Leadership for Social & Systems Change: Facilitating Cultural Change
What is Facilitating Cultural Change and Why Should I Do It?
Facilitating Cultural Change (FCC) is an advanced 5 day in-person institute for practitioners of cultural, systemic, and transformational change towards the common good.
Many of us who work towards change in the world are seeking a practical set of tools to support our ability to make that change.
FCC will equip you with a framework and skills to make lasting change towards your broader goals. FCC will give you access to expert practitioners, rigorous materials, a cohort of new colleagues and relationships, and the opportunity to reflect on your own experiences in new ways.
When you leave FCC, you will be able to apply new skills and tools to a broad and diverse range of organizations, institutions, networks, and social movements. FCC will help you to become a more confident, more effective, and more self-aware leader grounded in your deeper purpose and path.
Who Should Attend FCC?
- You are a person who has a role (formally or informally) in facilitating dialogue within organizations or educational institutions about diversity, inclusion, equity. and justice.
- You are invested in deepening your sense of connection to yourself and the lived experience of others.
- You are a leader in an organization or community navigating relationships, strategies, and communication regarding change-making.
- You want to learn models and skills to broaden and deepen your systemic impact, and/or…
- You are a user of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) who wants to deepen your practice utilizing the Intercultural Development Continuum (IDC) as a model to support facilitation and training towards racial equity.
Over the course of five days, you will learn, practice and reflect through facilitator-led content, small group work, and more.
What included in the FCC Experience?
- A pre-institute webinar providing an overview of the FCC experience and key concepts.
- Assessment utilizing the Intercultural Development (“IDI”) Inventory & a pre-FCC questionnaire.
- 1:1 meeting with one of the FCC facilitators to review your IDI profile and receive support to set individualized concrete goals for your FCC experience.
- Suggested readings and podcasts to prepare for FCC.
- 5 workshop days of in-person content, practice, facilitation, reflection, coaching, leadership development, and relationship building.
- The FCC Participant Guide – over 100 pages of resources, tools, and templates to support application of the FCC learning.
- 2 small group coaching sessions following the FCC Institute to support ongoing application of the material, including real-time problem-solving.
What Are the Details? Where? When? How?
The next Facilitating Cultural Change will take place June 12-16, 2023. We will meet in person 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Monday-Thursday (6/12-6/15) and 9:00 am – 2:00 pm on Friday (6/16).
We will be in a multi modal, mobility accessible classroom with flexible seating options and abundant natural light.
- Facilitating Cultural Change will provide breakfast, lunch, snacks, and recommendations for dinner. All food will accommodate people’s dietary needs.
- We will provide a list of nearby hotels and ground transportation information.
- Please contact us if you need additional assistance planning travel or lodging.
How Much Does it cost?
Your $3,000 investment includes:
- 5 full day workshops
- An individual IDI profile
- One-to-one IDI profile report and goal setting
- 2 small group coaching sessions
- FCC Participant Guide with practical tools
Payment plans and a limited number of scholarships are available. If you need to discuss scholarship or payment plans, contact Beth at beth.zemsky@gmail.com
*FCC registration is limited to 40 participants.
Who Are Your facilitators?
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Beth Zemsky
I bring over 35 years of experience, commitment and passion to my partnerships with organizations working towards social change and structural transformation including foundations, non-profits, educational, health, faith-based, and social change organizations. A few career highlights include serving as staff at OutFront MN, founding Director of the GLBT Programs Office at the University of Minnesota, co-chair of the Board of Directors of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Supervisor of the University of Minnesota Diversity Institute, Coordinator of Leadership… Read More
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Athena Adkins
“Who do we Choose to Be? This is the question that drives Athena and her work. Throughout her 20+ year career in the non-profit and philanthropic sector, her effort to leverage her experience and expertise and align her personal values with mission-driven organizations has led her to engage in deep, meaningful work at the intersection of organizational development and capacity building—where those ideas intersect with authentic leadership, intercultural organizational development, healing from trauma, and emotional intelligence. Essentially, she is a… Read More
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Liz Loeb
Liz Loeb is a civil rights attorney, community organizer, and non profit director who brings over 20 years of high-level experience in organizational leadership, campaign strategy, and movement building. She uses that experience to support organizational decision makers in building towards greater racial and gender justice in the workplace. Liz prides herself on working with clients to name equity-based goals, to connect those goals to shared organizational values, andto develop creative and collaborative tools to move those goals forward at… Read More