Transforming speaker events for sustained community momentum
- A Diverse Collective of Thought Leaders in the DEIJB Space
- Strategic Event Coaching
- Minimization of Harm to Marginalized Identities
- Strategies for Sustained Impact
- High Quality Event Collateral
- WOC owned business
We teach and learn with love and with an eye, always, towards justice.
One-and-done speaker events do more harm than good.
- Participants feel energized but see no institutional follow-up, so momentum stalls
- Lack of community buy-in leads to resistance – one step forward, two steps back
- Organizers burn out from lack of support
- Marginalized community members carry the burden of educating their peers
Set your community up for success instead.
- Learn to build community buy-in
- Analyze your environment for roadblocks to change
- Plan for impact and momentum long after the event is done
Have an event in mind?
We’d love to work with you.
What people are saying
“I just want to thank you again for ALL the help you gave us so generously. Making yourself available for all our random issues was so helpful – in addition to the zoom meetings we had. We would have had a different event without you.
“It went great – about 90 folks, most of whom stayed after the formal presentation but also for the after-hour to talk with each other. Debby did a great job, and even those who knew the content were enthusiastic about how she presented everything.
“I was approached by several people doing anti-racism work in other parts of the state, and we agreed to meet in order to pull small the groups together in order to do bigger actions. And we’ll be having 21-day-challenge meetings for participants on Sat.
“You of course have a part in this movement forward on the journey. You helped us do a better job of engaging and teaching people.”
Susan N
Community Organizer
Speakers and Trainers who inspire action.
Your comadre is someone you trust to keep you honest with yourself. These comadres have honed their stories and their expertise to bring your community an incredible opportunity – to live your values of equity and justice day after day.
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Cynthia Pesantez coaches communities to work collaboratively in building the kind of cross-identity, cross-institutional, cross-sector relationships that embed, sustain, and nurture deep, transformational change. She brings to her work her lens as a multiracial Dominicana, a parent, and a learner and teacher of language.
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