Polaris Consulting

Imagination for transformation

“Whenever we try to envision a world without war, without violence, without prisons, without capitalism, we are engaging in speculative fiction. All organizing is science fiction.”

— Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown

Polaris Consulting partners with individuals, teams, and organizations to design and deliver dynamic culture transformation strategies.

Our bold methodology weaves principled vision, strategy, and collective action with the imaginal to advance collective liberation and foster enduring social change.

Lead Consultant

Jasmyne Gilbert (she/her/hers) is visionary cultural mythologist with over a decade of experience facilitating complex, innovative initiatives for social transformation and working with communities who have borne the impact of intentional disinvestment and neglect in the U.S. She believes in a world where people use their collective power and existential despair for personal and social transformation.

Values

Polaris Consulting is committed to creating a future in which humans wield our power and collective imagination with transformative intent toward a world where we are free and whole. Informed by 21st century Black feminist practitioners and scholars, Polaris centers the following values in its operations:

Creativity

Imagination is a well of generativity and regeneration.

"won't you celebrate with me/what i have shaped into/a kind of life?”

— Lucille Clifton

Care

We center the needs of those who are most impacted by systemic violence over the comfort of privilege.

“Care is the antidote to violence.”

- Saidiya Hartman

Intention

Principle, rigor, and praxis guide our actions.

"Do nothing without intention."

— Lula Belle/Solange Knowles

Hope

We do the work necessary to fight for our lives, and we do not succumb to despair and nihilism.

“Hope is a discipline.”

- Mariame Kaba

Transformation

We know that we have the power to radically remake ourselves and our world.

“The only lasting truth is Change.”

- Octavia E. Butler

Our Services

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    Strategy and Facilitation

    Develop strategies for collaboration, participatory processes, and accountability to design and implement transformative social impact initiatives.

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    Workshops

    URL and IRL creative spaces dedicated to Archiving Communal Memory, Mapping the Collective Imaginal, Cultivating Rituals for Generative Organizational Cultures, and Curating Visions of Liberation.

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    Project Management

    Bespoke project management solutions and off-the-shelf templates designed to help people and teams be efficient and effective so they can focus on what they love.

Let’s work together.

It all begins with an idea.