About Us
Diedra Barber and Maureen Benson
met in 2006 as colleagues working in public education in Oakland, California. Since then, we have deepened our professional relationship and built a powerful personal relationship. Our individual and collective learning has been an incredible journey for ourselves, our interpersonal dynamics, and (ultimately) for our clients whom we support in Transmuting White Supremacy and Patriarchy as they take on organizational transformation.
We knew early on that there was something special about the ways we were showing up in collaboration as individuals, supporting each other interpersonally, and how we were thinking about interdependence in our professional and personal communities. A few years ago we started a deep inquiry process of looking at the ways we were showing up for ourselves, with each other (with our multiple identities), and engaging our clients so that we could offer some of our own learnings to others.
This inquiry led us to create this course, Cultivating Intersectional Leadership. After several years of work and a deep commitment to PRACTICING the work while we built this course, we are excited to offer the opportunity to embark on your own intentional and authentic journey.