The Power and Equity Challenge Online Training is an advanced training designed for those who have attended the Right Use of Power™ Basics & Core Trainings and want to develop their power-and-equity consciousness with a deep dive into status, collective, and systemic power. This training is also a pre-requisite for the Right Use of Power™ Certification Program.
You will have the opportunity to develop deep connections with other participants as well as have a renewed sense of your own power. The intention is to deepen your roots of personal power so that you can navigate power differentials and better access, develop, and sustain collective power.
The Schedule:
This is a 12-week program meting Thursdays between February 20, 2025 – May 8, 2025
10am-12pm MST
February 20th: Building Connection
February 27th – Building Connection Integration
March 6th: Cultivating Personal Power
March 13th – Cultivating Personal Power Integration
March 20th: Self-Care & Collective-Care
March 27th: Self-Care & Collective Care Integration
April 3rd: Navigating Power Differentials
April 10th: Navigating Power Differentials Integration
April 17th: Accountability in Relationship
April 24th: Accountability in Relationship Integration
May 1st: Collective Power
May 8th: Collective Power Integration
FACILITATORS:
Dr. Amanda Aguilera
Amanda is a consultant and facilitator in the area of power-and-equity consciousness and conflict resolution. Driven by her core values of curiosity, courage, and connection, Amanda is adept at putting things together in new ways, creating visuals that help make learning more accessible, and communicating complex ideas in simple ways.
Amanda has a commitment to be courageous in the service of reducing and repairing harm in relationship and promoting the cultural shift toward power-and-equity consciousness, conflict positivity and conflict competency.
At the core of her academic and personal passion is the advancement in understanding social power dynamics and deepening the personal and collective uses of power in the world with wisdom and compassion.
Her doctoral dissertation focused on the dynamics of shame and power in the justice system and she continues to develop theoretical models in the intrapersonal and interpersonal experiences of power dynamics, including the integration of neurobiology, contemplative practices and restorative practices as they relate to power differentials.
Dau Windwater
Dau (they/them) is a contemplative practitioner, systems thinker, and lover of the living world. They bring pragmatism from a past career in bookkeeping and a big heart from their deeper interest in community and belonging. Through Dau’s work, they foster the awareness and exploration of power and paradox in order to empower and encourage multicultural understanding. As a facilitator, their style is infused with ritual, reflection, and space to experience the relationship between our inner and outer landscapes.
Farzin Farzad
Farzin Farzad is an Organizational Justice practitioner with experience in higher education, trade associations, local government, and the private sector. Holding two master’s degrees in international affairs and diplomacy as well as a certificate in conflict resolution skills, Farzin leverages his unique academic background, extensive travel experience, and experiential knowledge to provide comprehensive, thought-provoking local and global approaches to his work.
In addition to training and education programs, Farzin is a seasoned project manager with expertise in developing strategies that build equitable workplace environments and government services, as well as build internal capacity.
Farzin is the founder of Critical Equity Consulting, LLC, a boutique Organizational Justice consulting firm focused on helping organizations rebuild with a primary focus on creating equitable outcomes and seeking justice.
Veronica Borgonovi
Veronica (she/her) is a seasoned organizational and project leader, manager, mentor, and coach, with experience supporting over 40 client projects in management and social sector consulting across multiple countries. She continues to guide a multi-year effort to transform organizational culture around equity and inclusion across multiple geographies, and is experienced in strategy development, evaluation and learning, facilitation, and multi-stakeholder collaboration.
She is a certified coach through Leadership That Works, a graduate of Right Use of Power Institute’s teacher training, and a Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory. She is also an experienced meditator and currently studying the application of Buddhist contemplative psychology toward psychosocial change efforts.