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Vision
Vision
Courage & Compassion Consulting (C&CC) envisions a world where our communities have sovereignty, joy and an abundance of resources necessary for life.
Mission
Mission
Courage & Compassion Consulting is devoted to supporting communities by strategically addressing race and gender inequity in our places of work, play, and worship.
Methodology
Methodology
Courage & Compassion Consulting offers facilitation, consultation, and coaching in community with organizations and social justice leaders to transform narratives, behaviors, strategies, and organizational structures.
Values
Values
Compassion - We must stand in solidarity with all who are impacted by oppression. We must take care of each other and ourselves.
Courage - We must build capacity to take informed risks and have uncomfortable conversations.
Trust - We must build critical connections rather than critical mass in order to sustain anti-oppressive work.
Accountability - We must name and repair harm. We must ensure that our work is accessible.
Sustainability - We must have results-driven goals and metrics in accordance with available resources and worker wellness.
Principal Consultant
Principal Consultant
J. Kyon (they/them) is a queer Burmese-Chinese organizer, Director of Community Engagement at the Michigan Transformation Collective, and Principal Consultant at Courage & Compassion Consulting LLC, focusing on racial and gender equity.
J. has been coaching and facilitating for 10 years, serving over 200 organizations. Previously, as the Director of Community Impact at YWCA Kalamazoo, they managed community education programs and workshops centered on Racial Equity, Health Equity, Human Trafficking, and Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault. They are currently serving as a co-chair on Stara's Board, an organization that provides infrastructural support to grassroots projects through operations, fiscal sponsorship, and professional development.
They have a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Public Policy and Urban Affairs from Kalamazoo College and a Masters degree in Urban Planning from USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. J. studied at the International Sustainable Development Studies Institute, researching indigenous farmers’ rights, tourism-centered urbanization, and seed sovereignty in Northern Thailand. While J. has had the privilege of learning in academic institutions, J. finds that the best teachers are community youth and elders in their life.
J.’s passion is working toward a world where our built environments serve everybody. They love cooking and beading presents for their loved ones. They are a proud New Yorker; however, you can find J. being harassed by their dogs in Kalamazoo, MI.
Dedication of Our Name
Dedication of Our Name
Courage & Compassion Consulting is named in honor of Guan Yin (觀音), a Buddhist Bodhisattva of mercy and compassion. Bodhisattvas, instead of entering paradise, devote themselves to improve the lives of other people on earth. Guan Yin often listens to peoples' needs and provides them with resources necessary for life (crops, improved health, protection) and takes any form in order to better spread their kindness and compassion; male or female, young or old, etc.
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