Deep Dive DEI
Group Dialogue Facilitation
Experiences tailored to facilitate stronger connection between teammates along with personal healing. We create secure environments to facilitate the openness needed for a team to show up as their authentic selves and develop the skills to improve collaboration.
Dialogue Spaces
A space designed for all team members to participate regardless of social affinity.
Focuses:
Team Building
Cross-Cultural Communication
Navigating Difference and Conflict
Empathy Skill Building
Healing Spaces
A space intended for people who self-identify as a member of a marginalized group of a specific DEI related topic.
Focuses:
Strengthening Connection to Self
Identifying and Advocating for Needs
Developing Empowering Concepts of Self
Empathy Skill Building
Resiliency Spaces
This group is intended for people who identify as a member of a privileged group of a specific DEI related topic.
Focuses:
Unpacking Implicit Biases
Challenging Beliefs and Behaviors
Developing Resiliency Skills
Empathy Skill Building
What Are Affinity Spaces?
Affinity is a feeling of connection or closeness to another person based on shared interest or identity. In this case, affinity spaces are spaces dedicated to participants who share social identities such as race, gender, or sexual orientation.
Affinity spaces allow participants to focus on the needs and challenges specific to their affinity group. Often times, these spaces allow for more emotionally honest conversations and provide time and space to deep dive into healing and resilience.
Affinity spaces combined with mixed affinity dialogue spaces, allow for a full rounded experience. Through practicing empathy skills, cross-cultural communication, and advocating needs, teams can build greater connection, trust, and thoughtful communication skills.
"Syah has brought out the best in our team! DEI work is emotional and you have to get vulnerable in order to be able to do it well. Syah has certainly helped us do that. What started out as an education on pronouns has morphed into deep conversation from the cycle of oppression, to whiteness, and so much more. The entire team is excited to continue the journey in 2022 and we could not have found a better person to partner with than Syah."
Melissa Poole-Knight (She/Her)
Director, Finance & Business Operations
City Attorney’s Office | City and County of Denver