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Our Values

What drives us

Catalyzing  agency. Every problem has a solution. We believe that consulting partnerships should leverage and advance the expertise you already have to unlock the power of the most transformative results.

A personalized approach to process design. We  know that models only work if they are adaptable.  For that reason, we believe in designing custom and intentional processes to cultivate the best ideas. 

Building inclusive narratives. We are experts at facilitating authentic conversations and transforming conflict to help our clients acknowledge and address what’s standing in your way. 

Building a bigger table. We believe that any successful consultancy starts with collaboration. Top-down approaches keep people down and produce less creative and less effective results. 

Celebrating strengths. We believe that to grow, we don’t need to know just what we’re doing wrong, but what we’re doing well. Our goal is always to recognize strengths, so that we can build from that positive foundation and create more successes worth celebrating.

Advancing justice. Advancing Agency believes that justice is not optional—it’s foundational. It must manifest in our daily conversations, practices, and policies. Otherwise, we are standing in the way of our collective success.

Advancing Agency was founded by people who identify as women, people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ+, and refugees. We are also one of the world’s few refugee-owned, refugee-led and refugee supporting social impact consulting collaboratives.

We  bring not only professional expertise, but also lived experience to comprehensively grasp the entire cycle of movements for the public good. This uniquely positions us to be a strategic partner to people and organizations in their endeavors to create lasting legacies of meaningful change. 

Our commitment to communities that have been marginalized is reflected in our work, which is focused on partnering with everyone to create a better and more equitable world.

How we put it into practice