Facilitation

We facilitate groups, committees, and communities in ways that build clarity, trust, and aligned action. Our approach is grounded in practices that support both effectiveness and wellbeing. We create spaces where people feel safe, heard, and able to engage fully, including when perspectives differ or tensions arise.

Community Grantmaking

We facilitate community-led grantmaking processes where people closest to the work hold the power.

Inspired by models like the Diverse City Fund where collective wisdom guides funding decisions.

We guide groups through reviewing applications, understanding funding values, navigate eligibility, and consensus-building.

Communities of Practice & Caucus Groups

We facilitate spaces with care, creating room for reflection, processing, skill-building, and support.

It’s also a space to build shared understanding and re-imagine the workplace at the individual, interpersonal, and systemic level.

These sessions honor lived experience and encourage truth-telling.

 

Board & Leadership Retreats

We facilitate strategic conversations, alignment sessions, and reflective retreats for boards and leadership teams.

These sessions help groups explore tensions, clarify priorities, strengthen working relationships, and make decisions in ways that honor both people and purpose.

Group Support & Alignment

Whether forming a new group or strengthening an existing one, we support teams in establishing norms, decision-making practices, priorities, and clear roles.

We also offer training and skill-building to support communication, conflict navigation, and aligned collaboration.

This includes volunteers, fellows, and community leadership groups.

 

Conflict Transformation

We address the root causes of tension and help people move toward clarity and alignment.

Conflict is rarely about just one thing.
Most of the time, it involves:

  • Material dimensions (resources, roles, structures)

  • Relational dimensions (trust, meaning, histories, interpretations)

  • Symbolic dimensions (identity, values, worldview, belonging)

My conflict transformation process is transparent, structured, and humane, supporting individuals and teams to reach understanding—not just a quick resolution.

 

The Process Includes

  1. Pre-Meetings
    I meet privately with each person to understand their experiences, worldview, needs, and concerns.

  2. Facilitated Conversation
    A structured, compassionate session where we explore what happened, what matters, and what repair looks like.

  3. Debriefs
    Each person receives an individual debrief to integrate the learning, clarify next steps, and strengthen alignment.