I leverage my background in higher education, labor unions, and philanthropy to support strategy development and implementation. I design dialogues that enable transformative change. Services include
- Design, development and evaluation of leadership and fellowship programs
- Curriculum development for social justice initiatives using popular education methods
- Engaging healthcare workers on the social determinants of health and addressing inequities
Strategic Reflection for Learning and Development
I design dialogues that enable transformative change.
Approach
- Flexibly designed customizable solutions
- Blend hard-nosed awareness of economic and political contexts with reflective techniques
- Generate authentic listening and speaking for large and small groups
- Create and conduct Train-the-Trainer sessions
Meeting design and facilitation
- For staff meetings, conferences, retreats
- For strategic planning and decision making
- For individual or small group coaching
- For mediation (Certified Mediator)
Organizations
I have worked with community organizations, government agencies, foundations, firms, non-profits, and advocacy organizations in a variety of capacities to furnish strategic advice and services, including:
- 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
- Advancing Black Strategists Initiative (Jobs with Justice)
- All Due Respect
- Holding Our Own: A Fund for Women (Albany, NY)
- International Honors Program, School of International Training
- Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State (Jobs with Justice & Interfaith Worker Justice affiliate)
- Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice
- Momentum
- National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
- New Sanctuary Movement
- Open Society Foundations
- Power Shift Network
- SEIU – Service Employees International Union (Washington, DC)
- Surdna Foundation
- Training for Change
- University of Technology, Jamaica
- United Maroon Indigenous Peoples
- V-Day
- Women’s Theological Center (Boston, MA)
- Youth Engagement Fund (NEO Philanthropy)