The Equity Lab supports education organizations in engaging with the issues of race and equity that are core to ensuring that every student has access to an equitable, high-quality education. We help individuals to develop a deep understanding of their own identity and the historical and cultural contexts in which we all operate, and we empower them to become agents of progress in their personal and professional spheres. We serve as an objective third party to our clients, providing honest guidance, ongoing partnership, and a safe, compassionate space to do what we know is serious, difficult, and deeply necessary work.


The Nexus Fellowship was designed in response to the overwhelming need for race, equity, diversity, and inclusion (REDI) in the learning profession. Leaders must have the courage and methodology to chart a new course, and the unwavering belief to pave that course. It is at the nexus of innovation, design, equity, and leadership that learning organizations will be nimble and flexible enough to respond to the demands of the 21st century.

The Nexus Fellowship experience engages participants and their host organizations in a deep personalized leadership journey based on their identities around three specific design challenges — challenges with people, challenges with processes, and challenges with programs. Participants will meet four times for weekly seminars. The fellowship experience includes individual coaching, a virtual learning community, and additional training modules and resources that will provide a deeply personalized experience.  

By completion, all certified Nexus Fellows:

Will possess a clear understanding of how issues of equity affect all aspects of American life

Will understand why issues must be viewed with an anti-oppression equity lens in order to be transformed at the individual, institutional, and structural levels

Will exhibit an increased understanding of structural transformation based on their leadership within their host organization

Will have demonstrable, exponential impact on their organization and those they serve, creating more inclusive and equity focused results

Organizations will:

  • Join a network of organizations that are committed to equity
  • Retain two expertly trained equity leaders in-house to support REDI efforts
  • Possess a comprehensive strategy aligned to organizational REDI goals
  • Significantly save on the costs of equity consultants and facilitators hired year after year

For a more detailed overview of the program, click here.

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