Building a community
of trusted facilitators
Brave Sis Project is growing beyond a solopreneur effort. We are actively building a community of practitioners, educators, and community leaders to train in the SAIN et SAUF methodology and bring this work into organizations, classrooms, and coalitions. If you are a facilitator interested in bringing Brave Sis Project methodology into your work, reach out.
The Solidarity Lab Facilitator's Academy
Brave Sis Project Solidarity Lab is moving from a single-founder methodology into a network of certified facilitators and partner organizations. The Academy is a recasting of equity praxis for a post-DEI age—not the performative, checkbox-driven model, and not the harsher “you’ve done wrong” approach that left so many people burned out on anti-racist work. It’s a deeper practice of equity, solidarity, and unity: historical, relational, embodied, and accountable.
At the center of the Academy is SAIN et SAUF—a Sustainable, Authentic, Inclusive, Nurturing Solidarity and Unity Framework built across 11 lessons, from the Allyship Continuum and the Privilege Staircase which covers human response, power, privilege, monoculture and whiteness, microaggressions, embodied trauma, white savoirism, repair, accountability, history and a lot more. Facilitators will be certified to bring this material in real client and community spaces, not just to instruct around concepts.
The Inaugural Cohort
Planned for 2027, our inaugural cohort will convene 5-7 experienced practitioners (including our founder) from across the equity and movement-building landscape to co-create, stress-test, and refine the curriculum in real time. We’ve already identified three of our seven initial cohort participants, and we’re eager to welcome the rest.
This isn’t a passive training. Cohort members lead teach-backs, give feedback on clarity, pacing, and safety, and contribute the examples, language, and lived experience that make the curriculum usable across communities and contexts.
Each member will receive a $5,000 stipend for roughly 40–50 hours of work across 10 weeks, and will become certified as a Brave Sis Project Solidarity Lab Facilitator — equipped and licensed to carry this history-anchored, practice-oriented model into their own organizations, consulting practices, and communities.
Help us launch the Academy
We are currently raising $100,000 to launch the Initial Design Cohort, invest in curriculum and platform development, and bring on fractional operational support. This round also underwrites the design and testing of the full 11-lesson framework and consolidates our brand, our digital ladder of offerings, and our community platforms for the long haul.
As we close this first round and assemble the cohort, we’re welcoming values-aligned funders, advisors, and early partner organizations who see the need for a post-DEI, solidarity-centered approach and are ready to help seed what comes next.