Guide to Cultivating Brave Spaces

The “Guide to Cultivating Brave Spaces" provides guidance on creating team environments rooted in honesty and accountability.

There has been a lot of conversation about safe spaces, which prioritize comfort and support. There is absolutely a need for safe spaces, but we also need to consider brave spaces. As allies, we need to consider how we can create brave spaces by modeling how to have difficult conversations and fostering an environment that encourages such dialogue.

This advice applies to work, personal relationships, and community building, regardless of your role in those spaces.

This downloadable includes (1) 30-page PDF, including guidance for cultivating brave spaces, having difficult conversations, and being an active bystander, plus journal prompts to prepare for difficult conversations.

In our commitment to equity, this is a "pay what you can" resource with a minimum cost of $20. ALK Consulting encourages you to consider your personal and organizational position of privilege when making a payment. When an organization invests, they are supporting other organizations, especially those which as working to dismantle and disrupt systems of privilege, to thrive.