Movement Consulting
Transforming Organizations into Radically Nourishing Spaces
We help socially conscious people build radically just workplace cultures through emotional, relational, and collective work.
About Us
Our Philosophy
At Movement, we believe in making organizations better now – not by checking diversity boxes, but rather creating immersive learning spaces to build awareness of systems of oppression. With these foundational elements in place, we then contextualize and unpack behaviors on an individual and interpersonal level. From there, we can sustainably build community and shift cultures.
Our Values
At Movement, we prioritize curiosity and vulnerability over shame and judgment. We value being in right relation*, collective un/learning, and centering marginalized voices. For us, “right relation” has two components: 1) to be right within ourselves through emotional work, and 2) to be responsible to one another through active listening and creating a culture of care - whether it’s within the context of society or at the level of our own communities.
Our Positionality
We are a consulting collective led by disabled, neurodivergent, queer women and nonbinary people at multiple intersections of class, race, and ethnic experiences. We all hold the privileged identities of being collegiate students, advanced degree holders, or career academics, while many of us are first-generation students and immigrants. Our founder, Dra. Nicole, has a unique positionality as a white Latina with a PhD that has allowed us to navigate, speak to, and leverage the politics of academia while centering those most marginalized in STEM.
Our Impact
Since our founding in 2018, Movement Consulting has successfully partnered with students, faculty, and leaders from over 25 universities and organizations across the US, Canada, and Europe.
[*] The concept of right relationship comes from Indigenous traditional knowledge that everything is interconnected and that we have a responsibility to each other (e.g. Tynan 2021)
Marginalized people are often expected to educate others, identify issues, and provide solutions to problems they are not experts in - all on a volunteer basis that distracts from their work.
Dra. Nicole Cabrera Salazar
Our Work
We design effective paths for engaging with topics such as race and racism, bias, and gender inequity. Our programming equips clients with a shared foundational language, tools for introspection, an understanding of how systems impact their communities, and empowers leadership to make decisions that support everyone – especially marginalized people.
Services
How To Work With Us
If you're ready to speak to us about your project, here is what you should expect:
Book a free consultation: Select a 30-minute time slot that works best for you.
Meet with a consultant: During this virtual meeting, we will work to understand your needs and goals in order to design programming specific to the transformation you envision.
Receive your fee structure: You decide which package works best for your needs and budget.
Sign the agreement: Your institution's procurement office will approve the contract, set us up as a vendor, and submit the deposit.
Work begins: We begin our collaboration to create transformational change.
If your house ain't in order, you ain't in order. It is so much easier to be out there than right here. The revolution ain't out there. Yet. But it is here.
Tony Cade Bambara