Creating Equitable Programs & Practices for Nonprofits.
This 3-day event, in partnership with Strategic Disruption Consulting, is designed for early-stage organizations looking to incorporate equity and anti-oppressive practices in all of their programs and operations. You’ll leave with new tools for building effective programs based on anti-oppressive practices, collecting the right impact data to start measuring your programs with a trauma-informed lens, and designing internal systems that create equitable cultures within your organization.
At the end of the 3-days immersive training and skill-building workshops, participants will have the opportunity to participate in our Community-Centered Design Challenge and share their programs in front of a panel of nonprofit experts. The panel will be giving meaningful feedback and recommendations for how they can scale and launch their work. The winning program will be awarded a $1,000 grant to jumpstart their impactful initiatives.
Join us for this inspiring event and witness firsthand the transformative power of community-centered design. Register now to secure your spot and be part of this exciting journey!
When: July 26, 27, and 28th - 10 AM to 12 PM (PST)
Where: Online via Zoom
Price: $150 per person
Our Program Facilitators
JESSICA PAYNE
FOUNDER, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Jessica Payne (she/her) is the founder and owner of Mockingbird Analytics, a nonprofit research and evaluation company, which she comes to with a decade of research and evaluation project management experience in government, community, and academic settings. She is also the co-founder of Mockingbird Incubator, a nonprofit that provides incubation services to new and emerging nonprofits. Prior to founding Mockingbird, Jessica was the Research and Evaluation Manager for CASA of Los Angeles, where she managed large-scale data system conversion projects with more than 500+ users, as well as all original research and strategic planning.
Dr. Joél Arvizo-Zavala
Director of Research and Evaluation Projects at Mockingbird Analytics
Dr. Joél Arvizo-Zavala (they/them) is a researcher, writer, and leader in consulting and coaching. Their research has focused primarily on equity and social justice in the civil-criminal-legal system, education, and health care. Past projects include research on racial-ethnic disparities in evictions, understanding reentry for probationers and parolees, and racial and gender identity development in BIPOC youth. They have a recent published chapter in the book Children and Trauma: Critical Perspectives for Meeting the Needs of Diverse Educational Communities and hold a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership & Policy.
Danielle Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
Strategic Disruption Consulting
Danielle Taylor (she/her) helps organizations improve operations to maximize social impact. As a business strategist and international human rights advocate, she has helped teams develop processes to reflect on their norms and policies and has led transformative overhauls of business practices that resulted in increased revenue and healthier work environments. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University, a Master of International Policy from the University of Georgia, and a certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Cornell University.
Workshop Descriptions
We’re growing our Incubator program to include more of what nonprofit founders need to know as they grow, including building effective programs based on anti-oppressive practices, collecting the right impact data to start measuring their programs with a trauma-informed lens and designing internal systems that will create meaningful and equitable cultures within organizations that serve communities. Join us for a 3-day summer training for early-stage organizations looking to include equity and anti-oppressive practices in their programs, impact evaluation practices, and day-to-day operations.
Trauma-Informed Program Development and Design Thinking
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the concepts behind design thinking and how they can be applied to the development of nonprofit programs. We will also explore how trauma-informed practices can be integrated into the fabric of the services in order to address gaps and barriers. Organizations will leave with actionable steps for implementing or updating their programs to be centered around community needs.
Anti-Oppressive Evaluation Methods
The second workshop in this series will build upon the design and development practices to help organizations create systems for evaluating program impact. Trainers will walk through alternative methodologies to traditional (and problematic) research that are aligned with anti-oppressive values. Participants will be able to choose appropriate methodologies for evaluating their work and have the ability to design new tools or update existing ones to best practices for inclusive and trauma-informed evaluation.
Equitable Operations and Systems for Nonprofits
For the final workshop, participants will explore how equity and anti-oppressive values that are the hallmark of nonprofit work can and should also be baked into the internal operations of an organization. Building a nonprofit culture that move away from scarcity and exploitation to one of joy and abundance is an important part of any systems and policy work that internal operations need to develop intentionally. Organizations will walk away with a concrete sense of how and when to implement key administrative infrastructure to support the equity and justice work of staff and uphold organizational values internally and externally.