Use the principles of empathy interviewing to inform project planning and strengthen relationships with peers and collaborators.

• Design and conduct project and landscape interviews with nonprofit partners and stakeholders.

• Practice presence and active listening in conversation with peers in your cohort.

Build self-awareness about your values, purpose, and the nuances that accompany your privilege and position in society.

• Practice talking about complex relationships to privilege with nuance and generosity.

• Share your story and hear others’ while exploring how your values have informed your path.

Discover (or refresh) an understanding of systems thinking and how it applies to social justice work.

• Investigate how your nonprofit partner interacts with systems through a guided gap analysis.

• Explore your personal history and relationship to the systems that shape inequality in our society.