THEYFRIEND Focus Group 2
Wednesday, April 29, 3:30 - 5PM
Virtual via Zoom
$50 honorarium for first 10 registrants
About the Event
Diamond Wave is gathering community input to shape our future! Join us for a focus group to share your thoughts on our work. We’ll start with a general discussion about the organization, and then focus on either our flagship program, THEYFRIEND (4/10, 4/29), or our consulting services (4/16, 5/1).
We hope to recruit at least 10 people per focus group, and are offering $50 honorariums for the first 10 people to register for each focus group. Payment information will be collected at the end of the focus group and be paid electronically via Venmo.
Sign up now to help guide our strategic planning!
All sessions will be conducted online via Zoom, with a strong preference for all participants to be on camera.
Auto-generated closed captions will be provided. If you have any access needs or requests, please email sarah@diamond-wave.org and we will do our best to accommodate you!
More about Diamond Wave’s Strategic Planning Process: Conducted by Aimee Espiritu of Espiritu Consulting and Diamond Wave advisors and artists, these focus groups are critical to support the growth of our organization. These sessions will be transcribed for internal purposes and notetaking will focus on identifying larger themes for the organization (rather than perspectives attributed to specific participants).
About the Facilitator
Aimee looks at the camera smiling. She has short black hair, is wearing a patterned shirt and is standing in front of brown wood panels.
Aimee Espiritu, M. Ed. launched Espiritu Consulting in October 2017 based on 14 years of previous management experience in the non-profit arts and public education sectors. It is Aimee's calling to combine methodologies from her Industrial Design training and her drive to use creativity as a tool for re-imagining how organizations and people can enhance their social impact. Guided by the purpose of each client's work, she is able to authentically practice both passions in analog and digital realms.
Aimee has led strategic planning processes and partnership-building efforts for non-profit organizations, school districts, museums, foundations and government institutions. Aimee’s consulting is informed by her experience as a Secondary classroom teacher, art/design educator, workshop facilitator and most recently as the Organizational Consultant for SOMA Pilipinas Cultural District in San Francisco and the Racial Equity for the Arts Working Group convened by SF Human Rights Commission and the Office of Racial Equity to develop the group’s Governance structures.
She holds both a Masters in Education (Urban Education, Curriculum and Instruction) and a Secondary Education Teaching Credential from Holy Names University. Aimee obtained her Bachelor in Fine Arts in Industrial Design from the University of Washington.