Facilitation — Sara Yukimoto-Saltman

I SUPPORT GROUPS THROUGH CONFLICT, CHANGE, AND TRANSFORMATION AND TOWARDS VISIONARY FUTURES.

FACILITATION OFFERINGS

Facilitation work is tailored to the specific needs of a group or organization, and may include one or many of the following offerings:

RETREAT FACILITATION

Retreat Facilitation is tailored to the group’s needs and goals. Often, this is supporting groups through challenging, necessary, and/or critical conversations. Through an array of facilitation tools and strategies, I design a structure and process that invites everyone to input their thoughts and opinions, and moves towards trustbuilding, collective investment, and the intended outcomes of the retreat.

ANTI-RACISM AND ANTI-OPPRESSION TRAININGS

Anti-oppression trainings engage your group in unpacking the ways that white supremacy culture and anti-Blackness persists in your organization. We will define language and frameworks, identify how these patterns show up in our work spaces, and work through scenarios on how we can disrupt them. Participants leave trainings with tangible and applicable tools to apply to their work.

VALUES-LED STRATEGIC PLANNING

Together, we will identify multiple key areas where gaps exist between values and practice and/or central questions a group may keep circling around but never has the time or capacity to answer. We will choose strategic priorities to focus on, and then create a plan to bring us a group in deeper alignment with their values. Through this process, we will build the muscle of democratic decision making and structuring organizations towards the world we imagine possible.

SKILLS-BASED WORKSHOPS

Skills-based workshops are engaging, interactive, and dialogue-based sessions that build participants’ skills in areas including group facilitation, giving and receiving feedback, and navigating conflict. Workshops are tailored to the specific area of growth your group is invested in skillbuilding around. Participants leave workshops with tangible and applicable tools to apply to their work.

THEORY OF CHANGE WORK

Through a series of facilitated workshops or a retreat, I support groups and organizations in creating a theory of change that underlies and guides their future work. Components of this facilitated process include articulating collective values and beliefs, and crafting vision and core strategies.

COACHING

I offer one-on-one coaching to resource individuals and leaders as an organization moves through change and transformation. Coaching is tailored to the specific goals of an individual, but can include topics like conflict coaching, unpacking privilege, articulating and applying values, and resilience building.

LEARN MORE

- Center for Craft
- Faith Action for Community Equity
- Ohio Partners Reproductive Coalition
- Our Justice
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- URGE: Uniting for Reproductive & Gender Equity
- The Wing Luke Museum
- Reproductive justice groups, organizations, and coalitions
- Volunteer-based collectives and groups
- Arts-based community spaces and organizations
- Worker owned-cooperatives and groups in the solidarity economy
- Youth-led, abolitionist groups and organizations
- Organizing groups and non-profits committed to anti-oppression work
Feel free to schedule a time to talk through your needs and hopes for facilitation

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TESTIMONIALS

“Sara is a natural facilitator. Working alongside her was imperative to my growth as an anti-racist educator. I often sought her advice and feedback for building content, creating activities and responding to participants in real time. Her work demonstrates how to create a learning environment that puts the onus on participants to make sense of the world as she guides them through the experience.”
- Brittanee Rolle, educator at Noble Network Schools in Chicago, IL
“This workshop was extraordinarily powerful. Naming White Supremacy Culture and having us unpack conflicts that were incredibly close to our actual issues is actually preparing us to be in those real conflicts and hold the new tools we learned as we move through it. I need so much more practice, but I am no longer petrified of conflict at work.”
- Staff Member at Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity (URGE)
“Sara provided our organization with the necessary tools to not only recognize, but also to disrupt the systemic racial oppression and injustices that our communities face. As an organization doing work in the context of Settler Colonialism and on Indigenous land, these conversations are important and can sometimes be uncomfortable. Sara's ability to facilitate difficult conversations so lovingly is very much appreciated. I highly recommend Sara to lead your next workshop on anti-racism and anti-oppression!”
- Community Organizer at Faith Action for Community Equity in Honolulu, HI
“Sara and So were both such warm and welcoming co-facilitators! They truly did a great job creating a wonderful, comprehensive workshop. I was impressed by the delivery as I learned a lot and felt it was a really valuable learning experience. I appreciated the historical context around model minority myth and connections made to white supremacy culture. I highly recommend this workshop as I found it to be one of the best trainings/workshops I have been to!”
- Workshop Participant in Dismantling White Supremacy: For Asian and Asian American Educators workshop

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COACHING OFFERINGS

Coaching is a collaborative process to reflect and receive support to actualize a meaningful, liberated life for oneself and ones communities.

I offer both individual and organizational coaching.

Individual coaching is an opportunity for clients to receive support in building out their frameworks and application of liberatory and anti-oppressive values. My approach to coaching is rooted in a strong understanding of systems of oppression, as I seek to support each person to become agents of change within their particular spheres of influence. I have experience working with clients on topics including conflict, direct communication, feedback skills, identity exploration, resilience, and interrupting systems of oppression in the workplace. As a coach, through active listening, strategic questions and activities, and compassionate accountability, I aim to create a warm and supportive environment that fosters resilience, growth, and transformation.
Organizational coaching is an investment in the ongoing well-being and growth of a group or organization. As an organizational coach, I provide external, one-on-one support for individuals within an organization. Organizational coaching is tailored to group’s collective area of focus and/or growth, which may include strengthening anti-oppression frameworks, skillbuilding around conflict, or addressing pain points within working relationships. Organizational coaching resources an entire group of people moving towards actualizing shared visions together.

COACHING TESTIMONIES

“COMPASSIONATE AND THOUGHTFUL COACH”

“Sara’s integrity and commitment to social justice is a through line in all of her work. As a coach, she is compassionate, thoughtful, and genuinely invested in empowering people to explore their potential. Her empathy provides an essential balance of care and accountability around areas of growth.”

- Coaching client

“HELPED ME CREATE PATHWAYS FORWARD”

“Being coached by Sara has been a transformative experience. She balances kindness, commitment and ease in our sessions, and has helped me find clarity in my values and create pathways forward in my life that bring me in greater alignment with those values. Sara is so talented at careful listening and asking questions that move me towards greater understanding of myself, and I always leave our sessions feeling energized. I cannot recommend coaching from Sara enough!”

-Coaching client

“WARM, INVITING ENGAGEMENT STYLE”

“Sara’s warm, inviting engagement style offers a soft place for people to arrive and land. I felt able and encouraged to open up without fear of judgment. She is truly skilled at building a caring environment, even in a virtual setting.”

- Coaching client

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