Addison County Racial Equity Learning Community is made up of local non-profit leaders committed to coming together to support each other to address and dismantle systemic racism both within our organizations and within our communities. We will examine our practices and norms and share resources and ideas to increase our personal cultural competency and that of our organizations. Collectively, we will increase our understanding of the issues of race and ethnicity, racial equity, and systemic racism with the goal of creating more inclusive and impactful organizations across the county.
The Addison County Racial Equity Learning Community invites you to our Conversation Cafe with Tabitha Moore on Thursday, January 16, 2025.
Agenda:
9:00-9:15: Coffee & Mingling
9:15-10:15: Tabitha Keynote (last 10 minutes: Q&A)
10:15-10:20: Break
10:20-11:30: Round table convos (3 tables, 20 minutes each w/3 minute break in between)
11:30-12:00: Reflection (full group facilitated by Tabitha)
All are welcome and invited to attend - registration is required. Please email Lauren Ross with any questions about the event.
WHAT: Addison County Racial Equity Learning Community Conversation Cafe with Tabitha Moore
WHEN: Thursday, January 16, 2025
TIME: 9:00am - 12:00pm
WHERE: Middlebury Inn
About Tabitha Moore
Tabitha Moore (she/they) is the owner and principal consultant of Intentional Evolution Consulting, LLC. She has been consulting on the topics of identity-based equity and racial justice for 25 years. Her life’s work focuses on how systems of care promote, inhibit, or prohibit healthy individual and community identity. To gain knowledge and expertise across systems, Tabitha intentionally worked in the following systems of care:
- Disability Services & Care
- Mental Health
- Law enforcement
- Education
- Child Welfare
This brings a level of empathy and cross-systems understanding to her work that few consultants possess. She is nearing completion of her Ph.D. in Transformative Social Change at Saybrook University. Her research focuses on the development of anti-racist approaches to police procedures when interacting with people who experience identity-based harm.
Tabitha founded the Rutland Area Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), creating New England’s second largest branch and securing $100,000 in funding for what is now the Bright Leadership Institute; a premier training institute that teaches Black, Indigenous, and People of color (BIPOC) how to get involved in civic life and public service.
Tabitha earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wells College, opting to create her own major that spoke to her “both/and” values of human identity and complexity. Her degree, The Psychology of Latin America in the Context of Its Language and Culture is a convergence of psychology, sociology, Spanish language, women’s studies, and Latin American cultural studies/anthropology. For her research on women and identity development conducted in the Dominican Republic, she earned the honor of graduating with distinction.
Tabitha maintains her license to practice Marriage/Couples and Family Therapy; a degree earned in 2002 from Syracuse University and was a licensed and practicing school counselor for more than ten years.
In addition to her career and activism, Tabitha is the mother to three human children and 4 dogs. She finds peace and rejuvenation hiking with her family, exercising, eating high quality dark chocolate and testing out the nearest spas.
