Core Services
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Beth took us through a very clear process, allowing for different ways of feedback, and centered the work and process with an equitable lens. We came out of it with an action plan, with clear tasks and structure - which was the goal!" Beth acted as a wise, supportive sounding board in one-on-one sessions, helping elevate priority items and giving advice for handling difficult situations. |
How We Work
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Our work with groups is grounded in the spiral model of popular education, using tools that help groups learn and make decisions together and valuing everyone's contributions.
Our approach: ➼ Starts with listening and learning ➼ Engages people impacted by your work ➼ Values your knowledge and experience ➼ Results in decisions and strategic alignment ➼ Creates flexible, adaptable plans that can respond to change |
Values
- Learning - Everyone has something to teach and everyone has something to learn. Working with us, groups will engage in learning together and build a culture of ongoing learning.
- Resource Mobilization - Communities and organizations have abundant resources, knowledge, and capacity to create change. We support groups in unlocking your potential and mobilizing resources within your community to resource your work.
- Leadership by People Most Affected - The people and communities most affected by systemic and structural problems have the expertise, skill, and wisdom needed to solve them. We open up space for people most impacted to inform strategy and action.
- Popular Education - We value the wisdom and experience of each individual and use popular education methodology, recognizing and honoring the wisdom of each person in the group.
- Caring and Trust - Group work is most effective and powerful when all participants are invited into a safe, caring, supportive space where they can bring their full selves and all of their gifts to the work. Building trusting relationships within a group opens up powerful possibilities for collective strategy and action.
- Embodiment and Open-Heartedness - We bring an embodied, open-hearted approach to facilitation, incorporating ritual, movement, storytelling, and other practices that engage participants as whole human beings and invite people to deepen their relationships with one another as they work together.
- Transforming Power Dynamics - As facilitators, we are not neutral toward oppressive power dynamics within groups. We support groups in shifting to more shared power through skilled facilitation.
- Systems Thinking - We love systems and structure, and believe that building systems and capacity through training, planning, and community-building can help organizations create greater impact with their work. We bring a birds-eye perspective, looking at whole systems and adding structural analysis..
- Rooted in Place and Community - Organizations thrive when they are strongly rooted in and sustained by the communities in which they work. We respect the unique characteristics of the diverse communities and places that are home to the groups with which we work.
