Sheila Robinson

I am Matteah Spencer Reppart, visionary leader and principal consultant with Proponents LLC.  Connected to my evaluation practice, I engage in work related to values orientations, systems and structures, and creating conditions for greater insight and awareness. As a white person embarking on the never-ending journey of unraveling myself from white-supremacy, I recognize five pivotal …

white antiracism & racial healing: the journey is long by Matteah Spencer Reppart Read More »

I am Martha Brown, president of RJAE Consulting. I participated in the White Fragility book club last year to change, heal, and learn new ways of being and working. I’ve been working on projects that involve qualitative data analysis of open-ended survey questions. I recalled what Donna Mertens taught me – that evaluation should transform …

white antiracism & racial healing: picking up the mic: using my white privilege to elevate voices of people of color by Martha Brown Read More »

Hello, my name is Lenka Berkowitz (she/her) and I’m an internal evaluator for Episcopal Community Services, a nonprofit organization that aims at challenging and reducing intergenerational poverty in the Philadelphia area. I met Libby Smith (she/they) through a book club exploring anti-racist works and her breathwork practice.  Libby created a community called Being Human At …

white antiracism & racial healing: racial healing in community by Lenka Berkowitz & Libby Smith Read More »

Hello fellow humans. My name is Anna Martin (she/her). I am an Evaluator, Social Worker, Facilitator, Complexity Coach, curious mischief maker and co-founder of Picture Impact . For this post you should also know I am a white American, cis-, heterosexual woman and mother. Choosing something different Over years of evaluation practice I have naturally …

white antiracism & racial healing: the temptation to quit by Anna Martin Read More »

Hi! My name is Elizabeth Grim (she/her). I am an evaluation consultant helping organizations tell their story through data. I am also President Elect of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society. What does my antiracist journey look like? When I was asked to contribute to this week, I wasn’t sure I was the right person to …

white antiracism & racial healing: moving from learning to integration and action by Elizabeth Grim Read More »

Hello! We are Maddy Frey (she/her) and Libby Smith (she/they), two evaluators who discovered our shared commitment to racial justice through a book club  focused on anti-racist evaluation work in early 2020 led by Libby and Rita Fierro. This post is written for white evaluators, knowing that people who hold power based on many socially …

white antiracism & racial healing: how do we use our power/privilege to transform our field? by Libby Smith & Maddy Frey Read More »

I’m Rita Sinorita Fierro, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Fierro Consulting, LLC. We specialize in bridging organizational development, community engagement, and program evaluation that builds collective power through radical love, healing, and future-forming practices.  Racial healing is an ongoing journey. I think of it as a bridge that requires building both the pillars and the …

white antiracism & racial healing: turning the pointing finger around: white supremacy in me by Rita Sinorita Fierro Read More »