Our Services
How We Can Help Your Organization
At Equity Connections Inc., we believe in the power of inclusion. We deliver transformative diversity and inclusion programs to individuals and organizations seeking to improve structures and practices. We support clients in creating more inclusive spaces through the following:
Implicit Bias & Anti-Racism Education
Equity Connections provides research-based and action-oriented professional development that address how implicit bias informs organizational beliefs, structures, and practices.
Our interactive training design is supported by reflective activities that encourage equitable mindsets and habits through:
Video workshops to familiarize organizations with EDI concepts and related best practices
Culturally relevant and responsive resources
Reflective workbooks and materials
Opportunities to explore and identify personal biases and how they reinforce stereotypes
Transformative Mentorship & Coaching
Equity Connections provides advice, feedback, and mentorship to organizational leaders regarding how to develop a vision that embodies equitable leadership.
We engage senior management in developing methods and strategies that foster more inclusive work environments at all levels through:
Train the trainer models
Reflective exercises
Critical conversations
Action planning
Inclusion Audits & Policy Reviews
Equity Connections evaluates the structures that inform each level of your organization.
We support senior leadership in creating equitable policies and practices, and help you measure the effectiveness of improvement initiatives and strategies through:
Information gathering, policy review, and research
Workplace hiring, professional development, and promotion practice reviews
Four-point evaluation cycle of organizational strengths and weaknesses
Recommendations for next steps
Training to support policy development
Follow-up reviews to measure impact
Organizational Change Strategies
Equity Connections supports leadership in developing sustainable strategies to facilitate transitions from diversity to inclusion.
We help you to implement accountability structures that foster equity through:
Interrupting discriminatory practices
Authentic mentorship and sponsorship
Targeted hiring and recruitment
Transition and succession planning
Capacity building and sustainability
Equity & Diversity Academies
Equity Connections provides immersive four and eight-week equity training programs that allow you to interact with other professionals in a safe learning environment.
Topics Include:
Implicit bias
Inclusive environments
Microaggressions and microinvalidations
Flattening organizational hierarchies
Power, privilege, and positionality
Equitable protocols and team dynamics
Equity charters
Guest Lectures & Keynote Addresses
Our team is available to provide keynote addresses in a variety of areas at events, work functions, and professional development sessions.
We can speak at: