Facilitator

I am a facilitator for complex, emergent, justice-oriented group processes. Drawing on my experience as a teacher, organizer, writer, and life-long learner, I help groups and individuals co-create and implement resources and processes that allow us to learn, grow, and do the critical work of our time.

Helping the MA Youth Climate Coalition update its rules to center all youth voices, especially those with marginalized identities.
As a facilitator, I help others:
  • articulate and embody a core purpose: Mission, Vision, Values, Justice Goals, etc.
  • articulate and enact core processes: Rules, Roles, Communication, Decision-Making, etc.
  • build and conduct effective meetings, especially the design and use of agendas
  • create systems to organize complex events and campaigns: Membership Trackers, Advocacy Day Meeting Grids, Campaign Timelines, Event Run of Shows, etc.
  • name, navigate, harness tension and conflict; repair harm—especially across age and other differences
  • build systems and culture that welcome young people and other newcomers

As a facilitator, I draw upon many lineages of practice:
  • Nonviolent Communication & Global Liberation (Rosenberg, Kashtan)
  • Courage & Renewal, Quaker, and other radical listening practices (Palmer, Wilkinson)
  • Emergent Strategy (Butler, brown)
  • Anti-Racism & Dismantling White Supremacy Culture (Kendi & Okun)
  • Conscious Leadership (Dethmer, Chapman, & Klemp)

Places I’ve facilitated …
  • Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition—Adult Administrator, co-founder: build and nurture membership, assist in organizing events, maintain digital resources, resolve conflict, and update, embody, and guide members on their Rules & Processes (ongoing)
  • Solar United Neighbors—Energy Justice Educator: develop and then facilitate an energy justice curriculum for organizers and other nonprofit workers to incorporate principles of energy justice into their work (ongoing)
  • Clean Water’s Youth Action Collaborative—Youth Program & Coalition Co-Manager: help their Youth Action Collaborative members to design and execute effective local projects in collaboration with the community and decision-makers
  • Heart-to-Heart—Facilitator of Earth Circle: develop and co-facilitate a radical listening program and practice space for anyone concerned about our relationship to and treatment of the Earth; draws on practices from Nonviolent Communication and the Center for Courage & Renewal

If you are seeking a facilitator, check out more of the projects I’ve recently worked on here and consider reaching out to me here.