WORK WITH US - DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING (DEIB) TRAINING
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training for Nonprofit Boards and Teams
Is your nonprofit struggling to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion?
Your board has been called out for its inability to build an environment that is welcoming to people of diverse racial backgrounds.
You’ve lost good people and you don’t understand why your board struggles to recruit and retain Black, Indigenous, or People of Color.
There’s friction on the board or staff as individuals aren’t able to listen to one another and understand different perspectives.
Our nonprofit diversity, equity and inclusion training will support your organization to:
Easily attract and retain members from diverse backgrounds.
Build a culture of trust in which board or staff members value each other’s perspectives, and can skillfully engage in difficult conversations.
THE SOLUTION
With our interactive, hands-on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Training - “Seeds of Change”, your board or staff team will shift from discouraged to energized and empowered.
Your customized journey may include a board survey, stakeholder interviews, virtual trainings, work‑at‑home activities, and a closing virtual or in‑person retreat
SEED
Individuals will be guided to look inward and identify their own bias in safe spaces; learn a shared language, distinguishing terms, and concepts; and discover the benefits of diversity.
WATER
As a group, board members will explore their race journey and how it shapes who we are today – while building skills for honest dialogue about diversity and racial equity.
BLOOM
The board will take action to create a Race-Equity Culture and create a plan to for long-term inclusives policies and practices that are sustainable — allowing it to step into a powerful leadership role in the community.
DEI Consultants for Social Change Organizations
As a cross-racial team, we’ve found that different group members respond more to one or another of us. We hold each other accountable, we trust one another and we respect our lived experiences. We bring our individual strengths and perspectives to the work, and we have each other’s backs!
Renee Rubin Ross
Dr. Renee Rubin Ross is a recognized leader on board and organizational development and strategy and the founder of The Ross Collective. Dr. Ross is committed to racial justice in the nonprofit sector and beyond.
Christal M. Cherry
Christal M. Cherry is a trained fundraiser with more than 22 years on nonprofit experience serving on executive teams, as a liaison with boards, and a confidant to the CEO/Executive Director.
“Christal and Renee helped lead ground-breaking sessions that helped us gain new perspectives and insights on individual experiences related to race, gender, and class with the intent of establishing trusting relationships to move us forward with our DEIB efforts.”
-Wendy R. Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, The Parkinson Council
“Thank you Renee & Christal for your fierce guidance in our DEAI conversations. You created a space where most felt safe, empowered and ready to speak authentically about racism and its ubiquitous, destructive effects. You created a place for us white people to recognize and assume the responsibility for bringing other whites to conversation and reparative action.”
—Laurie Weil, Board member, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
“Thank you Renee and Christal for holding the space through some difficult conversations. You have modeled how to do this work through your vulnerability and commitment.”
—Training participant