program manager | 2023-24
Black Parent Innovation Lab
Client Name: Parenting for Liberation
I served Parenting for Liberation as the program manager of the Black Parent Innovation Lab for their second cycle of Black Parent Innovation Fellows. This project/program management consulting role was a joyous experience that afforded me the privilege of supporting an amazing team and seven Black Parent Fellows working to strengthen their communities.
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Building Black Futures
Parenting for Liberation (P4L) is on a mission to is on a mission to support Black parents in healing from historical and ongoing trauma & interrupt intergenerational violence to build resilient and joyful Black families in community. The Black Parent Innovation Fund allowed P4L to provide wraparound support to 7 Black Parents in their respective journeys in honing new strategies to help their communities thrive. Fellows accepted into the program were each awarded $5,000 to ideate and bring these strategies to life.
My work focused on oversight and management of the logistical coordination of the Innovation Lab - including travel and lodging for in-person immersive labs, managing virtual meetings and related resources/materials for the Design Team and our Fellows.
Highlights include:
Facilitation of a successful selection process; review of applicants alongside a Selection Circle
Ensuring a white glove experience seeded in P4L values in the onboarding process for Fellows
Supporting facilitation team in the completion of 2 immersive Innovation Labs
Amplification of P4L’s amazing vision and mission for Black liberation.
