An Equity-First Learning & Development Firm.

E2 EmpowerED is an equity-first learning and development firm specializing in systematic redesign, coaching, and talent systems-driven leadership training and strategic planning at the government agency and senior leadership levels. We provide job-embedded support to government systems, education, design, human services, and corporate sector leaders and teams.

Our mission is to empower providers who work in systematically disinvested communities through an equity-centric model, equipping clients with the knowledge and skills to work with and design for institutional equity centering global majority populations across lines of racial, cultural, and linguistic difference.

E2 EmpowerED is forged from a call to courage.

We are on a mission to help committed organizations, teams, and individuals understand and respond to the realities of institutionalized supremacy culture and power imbalance in conjunction with its impact on compounding oppression.

Our Approach

At E2EmpowerED, we believe holistic and sustainable systemic change must be grounded and centered in shifting practices anchored in the specific needs of Indigenous and Global Majority people. E2 EmpowerED partners with systems leaders and organizations invested in the strategic implementation of institutional equity infrastructures. We explore how the intersections of race, language, economics, and culture interplay in delivering equitable systems. Our work frames both the historical and current systems that contribute to inequitable outcomes. We look at the work individually and collectively and our approach centers on systematic change that can support the mitigation and reversal of inequity through design.

In all service models our clients:

develop concrete techniques to ensure system mission alignment
examine power dynamics and how to interrupt them systematically in order to sustain transformational institutional level change

elevate equity-driven evidence-based practices and engagement strategies
deepen knowledge and skill in developing and implementing equitable strategies
explore the synergy between behavior and culture and their importance in establishing and maintaining a strong equity-driven culture
explicitly name the core actions aligned to the values that compel employees to act towards equity metrics

Core Values

PURPOSE: We believe in clear evidence-based development rooted in practices that relentlessly cultivate community empowerment by centering strong cultures to sustain meaningful change.

TRANSFORMATION: We believe systematic change can be achieved and sustained through acknowledging and interrupting systemic oppression.

INTEGRITY: We believe in honesty and acting in alignment with our values.

COURAGE: We believe the core of authenticity is courage and are committed to cultivating authenticity and brave spaces in all engagements.