On The Right Mind

Visual facilitation & accompaniment | Strategic illustration

We are committed to helping create a better world by fostering understanding & connection:

to ourselves & our ideas, to others and their ideas and to the larger whole.

Beyond style & aesthetics, the value of our work rests on our deeply relational & strategic process.

We hold our partners work as critically important to build a sustainable, equitable and liberated world. Thus, we aim to create valuable visual tools that can effectively respond to a strategic need in compelling & accessible ways.

That's why our work is centered in building collaborative relationships with the people we partner with. Anchoring in process allows us be a strategic thought partner in ways that are supportive and clarifying, and it help us develop visuals that will move the work forward.

We invite you to think of us visual strategists!

Services

Strategic illustration from virtual meetings

Our virtual engagements go beyond visualizing what is said in meetings. Our goal is to make something useful beyond the moment that can serve as an anchor and reference for further exploration and conversation.

We combine the grounded & focused listening of graphic recording during the meeting with the deeper sense-making approach of strategic illustration post-meeting to transform conversations into meaningful visual tools.

On-site graphic facilitation & visual support

Our on-site graphic facilitation engagements are centered in supporting learning, connection and collective sense-making.

As such we seek to partner as co-facilitator to the design team and the "front of the room" facilitator(s). Here's why:

Our position as a "focused listening witness" gives us a different vantage point to be able to offer valuable insights that can support the adaptive nature of the agenda.
It helps us identify the best visual tools to support each of the agreed upon sessions and the gathering at-large. Ex: graphic recording, participatory templates, models, etc... (not all visuals are created equal (wink!))
It allows us to fine-tune our listening to not just capture what is said, but to distill & reflect what is needed to be seen to support both the front of the room facilitation and the group's journey.

Strategic illustration & accompaniment

This can take many forms depending on our partner's needs & dreams. From bringing to life a strategic plan that is already clear and articulated, to accompanying our partners through a process, where visuals are not just an output, but an integral part of the deepening and clarifying process. We bring our experience in visual thinking, coaching, strategic communications & deep listening to our collaboration to support you in the best way possible.

We are always happy to share more about this! Ask us.

Strategic plans

& theories of change

Toolkits, reports

& workbooks

Strategic models

Making complex information [ideas, content] clear & accessible

Translation Services

We believe in language accessibility and on de-centering English as the preferred language as one of the many vehicles of inclusion and transformation. As such we support language justice efforts in ways that we can.

We are able to provide visual support in Spanish and English. With the aid of language justice interpreters and translators, we can provide visuals in other languages that can be edited in post-production.

Please note that additional fees may be to hire the support of translators/ interpreters into other languages.

Amazing people we've had the opportunity to be in partnership with

AAPI Force

ACLU

Advance Native Political Leadership

Auburn Seminary

Arcus Foundation

California Immigrant Policy Center

Center for Action and Contemplation

Center for Survivor Agency & Justice

CIVITAS Public Affairs

CLIMA Fund

Coalition for Women Prisoners

Co-Lab Collective LLC

Collective Future Fund

Columbia University

Department of Health NYC

Department of Education NYC

Donors of Color Network

Feminist Dream Space

FIMI

Gender Funder Co_lab

Girls for Gender Equity

Global Alliance for Green & Gender Action

Global Greengrants Fund.

Grantmakers for Girls of Color

Hass Jr. Foundation

Health Gap

HRFN

Irvin Harris Foundation

Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

Leadership Learning Community

Madre

MamaCash

Malala Fund

Move to End Violence Program

Narrative Initiative

National Resource on Domestic Violence

National Sexual Violence Resource Center

Novo Foundation

Open Society Foundation

Parenting for Liberation

Perigee Fund

Prospera - INWF

Shelterwood collective

State Innovation Exchange

Resilience Initiative

Rockwood Leadership

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Sokka Gakkai International

The Leaders Trust

Thousand Currents

United Nations

Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism

Weissberg Foundation

Snippets of what they say about working with us

"Claudia is unique for the deep commitment to and knowledge of justice movements she brings to the work. Claudia is a true partner in all aspects of the creative and development process. When I work with her I feel like I have another justice partner, someone eager to make the intersection of art and social change come to life in the experience of grassroots folks. Claudia listens and contributes to the process with compassion, depth and wisdom. She is the BEST!"

-Lisa Anderson, Soujourner Truth Leadership Circle, Auburn Seminary

"My experience working with Claudia was incredible. Not only was she patient and understanding as timelines and needs shifted, but she was also a great thought partner. Throughout this process, she has gone out of her way to really deeply understand the content, so that it's visualization captures the nuances of the written content. She was helpful and shared her own insights, in terms of what might be more / less accessible, how to break up content, etc."

-Sandhya Nadadur, California Immigrant Policy Center

"Claudia is a gifted artist, healer, facilitator, and spirit worker all in one. Whether she is speaking or not she contributes powerfully to any facilitation team. In fact, she has gently helped us figure out what is needed in a room--and what might be useful from the facilitation team on multiple occasions. When working with other graphic facilitators, it can feel like they are off to the side providing visual documentation of what is being said. It has sometimes taken a fair amount of work to get the documentation into the context that is needed for new things to be possible. Claudia is tapped into the very spirit of what is going on. Her art instantly pulls people up to their best, most inspired selves. She helps communicate and move the energy, ideas, and essence of what is happening--often without saying a word. Claudia is more than a facilitator or someone who documents. She brings a wholeness to any project. "

-Ed Heisler, Men as Peace Makers

About us

On The Right Mind is a women of color owned small business that provides Graphic Recording and Strategic Illustration to organizations and movements working towards social justice and creating a world where we all thrive.

We center building collaborative relationships with our clients where we can provide thought partnership, a supportive visual experience and a valuable visual output.

Grounded in values of : creativity, wholeheartedness & generosity and partnership, our goal is that people feel heard and seen through our work. Visualizing their truths and experiences to help reveal the group's collective wisdom in ways that foster imagination, clarity, connection and understanding that can help them move towards meaningful change.

Oaxaca, Mexico. | Brooklyn, NY

Claudia Lopez | Principal. Visual Strategist and Visual Facilitator

Claudia is a bilingual (English & Spanish) visual strategist & facilitator for movements & organizations working towards a world where we all thrive.

She has supported social justice and feminist movements that work at the intersections of race, gender and anti-violence and climate in the USA & globally for the past 10 years. Her work is rooted in liberatory practice and the belief that understanding and belonging are essential to creating a better world.

Born and raised from Mexico, she calls Oaxaca, Mexico & Brooklyn, NY home.

Adriana Contreras | Visual Facilitator & illustrator

Adriana is an interdisciplinary Artist, bilingual Graphic Facilitator and Illustrator(English and Spanish).

Artistic expression has always been a central part of her life and became an essential tool for navigating the world as a first-generation immigrant. Her migration journey profoundly informs her work and commitment to social justice at a local and global level.

She holds her role as a visual practitioner as one that witnesses, listens deeply, gathers information, connects ideas and tells stories.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, living respect and gratitude on the traditional unceded territory of theMusqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, Vancouver, Canada.