership positions, or with teams with prior conflict adapted to Diversity and Inclusion strategies.
Counselling and Liaison services under this service package are offered at a discounted hourly rate.
Liaisons are people who provide a safe place for BIPOCs(black indigenous and people of color) and other marginalized people (e.g. the differently abled or LGBTQI) to report incidents (microaggressions/ non-inclusive behavior etc.) in your community or business. Liaisons operate in a mediation fashion to assist in problematic behavior being identified and communicated about and resolved.
Counselling and Liaison services under this service package are offered at a discounted hourly rate.
Liaisons are people who provide a safe place for BIPOCs(black indigenous and people of color) and other marginalized people (e.g. the differently abled or LGBTQI) to report incidents (microaggressions/ non-inclusive behavior etc.) in your community or business. Liaisons operate in a mediation fashion to assist in problematic behavior being identified and communicated about and resolved.
Self-care / Empowerment Workshops
for German based queer BIPOC refugee organizations/communities
Livestreams
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CH2vjfooijl/?igshid=7y7sg2hx0z4 https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAfa8yqo51Q/?igshid=1az9or37dw9rm
Subscriptions, Workshops & Courses
Workshop & Training
Trauma & Somatic Informed Diversity Equity & Inclusion
- · Pleasure Activism and play’s role in amplifying neurological retention
- · Decolonization, Empowerment, and Trauma focus on anti-discrimination
- · Intersectional movements and approaches to increase efficiency
- · Global Inclusion strategies for Collectives
- · Innovating activism to bridge across divides - Introverted activism, and a revolution of the heart.
- Unpacking social justice theories to better access liminal spaces as leverage points for personal and collective liberation.
Intersectionality (Racism, Sexism, Ableism, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Transphobia), hegemony, Institutional racism, and white cis-patriarchal heteronormative supremacy, legitimizing the authority of the normative and power. Intersectional movements (e.g. the relationship between social justice & climate action)
Utilizing games, exercises, comics, practice dialogue, articles, lectures, case studies, journaling, mindfulness & meditation, somatic trauma release practices and more to meet multiple learning styles
Tools for marginalized communities to gain empowerment. Tools for Privileged Allies in Countering Oppression How to be an ally and proper ways to engage in discussions on the topic without committing classic faux paus of re-traumatization. Interactive practice to familiarize participants with having anti-oppressive dialogues. Microaggressions and theater of the oppressed.
Play Workshop for Multicultural Competence
Offered digitally and in person
The workshop program will teach anti oppression principles by engaging the participants in various games and exercises. This is constructed as a play workshop to encourage participants in the path of pleasure activism utilises conversational practices, point tallying, comedy & comic based instructions, theater and other interactive games.
Pleasure activism and how to engage anti oppression work with joy and playful curiosity. Special focus on resiliency.
Tools for marginalized communities to gain empowerment. Tools for Privileged Allies in Countering Oppression
Unpacking social justice theories to better access liminal spaces as leverage points for personal and collective liberation.
The workshop integrates somatic practices and takes an innovative approach to learning for the sake of social change, as a result it embodies and reimagines radical liberating theologies as well as having a focus on connective practices and skill building to provides the level up of skills necessary to meet urgent justice needs.
We will be covering many relevant subjects including but to limited to recognising your social location, trauma release practices to temper white fragility & anger.practice dialogue & classic faux paus, trauma stewardship as a radical act of social change, somatic practices: breath work, somatic inquiry into power, EFT emotional freedom techniques
As a Master is Social Change and MDIV dual degree Starr King Alumni and Diversity Equity Inclusion Consultant for 7 yrs. assisting over 25 collectives organizations/congregations etc. internationally teaching and assisting in the integration of inclusive strategies that lessening the effects of unconscious bias and lessen the frequency of microaggressions. Experience in mediation, coaching, tailored organizational consultancy, trauma recovery, & in creating social capacity, and emotional intelligence building programs signals a refined relational aspect to my approach informed by unconditional positive regard.
Social Justice For Youth & Young Adults
Includes defining terms, practice dialogue, Joyous learning technique: using comics, games, theater skits, mindfulness practices, somatic / trauma release tools and other exercises to gain fluency
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No one wants to be called a racist but a large percentage of people don’t even know how to define the term racism correctly. To be considered anti-racists you have to make an effort to be informed and aware not just assume that because you consider yourself a good person that you have no obligation to support racial equity. A lot of people are also confused about how early racial favoritism can show up in young children. If you care to make your contributions to social justice I invite you to join this series to better understand
Systems Theory For Social Justice
The role larger models and assessments have on comprehensive analysis of how oppression is woven and unwoven in individuals and collectives. Genograms and tracking intergenerational patterns, Universal archetypes and Storytelling’s role in healing, reconciliation, and identity formation, Bronfenbrenner bio-ecological model, Eco-maps (Bronfenbrenner’s integrated with Genograms) Social Dominance Theory and Testing, Bowens Nuclear Systems Theory and inventory. Evaluation methods for multicultural competence.
How the legitimization of authority and identity formation plays a role in countering or perpetuating oppression: how integration is not assimilation development of psychologically recognized Racial & Integrated models (other social locations) of Identity formation stages and phases
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Courses & Subscription Content
Committing to a Monthly Subscription allows you to both individual access and the ability to utilize content for large group trainings including adopting them into your onboarding and other anti-oppression training for your community or business. It also allows for remote consulting questions to be answered by the team.
If you want single use you can allow the subscription to run for only one month. A one month subscription allows you to access to content, but does not allow you to share the content with any networks. Only an ongoing subscription gives you permission to utilize content for training others
Glossary & Defining Terms
What do all these words mean! Look No further then this mini course to be perfectly adept at the changing terms used in the field of Social Justice and Diversity Equity Inclusion. Includes several comprehensive glossarys developed from multiple universities and collectives as well as comics, explanation of overarching themes, and major concepts within the field.
Committing to a Monthly Subscription allows you to both individual access and the ability to utilize content for large group trainings including adopting them into your onboarding and other anti-oppression training for your community or business. It also allows for remote consulting questions to be answered by the team.
If you want single use you can allow the subscription to run for only one month. A one month subscription allows you to access to content, but does not allow you to share the content with any networks. Only an ongoing subscription gives you permission to utilize content for training others
Glossary & Defining Terms
What do all these words mean! Look No further then this mini course to be perfectly adept at the changing terms used in the field of Social Justice and Diversity Equity Inclusion. Includes several comprehensive glossarys developed from multiple universities and collectives as well as comics, explanation of overarching themes, and major concepts within the field.
DEI Micro Training Content For Organizations Congregations & Communities
Ready to use several - 1 pagers for your collective. Includes 1 hour comprehensive training presentation slideshow with exercises
Tips for inclusivity: How and where to utilize pronouns, What are social locations of target and non- target identities, how should team leaders address commitment to DEI, How to identify and avoid statements that are classic microaggressions, Research statistics that will inspire even the most resistant in your group, How to change your email signature, Inclusion and Belonging in digital/remote engagement including zoom etiquette
Communication Techniques & Practice Dialogue
Learn politically correct communication and about classic faux paus (what you should not say and how to recover from conversations that go awry through processes of repair) in this communication dialogue subscription package. Includes 1 hour of assisted conversational dialogue practice with your collective.
Trauma Stewardship for Social Change
How trauma factors into the perpetuation of oppression as a barrier to engagement and a catalyst for transformation. Dialectic deficiencies from subversive triggers (white fragility), contexts such as how the oppressed becomes the oppressor. Microaggressions & Intergenerational Transmission: the accumulation of trauma on lowering self-determination. Limited emotional Intelligence and social capacity's role in creating oppressive systems.
How trauma stewardship is a radical act of Social Change. Trauma, a catalyst for resilience: post- traumatic growth. Integrating Trauma recovery methods and practices to co-create effective intersectional movements. Utilizing spiritual technologies for the sake of countering oppression reclaiming its appropriation as a form of spiritual bypass. Two eyes seeing form of Integrating western healing practices with indigenous ways of knowing to co-create more effective transformative programs. This package includes new somatic practices monthly
All Content Access Subscription content
This comprehensive subscription includes access to all content above and additional resources.
Ready to use several - 1 pagers for your collective. Includes 1 hour comprehensive training presentation slideshow with exercises
Tips for inclusivity: How and where to utilize pronouns, What are social locations of target and non- target identities, how should team leaders address commitment to DEI, How to identify and avoid statements that are classic microaggressions, Research statistics that will inspire even the most resistant in your group, How to change your email signature, Inclusion and Belonging in digital/remote engagement including zoom etiquette
Communication Techniques & Practice Dialogue
Learn politically correct communication and about classic faux paus (what you should not say and how to recover from conversations that go awry through processes of repair) in this communication dialogue subscription package. Includes 1 hour of assisted conversational dialogue practice with your collective.
Trauma Stewardship for Social Change
How trauma factors into the perpetuation of oppression as a barrier to engagement and a catalyst for transformation. Dialectic deficiencies from subversive triggers (white fragility), contexts such as how the oppressed becomes the oppressor. Microaggressions & Intergenerational Transmission: the accumulation of trauma on lowering self-determination. Limited emotional Intelligence and social capacity's role in creating oppressive systems.
How trauma stewardship is a radical act of Social Change. Trauma, a catalyst for resilience: post- traumatic growth. Integrating Trauma recovery methods and practices to co-create effective intersectional movements. Utilizing spiritual technologies for the sake of countering oppression reclaiming its appropriation as a form of spiritual bypass. Two eyes seeing form of Integrating western healing practices with indigenous ways of knowing to co-create more effective transformative programs. This package includes new somatic practices monthly
All Content Access Subscription content
This comprehensive subscription includes access to all content above and additional resources.
Writing Samples – Freelance contracted DEI Blogging https://magnificentmindsmovement.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/the-seven-stages-of-white-racial-identity-formation/
https://magnificentmindsmovement.wordpress.com/2018/09/03/got-trauma-coping-skills-for-being- black-in-america/
https://magnificentmindsmovement.wordpress.com/2018/10/03/the-collapse-of-the-american- patriarchy-pt-1/
https://magnificentmindsmovement.wordpress.com/2018/10/04/the-collapse-of-the-american- patriarchy-pt-2/
Additional Blogs
http://nourishingdervishes.blogspot.com
https://magnificentmindsmovement.wordpress.com/2018/09/03/got-trauma-coping-skills-for-being- black-in-america/
https://magnificentmindsmovement.wordpress.com/2018/10/03/the-collapse-of-the-american- patriarchy-pt-1/
https://magnificentmindsmovement.wordpress.com/2018/10/04/the-collapse-of-the-american- patriarchy-pt-2/
Additional Blogs
http://nourishingdervishes.blogspot.com
Other Websites
https://returnofthevillage.weebly.com
We must make a just and liberated futures irresistible ~ Toni Cade Bombara
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. ~ Audre Lorde
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. ~ Audre Lorde
Somatic Practices Tailored into Approach:
Neuroscientists are very clear that integrating play like aspects to your programs increases memory retention and learning. Having a somatic approach assist the ability to better internalize and absorb content. Aspects of the following modalities which include some noetic sciences are integrated to increase resiliency and reduce diversity fatigue by helping manage stress and trauma from the emotional strain of this material. Check a Sample Video Here
Qi gong (Tian gong, Falun Dafa, 5 elements, Spiral, Sheng Zhen, Wu Chan Zheng, and more)
Jin shin jyutsu acupressure-point holds
Yoga Kundalini Kriya pranayam
EFT (emotional freedom technique) Trauma Tapping w/ acupressure-points
Pranic Healing
Theta Healing
Heartmath
TRE Trauma Release Exercises
Grief Work
FSD Foundation for Spiritual Development: visualizations for grounding, clearing, and protecting Breatharian practices for energy optimization and qi nourishment.
Neuroscientists are very clear that integrating play like aspects to your programs increases memory retention and learning. Having a somatic approach assist the ability to better internalize and absorb content. Aspects of the following modalities which include some noetic sciences are integrated to increase resiliency and reduce diversity fatigue by helping manage stress and trauma from the emotional strain of this material. Check a Sample Video Here
Qi gong (Tian gong, Falun Dafa, 5 elements, Spiral, Sheng Zhen, Wu Chan Zheng, and more)
Jin shin jyutsu acupressure-point holds
Yoga Kundalini Kriya pranayam
EFT (emotional freedom technique) Trauma Tapping w/ acupressure-points
Pranic Healing
Theta Healing
Heartmath
TRE Trauma Release Exercises
Grief Work
FSD Foundation for Spiritual Development: visualizations for grounding, clearing, and protecting Breatharian practices for energy optimization and qi nourishment.
Research on Somatic Practices
EFT
https://tinyurl.com/eftresearch1
https://tinyurl.com/eftresearch2
Jin Shin Jyutsu
https://tinyurl.com/jinshinjyutsuresearch1
https://tinyurl.com/jinshinjyutsuresearch2
https://tinyurl.com/eftresearch1
https://tinyurl.com/eftresearch2
Jin Shin Jyutsu
https://tinyurl.com/jinshinjyutsuresearch1
https://tinyurl.com/jinshinjyutsuresearch2