2024 Equity-Embedded Change Management™ Cohort Application

We are excited by your interest in the 2025 Equity-Embedded Change Management (EECM)™ Cohort led by Sheryl Petty, Ed.D., CEO & Founder of Movement Tapestries, based on core concepts presented in her publication A Change Management & Deep Equity Primer: The What, Why, How & Nuance, and supported by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO).

We invite you to complete this application if you:

Are a seasoned equity practitioner;
Operate within and/or outside of grantmaking institutions - this opportunity is open to the GEO community (both members and nonmembers), independent consultants and individuals;
Are responsible for leading or are a key influencer of systems change within your organizations, communities, with clients, and/or in other spaces you practice in;
Have baseline organizational development and/or change management understanding and experience;
Have awareness of both personal and systems stuck areas;
Have readiness for or already incorporate energetic and other dimensions of inner work as part of your systems practice;
Desire to expand your network of deep equity and systems change capacity builders.

*Those who participated in the 2024 EECM™ Cohort will need to describe a specific project or body of work they would use the 2025 Cohort experience to help advance.

Please note that the EECM™ Cohort is designed for one participant from each organization/consultancy/group, but we are open to having up to three participants from one entity if all fit the criteria above and work together closely on equity and change management efforts.

Applicants must be able to commit to the following:

Participation in six sessions:

The opening session will be held over three days from Monday, May 19 to Wednesday, May 21 in Washington, DC
- Monday, May 19th, 1-5pm ET (required for new Cohort participants, optional for those who participated in the 2024 Cohort).
- Tuesday, May 20th, 9:30am-5pm ET (optional breakfast at 8:30am ET, lunch onsite), plus a Cohort dinner afterward.
- Wednesday, May 21st, 9:30am-4:30pm ET (optional breakfast at 8:30am ET, lunch onsite).
Second, third, fourth and fifth sessions will be 3-hour virtual sessions from 1pm - 4pm ET on:
- Wednesday, June 11
- Tuesday, July 1
- Wednesday, September 17
- Wednesday, October 15
An in-person closing session will be held over two days from Wednesday, November 5 to Thursday, November 6 (location to be confirmed)
- Wednesday, November 5th, 9:30am-5pm (optional breakfast at 8:30am, lunch onsite), plus a Cohort dinner afterward.
- Thursday, November 6th, 9:30am-4:30pm (optional breakfast at 8:30am, lunch onsite).

Two individualzed coaching sessions with Sheryl Petty between the opening (May 19, 2025) and closing (November 5, 2025) sessions:

You and Sheryl will determine the virtual times and dates of these two, 60-minute coaching sessions. There will be a coaching link provided for you to schedule your times.

Full participation in activities between sessions, including:

Learning Partner work:
- Upon acceptance to the program, participants will be designated a fellow Cohort participant as a Learning Partner.
- You will schedule and meet virtually several times during the Cohort period.
- Participants will receive suggested guidelines to support how you structure these meetings, including frequency.
Cohort session prework and postwork with reflection prompts:
- Assigned readings from Dr. Sheryl Petty's A Change Management & Deep Equity Primer: The What, Why, How & Nuance, and potentially other publications;
- Listening to select podcasts from The Spiritual & Energetic Dimensions of Equity-Embedded Systems Change (SED-EESC)™
- Preparation of a final capstone, the focus of which you will identify during the Cohort and refine with support from your coaching sessions and Learning Partner.

Program fee:

For applicants that are from organizations that are GEO members: $4,000
For applicants from organizations that are non-members: $5,000
For applicants applying as individuals or independent consultants: $2,000

The application period will close at 11:59pm PST on Friday, March 28, 2025. You can save and resume your application at any time by clicking "Save and Continue Later" at the bottom of the form. Applicants can expect a response starting the week of April 7, 2025.

If you require accessibility assistance or have questions about the application process, contact Andrea Tacconi at andrea@geofunders.org

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1) FOR NEW APPLICANTS: Please tell us who you are in this world and work, including why you are drawn to the EECM™ Cohort at this time. (Copied and pasted professional bios discouraged.) *FOR 2024 PARTICIPANTS: Please share why you are interested in returning and describe the specific project(s) or body of work the 2025 Cohort will help you advance.*

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2) FOR NEW APPLICANTS: Please describe your experience with change management and/or organizational development. In your response, please share how you think about broader systems, deep equity and institutional functioning as part of your practice. *FOR 2024 PARTICIPANTS: Please describe the impact of the last Cohort on your work, practice and understanding of systems change, equity and institutional functioning.*

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3) FOR NEW APPLICANTS: What systems areas and/or personal edge questions would you bring to the Cohort? *FOR 2024 PARTICIPANTS: Please describe the questions you would focus on this time around and how they might advance your work and practice.*

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4) FOR NEW APPLICANTS: In what ways does your practice involve inner work and/or energetic aspects? If it does not currently, please share about your interest and readiness for this type of work in connection to equity and systems change. *FOR 2024 PARTICIPANTS: Please describe how your inner work/energetic practice has changed since the last Cohort, and how you hope participation this time will help deepen or advance it.*

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5) What responsibility and authority do you have to advance systems change at your organization, with clients, in communities, systems and/or the spaces/contexts in which you practice? *

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(6) One objective of the EECM™ Cohort is to cultivate a broader field of equity-embedded systems change (EESC™) capacity builders. Please share about any communities or networks of change management or deep equity that you currently belong to, as well as your interest in becoming part of a potential future network of deep equity practitioners and facilitators. (optional) *FOR 2024 PARTICIPANTS: How might you like to support and/or be involved in cultivation of an EECM™ alumni network?

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(7a) Are you applying as a member of team (of no more than three)?*

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(7b) If you answered yes to the question above, please list your teammates here. Please note that each team member must complete an application. (If you answered no, please reply with N/A.)*

Please indicate your availability to participate in the Cohort sessions, both virtual and in-person.*

Monday, May 19 - Wednesday, May 21 in person at GEO in Washington, DCWednesday, June 11 virtually from 1-4pm ETTuesday, July 1 virtually from 1-4pm ETWednesday, September 17 virtually from 1-4pm ETWednesday, October 15 virtually from 1-4pm ETWednesday, November 5 - Thursday, November 6 in person at location TBD

If you'd like to include additional information about your availability, please do so here.

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For organizations that are GEO members: $4,000
For organizations that are non-members: $5,000
For individuals/independent consultants: $2,000

Are you a GEO member? Please note that GEO membership is NOT required nor will your eligibility be determined by your organization's membership status.

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If accepted into the Cohort, we will use your answers above to send you an invoice for the correct program fee. Please share the contact information for the person responsible for submitting payment.*

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As needed, please indicate the amount of your scholarship request. If you or your organization is able to afford the full cost of this program, please reply N/A.*

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We appreciate and depend on organizations and individuals who donate beyond the program fee to support our scholarship fund to make this program more accessible. At the time of program fee payment in April-May 2025, would you like to donate to the scholarship fund?*

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If you answered yes to the question above, please indicate the amount you would like to donate to the scholarship fund. Reply N/A if not applicable to you or your organization.*

Please let us know how you learned about the EECM™ Cohort.

GEO is a learning organization - we welcome any feedback you'd like to share from your experience in this application process.

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