Our Approach

  • Teams clarify and affirm their shared purpose and ability to work together effectively, moving from dysfunction to alignment, from avoidance to engagement.

  • Organizations live their values in practice, going beyond “saying the right thing” to actually creating the kind of life-affirming and vision-aligned cultures where we practice into the futures we're working to create.

  • People feel more trust and are willing to take more constructive risks when there are consistent, fair agreements and processes that they have confidence in. 

  • Reduce burnout and increase ease because conflicts get resolved rather than dragging on, and clear processes eliminate the drain of figuring out "how we handle this" every time something comes up. 

  • Develop skills to clear tensions and navigate challenges with care and commitment, building the kind of resilience movements will need for the long haul.

About Us

Jovida Ross

Jovida has over 20 years of experience working with groups to creatively address complex questions and develop proactive, visionary, whole-systems solutions. She designs participatory, generative processes and experiential learning to support groups to meet their goals. She has worked with a diverse range of teams, from small restorative justice circles to complex, multi-stakeholder strategic initiatives involving community organizations, public entities, and philanthropy.  Her history spans efforts to generate community-based solutions to violence, queer liberation, reproductive justice, ecologically-responsive and just economies, and climate resilience; the through-line is a deep belief that together, with commitment and intention, we can reorganize our world to support our mutual thriving.

Weyam Ghadbian

Weyam is a social justice-rooted facilitator, trainer, organizational consultant, and mediator who has been working with grassroots and social justice organizations for over a decade. Weyam is Syrian and was politicized at a young age by parents who were exiled from Syria for dissent. Their background began in Arab community organizing and cultural production in the SF Bay Area. They have spent the last five years translating the Turning Towards Each Other Conflict Workbook into a customized curriculum for organizations and facilitating dozens of organizations through conflict processes and supporting them to build healthy, collaborative work cultures. They are also a trained energy healer, mediator, and transformative facilitator with a Gemini stellium. :)

  • African American Roundtable of Wisconsin

  • The Akonadi Foundation

  • The ACLU

  • The Alliance for Boys and Men of Color

  • Asylum Access

  • The Brown Boi Project

  • California Environmental Justice Alliance

  • California Domestic Workers Alliance

  • California Native Vote Project

  • Core Align

  • East Bay Meditation Center

  • Exhale

  • Forward Together

  • Friends of the River

  • The Food Chain Workers Alliance

Some of our past clients include…

  • Groundswell Fund

  • Growth & Learning Opportunities (GLO)

  • The HerStory Project

  • The Horizons Foundation

  • The Kresge Foundation 

  • The LeaderSpring Center

  • The LeadersTrust

  • The Mission Community Council

  • The National Alliance of Climate Resilience Practitioners

  • The National Coalition of Anti Violence Programs

  • The National Safe Schools Roundtable

  • The Nonprofit Quarterly

  • North Carolina Collaborative for Strong Latinx Communities

  • Oakland Kids First

  • The Partnership for the Future of Learning

  • Project Nia

  • The Resonance Network

  • Salmon Nation

  • The San Francisco Democratic Central Committee

  • The San Francisco Foundation

  • The San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Violence Prevention Services

  • The San Francisco Women’s Building

  • The SAGE Project (Standing Against Global Exploitation)

  • We Testify

  • WOMAN, Inc

  • … and more

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