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Strengthening Inclusion, Creating Equity, and Repairing our World

J. A. Stollman Consulting

J.A. Stollman Consulting is dedicated to assisting educational institutions, businesses, and professional organizations in creating inclusion and equitable work, learning, and living spaces. I provide equity and anti-oppression training, dialogues, educational and professional community and trust building, restorative justice processes, crisis management, and individual consulting services.

J.A. Stollman Consulting is dedicated to easing discomfort based on identity differences and global to local issues related to empowerment and oppression. Often, educational institutions, legal and professional organizations, and work spaces excel in delivering their products but frequently run into problems when members of their teams fail to effectively work together because of cultural  or other forms of difference. J.A. Stollman Consulting specializes in guiding folks through events or spaces that, due to racial, socioeconomic status, gender expression, ability, religious, ethnic, sexual orientation or other differences, have created fractures within learning, living, or working communities. J.A. Stollman Consulting remedies this through effective and interactive education and honest and open dialogues.  J.A. Stollman Consulting utilizes multiple equity and inclusion strategies tailored to your organization’s needs.

J.A. Stollman Consulting avoids the “shame/blame” approach often used in equity or inclusion work. Instead, we only utilize proven effective strategies, positive approaches, and assume that people are able to equip themselves with the knowledge and skills required to advance your organization's goals and missions while valuing people’s differences.  J.A. Stollman Consulting utilizes a learning scaffolding approach to meet individuals and groups where they are and move them to where they want to be in terms of ensuring equity and comfort in the workplace.

Philosophy

When we view our lives and those of others who surround us as being of great worth and also suffering from trauma related to identity, we see ourselves authentically. In viewing ourselves in this authentic and perhaps vulnerable manner, we also open up for others and ourselves the opportunity for beauty to transpire; to mend our fractures; to strengthen our communities and to repair our world. 

What is an Equity and Inclusion Consultant?

An equity and inclusion consultant is responsible for helping to remove cultural barriers within an organization. Now more than ever, we need to understand how to value others, their perspectives, and life experiences. Research from brain science, sociology, and human psychology reveal that diversity in our lives makes us happier, more secure, more engaged, and innovative. J.A.Stollman Consulting is dedicated to  making sure that others experience the full benefits of diversity in thought, identity, and perspective.

Attention to diversity and equity:

• Creates respectful working, learning, and living environments

• Creates senses of belonging and mattering

• Moves beyond "equity sloganeering” and creates authentic inclusion and avoiding diversity hire or frozen middle syndromes

• Increases team productivity and innovation

• Increases client and individual reach

• Achieves greater individual and group satisfaction

• Minimizes situational crises originating from difference

• Increases trust between individuals

• Achieves national and organizational goals of equity and equality

• Helps us understand how diversity history impacts contemporary environments

• Minimizes attrition