Organizational Development
Thought partner on creating long lasting changes that improve the organizational culture and make your programming and offering more mission and values aligned.
Group Workshops & Facilitation
Facilitating in-person and virtual grant panel meetings, board retreats, affinity group meetings, listening/reflection sessions and workshops. Some of the recent workshops I have presented include the following:
Creating Healing Cultures in Our Organizations and Justice Work
Unlocking Healing Conversations: Navigating Conflict and Collaboration
Convening & Network Organizing
Programming, curating, producing and implementing in-person and virtual convenings of various sizes, which can include panel discussions, keynotes and performances.
Consulting Services for Artists & Ensembles
Consultation and mentorship on program/project visions, fundraising, time management/organizational skills, creating strategic plans, setting up new organizations, advising on leadership and staffing structure (including collective leadership models), and more.
“Meena has an extraordinary constellation of experiences as a funder, classical musician, and activist. She observes power dynamics as if with infrared goggles; this superpower enables her to navigate hierarchies with ease. She generously shared her hard-won wisdom with participants from across the country. She inspired the group with her personal journey, growing up as an outsider in Japan and the US.
The session was an important step in my own personal journey, and helped me identify hierarchies and power structures in my life. Thank you, Meena, for your energy, creativity, bravery, and willingness to share. You are helping to shape the landscape of activist artists, giving them the organizing tools and resiliency they need, in a time when this country needs it most.”