Our Work

We specialize in tailor-made solutions with the aim of fostering a fairer and more equal society. Inequality stems from deliberate design and can be reimagined.

We meet organizations where they are and tailor our approach

to the problem they are trying to solve.

Consulting

We collaborate with people and groups, adapting our methods to fit the specific challenges and stepping in to provide expertise where needed.

Leadership Development

We train leaders to possess the attitudes, expertise, and abilities needed to build highly effective and inclusive schools for all learners.

Facilitating Community

We create shared spaces where groups of people can learn, solve problems together, and support each other as valuable resources.

Strategic Planning

We hone organizational systems, structures, and approaches to help them reach their goals faster and with greater success.

The Holonomy Ethos

We utilize liberatory design processes:  1) Empathy interviews to understand the problem and opportunity, 2) Deep partnership and collaboration with design teams that include those experiencing the problem directly, 3) Prototyping and generating solutions collaboratively that can be tested and revised.

We proactively seek to partner with dream clients whose missions align with our own.

We hold a “first do no harm” policy by courageously elevating opportunities for organizations to combat White Supremacy Culture Norms when these norms cause staff harm.

We prioritize doing good over seeking profits: ensuring that meeting the needs of the project comes before hour-counting, holding ourselves to the highest standards of project management and process-oriented work.

We center our process on marginalized voices, turning to those who experience the problem directly as experts throughout the design process.

We invest up-front in empathetic listening as a critical component to understanding the probletunity (Problem/opportunity) and designing the right services and approaches that meet the needs of the client and those they seek to serve.

The Holonomy Ethos

We utilize liberatory design processes:  1) Empathy interviews to understand the problem and opportunity, 2) Deep partnership and collaboration with design teams that include those experiencing the problem directly, 3) Prototyping and generating solutions collaboratively that can be tested and revised.

We proactively seek to partner with dream clients whose missions align with our own.

We hold a “first do no harm” policy by courageously elevating opportunities for organizations to combat White Supremacy Culture Norms when these norms cause staff harm.

We prioritize doing good over seeking profits: ensuring that meeting the needs of the project comes before hour-counting, holding ourselves to the highest standards of project management and process-oriented work.

We center our process on marginalized voices, turning to those who experience the problem directly as experts throughout the design process.

We invest up-front in empathetic listening as a critical component to understanding the probletunity (Problem/opportunity) and designing the right services and approaches that meet the needs of the client and those they seek to serve.

Equity Centered Support

We offer a wide range of additional educational services

  • Organizational health: climate and culture
  • Qualitative research: interviews, focus groups, and survey design and analysis
  • Teacher professional learning communities
  • Leader networks
  • Leader pipeline design; systems and session design
  • Equity design principles

Our Ideal Partners…

Are committed to equity in organizational practice and in mission outcome

Are open, authentic, and willing to be vulnerable

Are committed to equity as an organizational value

Have a track record of following through on deliverables developed with consultants

Our Ideal Partners…

Are committed to equity in organizational practice and in mission outcome

Are open, authentic, and willing to be vulnerable

Are committed to equity as an organizational value

Have a track record of following through on deliverables developed with consultants

People Are Talking…

“Mariah is a great partner and leader – thorough, reflective, and authentic in her approach to work and relationships. She remembers the details that matter and takes the lead while being inclusive in driving project goals.”

Nakeia Drummond, NLD Strategic

“Mariah is a thoughtful, reflective, intuitive and process-oriented facilitator. As a white woman, she has powerfully modeled what it looks like to engage in equity-centered work, which speaks to the deep inner work that is necessary to unpack her own racial identity and experiences. As a consultant, Mariah is able to weave together both her expertise as a researcher and in adult learning to design impactful equity-centered processes.”

Emily Roh

“Mariah is a gifted facilitator, designer, and sense-maker. I have left every interaction with her a better leader and person.”

Shyam Kumar