Who We Are

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Susan (she/her) is a South Asian "social doula committed to helping birth a society premised on the integration and oneness of the planet, other-than-human kin, and people as a pathway to racial equity, justice, and liberation.

PROGRAM MANAGER

Marcela (they/them) is an educator, organizer, and artist who considers how innate generational memories can spark contemporary tools of care, investigations of conflict, and relation to ethnobotany.

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Morgane Garnier (they/she) is a community organizer and transnational being who believes in the wholeness of people and the planet as one organism.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Kristin Jordan is an author, organizer, and abolitionist mental health and housing advocate who deeply believes in the power of radical love for all beings.

INTELLIGENT MISCHIEF

Aisha Shillingford (she/her) is the Artistic Director of Intelligent Mischief and a multi-disciplinary artist, world builder, designer, and cultural strategist originally from Trinidad & Tobago.

ANANDA VALENZUELA LLC

Ananda Valenzuela (any pronouns) is an independent consultant engaged in professional interim executive director work and organizational development facilitation, with a particular focus on equitable self-management and liberatory practices. Ananda grew up in Puerto Rico and slowly made her way across the United States, holding a variety of consultant, governance, and activist roles along the way.

Chad Jones (he/him) is Black and a father who believes in dignity, nonviolence, and freedom. Factors influencing his facilitation skills and nonverbal communication are built on being a Taurus, a Coro Fellow in pre-9/11 New York, an ABFE Fellow, a legal observer, and a baker. He has organized money for the Movement for Black Lives and organized people for the Immigrant Worker Freedom Rides.

VISUALIZING CHANGE

Chandra Larsen (she/her) uses the power of art and creativity to ignite transformative experiences for people and organizations. For over 20 years, she has worked with people committed to tackling pervasive social issues resulting from systems of oppression and violence.

Dara (she/her) is a white, queer, Jewish consultant, somatic coach, and trainer with over 20 years in organizations and movements for social, racial, economic, and gender justice. Dara partners with trainers of color to lead organizational change, community organizing, and leadership development initiatives centering racial justice, equity, and liberation.

SLACK GLOBAL CONSULTING

Latonya Slack (she/her) is the principal and founder of Slack Global Consulting, which specializes in facilitating and assisting senior-level leaders and organizations with visioning, planning, navigating critical decisions, and creating effective strategies for success.

CHANGE ELEMENTAL

Tamitha partners with movement-building, philanthropic, postsecondary, community, and faith-based organizations to build the capacity of leaders, organizations, and networks to realize justice, joy, and equity.