a Black womxn consulting collective committed to intersectional justice

Chelda Kondo, PhD

Founder

Chelda Kondo is a diversity, equity and inclusion expert with over 15 years of justice oriented experience. Committed to systemic change, she approaches her consulting, teaching, research, activism, and public service by centering the most marginalized among us.

Chelda completed her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota where she studied Culture and Teaching.

Our Founding Story

In 2014, Chelda was approached to evaluate the effectiveness of a non-profit education organization working in Haiti. The “client” wanted her unique voice - that of a Haitian American education expert. After successfully working with the group for three weeks, more pro-bono invitations kept coming and they haven’t stopped since.

As Chelda talked amongst her network, she learned that nearly all her Black Womxn friends were regularly recruited to offer their unique perspective, experience, validation and evaluation work. Each time, motivated by our commitments to inform change, we obliged. Each time, we weren’t compensated.

In 2016, Chelda started Cultivating Equity as a platform that recognizes, honors, and compensates the expertise, experiences, and voices of Black Womxn.

Meet our Consultants

Jherlynn Tims

System-involved youth
Educational programming
Mental Health
LGBTQIA+ advocacy
Equity-based adolescent intervention
Economic disparities in education

Iniki Satisfied

Gender-pay disparities
Racial Battle Fatigue
Workplace microaggressions
Corporate Marginalization
Retention, recruitment, promotion and attrition of Black talent

Tashiba Nelson

Medical education & practice
Dentistry training & practice
Retention, recruitment, and attrition of Immigrant talent in health professions
Providing equitable healthcare to minors
Addressing economic barriers in healthcare

AnnMarie Moore

Education (early childhood & elementary, math)
Entrepreneurship (starting & growing a business)
Parenting: Raising racially conscious children
PTA Consultation: educating & supporting
Curriculum development
P-8 Educational Leadership

Chelda Kondo

Critical allyship
Economic disparities in education
Educator development (admin, staff & faculty)
Decolonizing international partnership
Black feminism
Retention, recruitment and promotion of Black talent
Parenting: Raising racially conscious children

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