Case Study

Growing Home

From Workshops to Action – How Growing Home Is Embedding Equity

Project Snapshot

Growing home is actually a Denver Metro area nonprofit providing resources to the local community around food, housing, parenting education and more.

Scope:

DEI and organizational culture workshops, leadership coaching, and culture committee consultation

Timeline:

6-month engagement

Key Outcomes:

Delivered 4 all-staff DEI learning workshops
Supported formation of culture committees and leadership alignment
Sparked sustainable practices to embed equity and belonging into onboarding, communication, and decision-making

Challenges

Growing Home’s mission is to partner with community to advance access to food, housing, parenting education, and lifelong stability to create lasting change for the future. As their team and impact expanded, leadership recognized the need to cultivate deeper trust, navigate internal power dynamics, and strengthen their shared language around inclusion, communication, and systemic oppression.

They partnered with Radical Impact Consulting to create a foundation for long-term cultural transformation—one that aligned with their values, supported their staff’s growth, and deepened the connection between their internal practices and their external mission.

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Our Approach

Our approach centered on curiosity, cultural humility, and responsiveness—allowing us to adapt in real time to the needs and energy of the team.

All-Staff DEI Workshops
Facilitated four interactive workshops for the entire staff on:

Emotional and cultural intelligence
Forms of power and systems of oppression
Stages of group development and team dynamics
Building cultures of accountability and trust

Leadership & Culture Committee Coaching

Supported the formation and development of internal culture committees
Coached the leadership team through practical tools to name and address communication breakdowns, power tensions, and role clarity
Identified next steps for sustaining healthy relationships and embodying values in practice

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Impact & Outcomes

A Renewed Commitment to Justice

“I’ve been thinking about how our participants are impacted by different sources of oppression and how Growing Home can play a role in shining a light on the oppression and helping to alleviate it with our programs and with advocacy work.”
A Shared Foundation for Equity Work

“We have built a stronger foundational language and understanding across the organization.”
Increased Vulnerability & Trust Across Teams

“One of my most impactful takeaways was working and communicating with my peers in a more vulnerable way and really seeing how passionate and committed they are about making everyone feel like they belong and are accepted.”
Sustainable Systems for the Future

“We are building this content into future onboarding processes to ensure that we continue to build this culture and expectation with future employees.”