2025 COHORT: Equity-Embedded Change Management (EECM)™

I’m pleased to announce the 2nd Cohort for seasoned practitioners advancing equity-embedded systems change:  An Equity-Embedded Change Management (EECM)™ Cohort, offered in partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO). The series will offer capacity building on core concepts from:  A Change Management & Deep Equity Primer: The What, Why, How & Nuance. We will particularly be focused on deepening stamina to weather this historical time and stay connected to the long arc of systems change and human transformation.

The Cohort is open to any systems change practitioner (in the various roles you may be in), looking to receive support to advance & deepen your institutional, personal and community-based practice. Applications are open through April 4th, 2025 at 12pm ET. 

To learn more, register here for an informational webinar on March 18th (1-2 pm ET), with myself, Akilah Massey, GEO’s VP of Programs, and 2024 Cohort participant Sakura Takano, CEO of Rotary Charities of Traverse City. We look forward to connecting with you! :)

New Publication – “Deep Connectedness: The Relationship Between Healing, Equity, Spirituality & Systems Change”

This recently released publication: “Deep Connectedness: The Relationship Between Healing, Equity, Spirituality & Systems Change” is an excerpt of a forthcoming book I’ve been working on for years. An early reader described it as: “At once poetic and tactical, it offers actionable provocations for unblocking constrictions in systems and within people, from dominant and non-dominant cultures.” Cheers!

NEW COHORT: Equity-Embedded Change Management (EECM)™

I’m pleased to announce a new cohort opportunity for seasoned deep equity practitioners advancing systems change:  An Equity-Embedded Change Management (EECM)™ Cohort, offered in partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO).

The series will offer capacity building on core concepts from:  A Change Management & Deep Equity Primer: The What, Why, How & Nuance.  It is open to any equity and systems change capacity builder looking to receive support in your personal, institutional, community and movement practice. Applications are open through Feb. 20, 2024. 

To learn more, register here for an informational webinar on January 31 (12-1 pm ET), with myself and Akilah Massey, GEO’s VP of Programs. Well wishes!!

Equity-Embedded Systems Change (EESC)™

I’m excited to share more thinking building off of the Change Management and Deep Equity publication from earlier this year, in response to multiple requests. As the field of social change seeks to embed equity and justice more deeply within institutions, communities, and movements in support of our missions and a thriving, healthy planet — I’ve experienced a steady flow of inquiry into how to address the similar challenges change agents and systems are facing in this era.  Stay tuned for other offerings delving into untangling many of the patterns and conundrums present in the social change and liberating justice fields :)…

Book Chapter on Deep Equity & Yogic Buddhism

I’m pleased to have released a book chapter on Deep Equity & Yogic Buddhism titled “Skill, Stamina, (Noticing Avoidance) & Embodied Connectedness: Realizing Our Vows to Be of Service.” It is in the 2nd edition of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy: Accelerating Personal and Social Transformation. Cheers!

NEW: Change Management & Deep Equity Primer

Newly released Change Management & Deep Equity Primer: What, Why, How and Nuance released in partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), 2023. Accompanying conversation series on Feb. 15th and March 7th.

SUMMIT: Deepening Personal & Social Transformation. January & February 2023.

I’ll be participating in and co-facilitating sessions at Nalanda Institute and Tricycle’s “Conversations in Psychotherapy” Summit on Friday, Jan. 20th, 27th and Feb. 3rd from 12-1:30pm ET. This is a precursor to a new book where the presenters in the Summit and I have shared chapters. Stay tuned for info on its release in June 2023…

Symposium Panelist: “Tending to the Heart of Our Movements for Justice & Liberation”

Tending to the Heart of Our Movements for Justice & Liberation, Panelist with Wendy Farley, Reverend Jen Bailey, and Liz Aeschlimann. Symposium on Relational Culture, hosted by Courage of Care, September 2022.

Journal Issue: Black Buddhist thought and social change

Arrow Journal Issue on Black Buddhist thought and social change: “Between Amitabha and Tubman: Black Buddhist Thought,” Roundtable contributor, September 2022.

Webinar: Systems Change & Equity

Webinar on Systems Change & Deep Equity. Co-hosted by CoCreative and Academy for Systems Change.

Workshop: Replenishment, Healing & Equity

Workshop with sacred and secular approaches for replenishment and nourishment in equity work. For BIPOC Equity capacity builders. Hosted by Equity in the Center.

Systems Change & Equity: Beyond "Eureka!"

New publication: Pathways Toward Sustainable Impact, Beyond Unawareness and Unwitting Harm. 2020

Equity, Spiritual Practice & Systems Change

Re-issued article: “Waking Up To All of Ourselves: Inner Work, Social Justice & Systems Change,” (p.1-14) in the journal Social Justice, Inner Work & Contemplative Practice: Lessons & Directions For Multiple Fields.

Keynote Speech: Sag Harbor School District

Presentation on “Equity, Student Success & Community Thriving.” Long Island, NY.

Journal: "Social Justice, Inner Work & Contemplative Practice: Lessons & Directions for Multiple Fields"

Editor. The Initiative for Contemplation, Equity & Action (ICEA) Journal. (Hosted by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.) Created to help reduce the frequent separation between the social justice and contemplative practice fields. ICEA's intentions include creating bridge-building forums and network development; pathways for training and tools; and publications to promote vision, voice and visibility.

NPQ Series: "Five Elements of a Thriving Justice Ecosystem"

Article: "Toward Love, Healing, Resilience & Alignment: The Inner Work of Social Transformation & Justice." Co-Authored with Kristen Zimmerman and Mark Leach.