Intersectionality: Power & Culture Change at Work

Course 2 of the Racial Equity & Belonging Leadership Foundations Series

Course Summary

Purpose: To recognize how our positions of privilege can perpetuate inequities at work and develop leadership skills through guiding equity and belonging principles and practices that support transformational organizational culture change.

Audience: All-Staff, with emphasis for leadership and teams seeking to put concepts into application

Format: Course #2 of 4 of self-paced digital course series: "Racial Equity & Belonging Leadership Foundations"


Identify traits of inequitable workplace culture and how patterns from a culture of dominance perpetuate exclusion

Recognize social privilege dynamics and understand how systemic advantages can perpetuate inequitable outcomes in professional settings

Become better equipped to build belonging in work environments for the full spectrum of identities people hold by developing intersectionality awareness and responsiveness

Apply the Intersectional Anti-Racist Organizational Development Continuum tool to help assess your organization's current stage

Practice mindful engagement techniques for emotional self-regulation and navigating difficult conversations

Learn equity and belonging principles for leadership development and organizational culture change

Course Curriculum

Course Author

Nathan Baptiste

Mindful Leadership Development Guide

As a certified mindfulness meditation instructor and team development specialist for equity and belonging, I guide leaders, professionals, and care-takers who are dedicated to serving others to cultivate mindfulness skills that reduce stress, strengthen connection, and build individual and collective wellness.

Drawing from 25 years of practice, I've developed a framework - called the C.A.L.M. Approach - that helps to make mindfulness accessible and practical to slow down from the chaotic pace of busy professionals to act with greater calm, clarity, and connection. The emphasis is on compassion—especially self-compassion—as a key ingredient for sustainable wellbeing.

My purpose is to support leaders, caretakers, and change-makers who give so much of themselves to others, in order to find balance and renewal through mindfulness practices that benefit both individual and collective wellness.

     Testimonial

    Nathan embodies leadership by expertly leading difficult conversations involving multi-issue, multi-party trainings.   As someone who studied facilitation and negotiation in multicultural settings and used these skills, I can personally attest that this training is vital in the knowledge it provides and practical for the skills you will develop to increase your performance and inner peace.    For approximately 10 years, I have been involved with anti-racist work, advocating for diversity, and working with youth. In this span I have attended countless trainings for leadership, skills development, and others. Nathan's training stands out because his approach has a cadence that allows one to learn and grow in a group training.    This training impacted me in such a way to embody the values of DEBI and to be intentional of how I communicate and operate through this lens. I believe this training is valuable for professionals who are serious about doing DEBI systems work by leaning into intrapersonal and interpersonal reflective practices, in addition to small group communications and organizational operations."
      [Live series participant: REDI Foundations, 2025]

    Course Pricing

    Course 2 Professional Plan - Individual

    $297 USD

    • Course 2 of Equity & Belonging Leadership Foundations Series

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    Course 2 2025 OYCR Plan

    Free

    • Course 2 free of cost to OYCR Employees (limit 25)

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