S&S Equity Consulting

S&S Equity Consulting is the collaborative vision, energy, and efforts of Tajah Schall and Deb Silver. Our work is to support individuals, teams, businesses and organizations in recognizing biases and dismantling systems of oppression. Our offerings provide historical context, education, embodied discussion and emotional processing. Clients will be left with a plan of action to continue recognizing areas of privilege and marginalization, and interrupting oppression both within themselves and within the environments they move through.

  • S&S Equity Consulting’s mission is to provide anti-oppression and equity consulting, strategy, and facilitation with the core intention of deconstructing implicit bias and the impacts it has on organizations and individuals.

  • Our approach is intersectional, body-based, and trauma-informed, recognizing the importance of working with the whole human system. This includes the thinking mind, as well as the sensing body and emotional/feeling parts of the self. We believe that all oppression is connected, therefore equity work must address all forms of oppression. While some systems/isms may come to the fore at a given moment, we believe Dr. Martin Luther King’s words, “no one is free until we are all free”.

    S&S Equity Consulting’s work is collaborative and catered to the needs, goals, and intentions of the client with a focus on establishing practices and actions towards a more inclusive environment and group/community dynamic.*

    *Equity work is never finished. We do not know what we do not know until these is the opportunity expand our insight. It is a lifetime commitment to examining lack of awareness to our social locations and identities. As consultants Deb & Tajah approach this work with humility and creating space for the marginalized voices, engaging from an understanding that there is always more to learn.

Offerings

  • Trainings

    1.5 to 3-hours. Trainings offer an opportunity to connect and develop a foundational understanding and shared language regarding issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, power, privilege, and oppression. Trainings support community development and encourage participants to engage on a personal and professional level. Trainings are developed based on pre-created content from S&S Equity Consulting with considerations of the anticipated participants and the client’s intentions.

  • Workshops

    Workshops can be an intensive half day or take place over the course of several weeks or months via a workshop series. Workshops are a more extensive and elongated process to support a deeper dive into the foundations of diversity, equity, inclusion, power, privilege, and oppression. The extended time of workshops allows for increased opportunity for community connections, experiential practices, and interpersonal and group processes. Workshops consist of pre-created content from S&S Equity Consulting in collaboration with the client based on intentions and goals.

  • Topics & Themes

    • Embodied Social Justice

    • Introduction to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work

    • Broaching Identities of Difference

    • Power Differentials

    • Communication Styles and Differences

    • Specific areas of identity — gender, race, age, religion, etc.

    Contact us to begin the collaboration on determining what is most aligned with your needs and/or your organization.