Intercultural Development, Diversity and Inclusion

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WE’RE DIVINE consulting supports organizations and individuals with meeting and expanding their commitment to understanding and navigating differences. 

We create supportive spaces that requires all to increase their capacity to “hold space” for difficult conversations and develop a deeper understanding of diverse perspectives and practices; this creates mutual responsibility for growth and development. 

Individuals are asked to sit in discomfort and lean into the unknown areas of discussion and content that are often avoided. 

We go beyond the standard Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion approaches to combating racial justice and effective ally ship. That is the out-of-date ineffective and insensitive approach that expect marginalized communities to hold space for the experience and emotional response of the dominate society.

• We create a sense of safety and support for all
• We challenge with compassion
• We are proactive and not reactive
• We offer a structured tailored approach that provide opportunities for all levels of staffing (Board, leadership, direct staff, volunteers) to participate in shared activities and reflective experiences. 
• We envision organizational culture that celebrate authentic characteristics
• We help organizations evaluate polarizing policies and practices that are polarizing 
• We help eliminate occurrences of implicit biases and cultural misinterpretations. 
• We promote strategic disruption
• We promote growth, so belief systems will be challenged. 

We Are Evidence Based 

• We are certified IDI Qualified Administrators
• We are  trained in Dr. Mitchell Hammer's Intercultural Development Model (IDI) and Intercultural Conflict Style assessment.  

We integrate 

• Dr. Milton Bennet’s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity Michelle Le Baron Bridging Cultural Conflicts
• Dr. Joy De Gruy Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome in addition to countless scholars and community experts in the racial justice field