Testimonials & Collaboration
Leilee Weyerhaeuser, Board of the Museum of Glass
“Wow Cindy!
That was such a success! This group of people learned so much together in the process you led! I am very thrilled that we got through the gauntlet of hurdles to get this Training Session set-up and now have fine results to build on further.
I didn’t realize how much I would enjoy your presentation. You helped people feel relaxed and curious while opening tender emotional material. It was fun and interesting. You covered a lot of material quite quickly, so there was lots to think about and to mull over now.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!”
– Leilee Weyerhaeuser, Board Member of the Museum of Glass
Pastor Eyde, Newport Presbyterian Church
“We are so grateful for Dr. Caldwell expertly coaching our leaders through an assessment process that led us into critical conversations about implicit bias, privilege, and power.
Her facilitated training has helped to get us on our way to become more engaged as diversity practitioners in our community, because we clearly see that diversity work has always been gospel work.”
– Pastor Eyde, Newport Presbyterian Church
Collaboration Partners
Sarah Dryfoos-Guss of {R}evolution Lab
Sarah brings over 16 years of experience in nonprofits and healthcare, and specializes in Equity Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) work. They bring EDI to the next level for organizations by helping you embed it into the fabric of who you are. Focusing on both structure and culture through strategic planning, equity audits, staff trainings and facilitation, affinity groups, and much more.
Their professional background is a seemingly incoherent meandering trail, but it has always included being of service to their community and to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Social Justice. They completed a Maters in Public Health from OHSU and PSU where they focused on racial and socio-economic disparities, and systemic incentives for social change. They have worked in international NGO’s, alongside Community Health Centers (FQHCs) to ensure that those who otherwise would not be able to access health services, received high quality care, and even worked in a telecommunications company in corporate social responsibility. This diverse professional background truly highlights their curious nature, and insatiable quest to make lasting positive social change.
The Pierce County Community Engagement Task Force
The Pierce County Community Engagement Task Force (PCCETF) uses an innovative community engagement framework to integrate services with a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to foster economic mobility of Pierce County individuals and families.
The framework and purpose for reducing implicit bias in community engagement is based on the principles that respect the rights and voices of all community members by keeping them informed, consulted, involved, and empowered. Their areas of focus and plan for achieving them are as follows:
- Leadership. Understand community needs vs. organizational wants in order to create equitable access to services.
- Organizational Structure. Rebranding professionalism and interagency integration. Create direct access to leadership and decision makers in our community.
- Outreach & Engagement. Build trust within Pierce County among those we have historically underserved, including having a clear “ask” with transparent decision making.
- Providers/Community. Bridge the gap between what the system provides and what the community needs, by taking a human-centered design approach.
Invista Performance Solutions
Invista provides learning and development services that solve your complex business problems, help your workforce reach the highest level of performance, and improve your operations.