Turning Towards Each Other
Conflict Transformation, Organizational Design & Personal Embodiment for a Liberated Future
Weyam Ghadban & Jovida Ross
Working together for nearly a decade to support groups committed to composting empire and building liberatory futures.
Check out our Turning Towards Each Other Conflict Workbook!
Conflict is hard
Conflict is hard! It feels like being punched in the gut while having spiders crawl all over your body. Our nervous systems are wired to avoid discomfort for our survival, so it makes sense we turn away from conflict. We’ve seen dreams, organizations, and movements crumble because we, or people we love, couldn’t find a way through a difficult conflict with a comrade or a colleague.
We also know that turning towards each other when in conflict—though it may be messy and uncomfortable—yields many gifts.
We believe that when embraced, conflict can clarify strategy, increase racial justice, and catalyze learning, healing, and transformation all of which are necessary for principled struggle.
We believe that it is possible to design for harmony, so that conflict doesn’t compound, and we set ourselves up well to move toward liberatory visions together.
…but necessary for principled struggle!
What We Do
We facilitate experiential learning that helps people develop conflict resilience, communication skills, and agreements to work together better
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Workshops & Practice space
Organizational Design & Capacity Building
We facilitate groups to create structures and cultures that reflect vision and values rather than replicating the harmful systems we seek to change in the world.
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We facilitate groups in active tension to clarify harm, get to shared agreements, and access the possibility of accountability and repair. We also offer 1:1 conflict coaching to help people have courageous conversations and harvest the wisdom and gifts of conflict.
Conflict Facilitation & Coaching
We help leaders navigating complex interpersonal and power dynamics to better navigate change, align, and move in sync.
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Leadership support
& coaching
Be clear, be confident, and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now.
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Cohorts & Communities of Practice
We Help…
Teams clarify and affirm their shared purpose and ability to work together effectively, moving from dysfunction to alignment, from avoidance to engagement.
Organizations live their values in practice, going beyond “saying the right thing” to actually creating the kind of life-affirming and vision-aligned cultures where we practice into the futures we're working to create.
People feel more trust and are willing to take more constructive risks when there are consistent, fair agreements and processes that they have confidence in.
Groups reduce burnout and increase ease because conflicts get resolved rather than dragging on, and clear processes eliminate the drain of figuring out "how we handle this" every time something comes up.
Group members develop skills to clear tensions and navigate challenges with care and commitment, building the kind of resilience movements will need for the long haul.
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