Conversation Starters

Facilitation and Equity Consultants

We engage in dialogue because we don't know everything.

WHAT WE DO

We use radical listening to create a psychologically safe space for learning and reconciliation.

As expert facilitators, we model vulnerability by sharing our own stories to build trust with our clients and their teams.

We set ground rules for respectful and transformational interactions while making space for disagreement and conflict and mitigating harm.

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WHY WE DO IT

We seek to transform the world by transforming ourselves.*

*courtesy of Grace Lee Boggs

Dialogue is powerful, it sparks change, and from it, long lasting results emerge. But having difficult conversations demands courage – regardless of who we are, our intentions, or how far along the continuum we think we’ve come.

We train and certify organizations, teams, and communities to rely on one another to learn new perspectives, and through that process, build a foundation for sustainable, equitable change.

CATALYST
DINNERS
 

ADVANCED FACILITATION CERTIFICATION

LEARNING/ UNLEARNING WORKSHOPS

FOCUS GROUPS/ LISTENING SERIES
 

STRATEGIC PLANNING SUPPORT

LET'S TALK OR AFTERTHOUGHTS EVENTS

DEI
DIGITAL
SERIES

CONVERSATION STARTERS STORY SHARES

WHY WE DO THIS WORK

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
- Dorothy Nevil
You can't have a psychologically safe environment unless everyone in that environment feels like they can take risks and make mistakes without punishment.
- Amy Edmundson
Every single conversation failure costs an organization $7,500 and more than seven work days
- VitalSmarts, Costly Conversations: Why The Way Employees Communicate Will Make or Break Your Bottom Line.
Being anti-racist doesn’t always require immediate action. First, listen without judgment.
- Dr. Ralina Joseph, Professor of communication and director of the University of Washington Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity
Radical listening is a tool for tuning into others’ voices without projecting one’s own ideas and identity into the conversation.
- Joe L. Kincheloe, Scholar of Education at McGill University
Three-quarters of Black and Asian respondents and more than half of Hispanic respondents reported experiencing discrimination or being treated unfairly because of their race
- 2019 Pew Research Center Race in America Survey
There were 7,175 criminal incidents motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity in 2017—17% more than 2016. Out of all of those incidents, nearly three out of five were motivated by race and ethnicity.
- FBI’s hate crime statistics
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If your organization...

is looking to create sustainable, equitable change wants to learn how to incorporate DEI into your organizational framework desires to drive an inclusive culture believes in the power of dialogue supports our compass for the Good, Right Work

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