“Our liberation is bound together.”
- Aboriginal Activists Group from Queensland (1970s)
Andrea and her friend/colleague/comrade, Jerad Green, wrote an article about their emerging concept called Psychological Agency. We define Psychological Agency as the ability for us
to decide how much of ourselves we bring to work, when we do it, who gets to experience our whole selves, and to what degree. Having the choice to decide how we operate within the system gives us the opportunity to reclaim our power.
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Andrea Pérez-Maikkula (she/her/ella)
is a multilingual DEI practitioner with eighteen years of experience in intercultural facilitation, community engagement, and international community development, particularly in Haiti, where she focused her work on ecological sanitation.
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, she currently serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) at a State of Minnesota agency, is the Champion for the Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color (BIWOC) Employee Resource Group (ERG) enterprise-wide, and was appointed by Governor Walz to the One Minnesota Council on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. Andrea also serves as the Chair of the Human Rights Commission at the City of Brooklyn Park.
We enjoy working with different groups and organizations ranging from
one-time engagements to long-term transformational work.
Trainings & Keynotes
We offer a wide variety of trainings, workshops, and keynote presentations. Let’s chat about your needs and ideas to bring about meaningful change at the individual and institutional levels.
Intercultural Competence
We use the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) to assess individual and organizational’s intercultural competence. We discuss a development plan with actionable steps to increase our understanding.
Group Facilitation & Book Discussions
We can design a one-time or multiple-session facilitation based on different themes or issues of interest. We also prepare guided questions and reflections to follow-along with the book discussion.
Ready to work together
toward justice and liberation?
We invite you to contact us via email to discuss the details of your inquiry.