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  • Home
  • Meet Kathy
  • Events
  • Work With Kathy
    • Design & Facilitate Powerful EDI Workshops
    • References
    • Workshops
      • Foundations of Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
      • Creating Inclusive, Socially Just Campus Environments
      • Deepening Multicultural Competencies: Strategies for Professional Development
      • Training of Trainers Program to Design and Facilitate Workshops on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
      • Developing a Team of Inclusion Practitioners
      • Facilitating Difficult Dialogues: Navigating Triggering Events
      • White Ally Development Program
  • Resources
    • Free Courses/Webinars
    • Blog
    • Radio Show
    • Books
      • Leading White Accountability Groups
      • In It For The Long Haul
      • …But I’m Not Racist
      • Turn The Tide
        • Book Worksheets
    • Access to our Facilitation and Design Knowledge Base
  • Contact
  • Recent Clients
  • Change Agent | Inclusion | Justice
    Creating change,  Life Lessons,  Living my calling,  Self-Care,  Social Justice

    Having to dig deep today as a change agent

    December 21, 2017 /

    As a change agent, I have committed my life to teaching and sharing the skills and strategies to navigate difficult situations and create truly inclusive, socially just organizations while maintaining the passion and energy critical to create meaningful, sustainable change. But today, I am struggling to use these tools in my own life. On a roller coaster, wondering what it is all for… This roller coaster of extreme emotions from Alabama last week to the tax scam this week… from feeling so useful this week as I coached so many brilliant, talented people to waking up today wondering what it is all for…. And yet I know we will move…

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    Dismantling Racism: Tools for Student Affairs Educators

    Dismantling Racism: Tools for Student Affairs Educators on Higher Ed Live

    March 21, 2017

    You’re not racist…or are you?

    April 13, 2017
    hiring, firing, diversity, equity

    Managing Hiring and Layoffs? Use an Equity Lens

    February 10, 2021
  • Calling all chagne agents | social change | Organizational change | social justice
    Creating change,  Diversity training

    ANNOUNCING: The Center for Transformation and Change

    February 14, 2017 /

    It was a great day! Recently, one of the people in my year-long Certification Program observed me facilitating a day-long workshop on creating inclusive organizations. I believed she learned a lot and I appreciated her observations and feedback as we debriefed over dinner. Each passing day since the election, I am ever more deeply committed to work with a small group of bad-ass change agents in this Certification Program! Can you relate to being on this roller-coaster of extreme emotions since November? Feeling rage, grief, fear, disbelief, and now also a deep sense of urgency and resolve that we each must move fully into our power, consistently speak our truth,…

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    Disconnect Between Your Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Goals

    Is there a Disconnect Between Your Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Goals – and What’s Actually Happening?

    June 5, 2018
    diversity, equity, inclusion

    Renew the Spark: Ignite Change at Your Organization

    July 24, 2019
    change, transformation, transformation & change, rights movements

    Do you really believe change is possible for our world?

    February 7, 2019
  • Dr Kathy Obear | Chagne Agent | Organizational and Social Change
    Creating change,  Diversity training,  Kathy Obear

    Transforming Lives and Changing the World

    November 22, 2016 /

    As I move moment by moment with the deep grief and rage I feel, I am so clear we each must move into our power, speak our truth, and mobilize others to heal the world. People see me as a powerful mobilizer who creates change and stimulates growth. People tell me that I can take people from denial and complacency to inspiration and action. I have a reputation of being someone who can move people who have been written off as unreachable or unchangeable. A lot of people think this came naturally to me; that it’s just a gift I have and other people don’t. But I’m going to let…

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    mental health

    Speaking Out About Mental Health – No More Shame

    December 6, 2019
    workplace conflict

    Is Workplace Conflict Pushing Your Buttons? Try This.

    January 13, 2020
    conferences, virtual conferences, conference benefits

    How to Take the Headache Out of Conferences (and still enjoy all the benefits)

    March 10, 2020
  • Life Lessons

    Lessons from a Cockroach

    October 6, 2015 /

    I have always hated cockroaches and so imagine my revulsion as I saw THE BIGGEST COCKROACH EVER as I left the gym just now. I thought to crush it, then had a moment to wonder what message its appearance might be bringing me….And as I Googled “Cockroach totem”, half thinking there could never be anything on this, to my surprise, I found numerous sites! From www.Linsdomain.com I got fabulous insights and messages that resonated, like: “Clean out the dead and useless aspects” of your life I had spent some time this past weekend clearing away old, unneeded things in the apartment…as well as making a pledge for a “no complaints”…

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    Increase Your Effectiveness: Pointers to Help You Navigate Challenging Situations

    April 6, 2017
    self-care

    Bad-Ass Change Agents: Self Care Isn’t Selfish

    December 18, 2019

    In Life, Change Is the Only Certainty

    March 23, 2020
  • Living my calling

    Following my path

    January 13, 2014 /

    I just recognized that “dread” and dream” are separated by a single letter….I have chosen dread and fear so much of my life….maybe out of the illusion that by choosing fear I would be safer. I slowly built and reinforced  a cage around myself each time I chose fear. Today I choose to dismantle this cage; and choose faith and courage…one step, one choice at a time. I commit to living my dreams, walking the path of my calling. I am reading Martha Beck’s blogs and book, Finding Your Own North Star. I hope you find inspirational sources to guide you to your true calling!

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    Change Agent | Inclusion | Justice

    Having to dig deep today as a change agent

    December 21, 2017
  • Diversity

    Part 3: Infusing Diversity and Inclusion Into Everything We Do

    July 21, 2011 /

    Most facilitators of courses and training sessions can infuse issues of diversity and inclusion to a far greater extent than they currently do. In my first two posts (below this post starting from the bottom) I explore ways to infuse diversity using the metaphor of creating a layer cake ~ starting with a solid foundation: Layer 1 Acknowledge the organization’s commitment to creating an inclusive environment for all members. “Do no harm.” Encourage participants to recognize the full breadth of differences in the organization and those they serve. Begin to explore their role and responsibility in creating an inclusive organization for all members. Layer 2 Use examples and images that…

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    workplace conflict

    Is Workplace Conflict Pushing Your Buttons? Try This.

    January 13, 2020
    Diversity | Inclusion | Equity and Inclusion

    Teach More Effectively by Infusing Equity and Inclusion

    September 13, 2018
    equity inclusion, equity

    I Want to Speak Up at Work…But I Fear Retaliation

    March 27, 2019

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