• TU COP info
• FAQs
• Enrollment Application Open May 1 – July 30
• Early bird pricing and payment ends June 30th.
• Regular pricing payment due in total by September 4th.

We will hold several separate COP groups with no more than 25-30 people. The dates are as follows and in Pacific Time:

• Each monthly COP will be 2 hours, virtual, and recorded for those who cannot attend.
• We’ll also hold monthly Office Hours for optional drop in. 
• *Our first session, in September, will be three hours long with a focus on relationship-building, breakouts and practice. Getting to know each other and the amazing leaders and practitioners helps ground us in community!
• *The fourth session, in January, will be two and a half hours long with a focus on stages 4 & 5: assessing structures and systems and developing targeted strategies.

Co-creation is fundamental to Targeted Universalism. Below are the elements of the COP, the content and format of which will be responsive to group feedback and need. Co-creation at work!

• Co-facilitated monthly 2 hours virtual COP sessions for 7 months–live
• One hour-long Open Office Hour session a month (optional)
• Support materials, including reading, podcasts or video on a shared Google Drive 
• One 30- to 60-minute coaching session for each person (optional)

Yes, the recorded sessions and office hours will be available to the cohort through the Zoom cloud and for the duration of your COP. They will not be posted anywhere on a public site.

The TU COP is designed to support the implementation of TU in order to address structural and systemic inequities while also advancing an affirmative vision and practice of belonging. We’ll work together to achieve this in the following ways:

• Develop a working knowledge of the TU stages
• Strengthen understanding of the application of TU at organizations both internally- (DEI, equity) and externally-focused (mission, projects, programs)
• Hear and discuss real-time case studies that explore the challenges and opportunities among those applying TU
• Foster dialogue and relationship-building to share wisdom and experience among community members 
• Understand Belonging and Bridging as interrelated to TU
• Learn the 9 practice elements of TU, such as co-creation, shared leadership, consensus decision-making, measurement, and culture making
• Nourish and explore our humanity through breakout discussions, music, and meditation

We’re so glad you asked! TU is a method to advance equity and belonging, which means the COP will be rooted in a dynamic, co-created, growth-oriented experience where we are building relationships and our TU muscles together. In that spirit, the sessions will consist of some of the elements below:

• Orientation and Relationship building
• Learning modules
• Practicing elements of TU, breakouts & group work
• Community sharing and case studies
• Regular group discussion
• Co-creation-inspired feedback

We realize how busy you all are, and we also want to make sure that you have materials to go deeper if you so choose. We’ll be providing optional resources and explainers (print, podcast and video) that you can digest at your own pace or forego. As homework, we may ask that you sit with a simple prompt or topics in advance with light pre-reads or materials to review.

This course is designed for nonprofit institutions, government agencies, the education and health sectors, and foundations. It’s also applicable to DEI professionals and consultants who focus on equity, justice, bridging and belonging.

No prior deep knowledge of TU is required. We’ll ask those who are new to TU to do some pre-reads or video watching. Importantly, we’re learning together! TU and belonging are ever-evolving. 

We believe that organizational position is only one indicator of who is suited for COP.  Ultimately, each organization must decide who is best suited to attend based on your knowledge of the individual’s understanding of equity, professional skills, and the desired organizational outcomes.

We are asking people to pay the full tuition of $5000 if possible. If you require a reduction in price, please fill out the reduced fee request here, in addition to the regular application here. The reduced tuition fee will be no lower than $3000. We are unable to offer free participation at this time.

Yes, absolutely, multiple people may apply from one organization. With two or more people from an organization, we’re extending a 10% discount.

The facilitators will be Karen Bouris, Dr. Nina Moreno, and Paul Hudson. Professor powell will attend one session for a Q&A as we go deeper into the materials and your respective goals. We also have the option of bringing in deep subject matter experts from the Othering & Belonging Institute if we feel the group will benefit.

Currently, we communicate via email. We share and use Google documents throughout the course. And we use Zoom and the Zoom calendaring function.

We accept checks and credit card payments. Full payment is due by September 4 in advance of the course start date. We are able to provide invoices as needed. For credit card payments, please be aware that there is a 3% service charge added to the tuition by the bank. Thank you!

For medical or family leave issues, we will evaluate on a case by case basis to determine the possibility of refund. We also provide the option for the person to attend a subsequent TU COP if they are able.

Over 200 people from nonprofit, government, social impact and philanthropic sectors make up the first five TU COP cohorts. They represent 25 states and gathered on Zoom over seven months.

The participants represented a breadth of areas of engagement, including public health, early childhood, the environment, farming, housing, food security, youth development, mental health, elder care, job training, DEI, restorative justice, judiciary, college enrollment, community banking, and higher education–all addressing aspects of cultural, structural, and systemic inequities.

About half the group had specific projects or goals in mind. Others sought to understand how to bring TU into their work, such as consulting with their nonprofit clients, applying TU to strategy and communications, and to the program work within foundations.

• Healthy food available to everyone in the state. 
• Safe, affordable housing that meets the needs of everyone in our community.
• Emotional and psychological safety for all workers to 90%.
• All families with young children have access to essential services when they need them.
• Ensuring digital connectivity and access for all individuals in the county.
• All district high school students have support to enroll in college after graduation.
• Every employee working at the city health department feels like they belong.