CONSULTING
I offer consulting services in the form of workshops, trainings, talks, 1:1 coaching, and presentations. Workshops and trainings are interactive, participatory, and arts-integrated. I honor participants by scaffolding learning, making accommodations for accessibility, and rooting in culturally-sustaining pedagogies.
I also offer train-the-trainer models, curriculum writing, and educational consulting.
All consulting services can be curated to the needs of each person or group.
Testimony
“I appreciated the way your workshop disrupts the way workshops are usually done!! I have run workshops/groups for many years and am unlearning settler colonial rules/culture around group work.”
“Emi laid a framework that allowed for many ways of responding with adequate quiet time and it felt accessible for people at different places on their journey.”
“It was so well-organized; the description matched the content; you are a confident facilitator; you kept to time; I loved the use of art; I learned a lot.”
“The format was community building and the constellation of the participants made me feel like I found my people. I immediately felt in safe and honest company. I credit that to the work you do in the world.”
“Deepened my own understanding of both decolonizing and storytelling practices. I appreciated the cyclical framework you used for the session Emi and felt my mind and body engaging with that cycle.”
The following topics are available for workshops, trainings, talks and presentations:
Social Media & Indigenous Knowledge Stewardship
Decolonizing Storytelling (narrative change)
Indigenizing Arts Education (arts education, Indigenous arts, visual and performing arts)
Indigenous Arts-Integration (teaching and learning through Indigenous arts)
Decolonizing Your Relationship with Lands, Waters, and Indigenous Peoples (undoing settler-colonial culture and moving toward being in right relation)
Coahuiltecan History of Central to South Texas and Northern Mexico
Digital Storytelling as a community-affirming practice
Poetry and Performance (For civilian and incarcerated people. Materials can be provided in English and Spanish)
Climate Justice, Land and Water Protection, #LandBack
Repatriation and NAGPRA
Going Beyond Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Please email me at emxaguilar@gmail.com to begin the consultation process, or complete the accompanying form. I am happy to design a workshop, training, lesson or presentation that meets the needs of your community. Please try to initiate requests 60 days ahead of your scheduled event.
Below is an example of a workshop I designed in consultation with a non-profit arts organization in Austin.
