VIRTUAL TRAINING:

Unpacking Power & Privilege

Registration fee: $99/participant

Join us for a one-hour virtual, interactive training designed to help participants understand power and privilege and the role they play in our day-to-day work.

  • Date: August 20, 2025

    Duration: One hour

    Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  EST

  • The training is entirely virtual.

  • $99 per participant

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This training will rely on a combination of activities, including:

  • Guided instruction

  • Facilitated individual exercises

  • Group dialogue

  • Personal reflection

At the of this training, attendees will be able to: 

  • Define power and privilege 

  • Reflect on one’s own position and experiences in relation to power and privilege

  • Identify examples of personal and systemic privilege in everyday contexts.

  • Illustrate how privilege can shape access, opportunity, and influence.

Attendees will receive a follow up email with a tool to help understand how to mitigate the impacts of power and privilege in their work, as well as resources and next steps to continue their learning journey 

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Meet your training leaders:

QUINN PARKER

Quinn Parker is the Founder and CEO of Encolor, a strategic consulting firm dedicated to helping its clients to operationalize equity. Quinn is responsible for the growth of Encolor. She specializes in helping clients develop actionable equity frameworks with metrics and indicators to measure their impact.

Quinn has over 16 years of professional experience in regulatory finance and analytics, program research, design, implementation, and strategic planning. She is also an experienced trainer and facilitator who has delivered workshops and keynotes virtually and in person around the country.

Quinn is a Certified Diversity Professional, a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and a qualified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory. Quinn holds a master’s degree in business administration from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University.

RACHEL DORTIN

Rachel Dortin is the Director of Community Organizing & Ownership for The Shared Space Project, where she leads community-based participatory research projects and delivers workshops on stakeholder engagement, power sharing, and co-creation with communities. Bringing over a decade of experience crossing industries, including higher education, climate, and energy, Rachel melds a variety of perspectives to help ensure that people are able to claim their rightful seats at tables where decisions are being made about them.

Rachel sits on the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee. Rachel holds a Ph.D. from Wayne State University, where she developed a community-based research methodology to assess relationships between universities and community-based organizations. She also holds a master’s degree from the University of Findlay and a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University.

Want to bring a training like this to your organization?

We would love to work with you to create a training tailored to your needs. We also run trainings on:

  • Inclusive facilitation

  • Asset framing

  • Community engagement

  • Community ownership

  • Power sharing

  • Having tough conversations

  • And more!