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We are convinced that in order to produce real change in the nonprofit sector, all must be willing to check their mindsets, intentions, language, attitudes, and perceptions of partnership.

Volunteers are trained and oriented. They serve. They take the group photo. They leave. The left with no sustainable heart or action change.

Organizations design a direct service program and during implementation, there’s no representative of the community included in the process. Not one.

A volunteer group has an idea for a project and wish to implement it in partnership with a grassroots community organization. The grassroots org uses its valuable time and energy to host and create a project for the group. The group ends up feeling good but contributes no real sustainable impact. They have harmed the community they wished to help.

These situations happen every single day in the nonprofit sector.

I help organizations create lasting impact by harnessing the power of heart work in order to build effective volunteer practices.

I do this by teaching organizations to serve the community and lead with respect and dignity and not pity and power, and ultimately galvanizing volunteers into engaged and informed advocates for the community being partnered with.

How can I serve you so that you can better help and not harm?

“I invited Breauna to speak with my AmeriCorps cohort about responsible service practices. Everything she talked about was spot on to the lingering questions and challenges many of them were facing in their service. Not only was our workshop informative and thought-provoking, it was soul-searching. There is time for thought and reflection in a space that felt safe for volunteers to open up candidly with their thoughts and experiences. Our entire team, myself included, left our time so refreshed and reenergized with new perspectives on service! My team has commented since on how helpful her workshop was and it's one I plan to bring back every year!”

Alison Sheldon, Atlanta Site Director Notre Dame Mission Volunteers - AmeriCorps

Breauna brings a thoughtful, nuanced, yet direct approach to talking about race, class and power dynamics in volunteering. Her strategic use of practical examples from her own career models how we can all continue to learn from our mistakes and be accountable to genuinely advancing our values through our work.

-Lily Brent, Director-Repair the World Atlanta

Schedule a call If you’re ready to start the process of rethinking your program.