Large change seldom begins with everyone. It begins with a few people who are willing to practice differently together.
I know how easy it is to feel skeptical. Many of us have sat through initiatives that sounded promising and quietly dissolved. We have watched statements get drafted while everyday dynamics stayed the same. We have felt the weight of wanting something better and not knowing where to begin.
Here is what I have learned over the years while facilitating in schools, nonprofits, and leadership spaces. Our structurally oppressive defaults do not correct themselves. They go unexplored. Unchallenged. Unquestioned. We inherit habits about who speaks first, whose discomfort gets centered, who absorbs harm, and who is labeled difficult.
If we only work at the level of policy, those defaults simply replicate inside every new plan. That is why micro communities matter.
A transformative micro community is a small, intentional group of people who commit to practicing a more just and connected way of being together.
Usually three to eight people. Meeting consistently. Rooted in shared values like justice, inclusion, belonging, and mutual accountability.
It is not a side committee.
It is not a venting space.
It is not about being morally superior.
It is a practice space.
A place to build the muscle for feedback.
A place to examine power without collapsing into shame.
A place to navigate conflict without exile.
A place to soften cynicism through lived experience, not slogans.
When we try to change an entire campus or department without first building relational muscle in smaller containers, cynicism rises. People say, we have tried this before… Nothing changes… Leadership will not follow through.
A transformational micro community interrupts that script. It creates proof. It creates rhythm. It creates a steady, relational core that can hold tension and construct toward something meaningful and mutually conceived. And because I believe so deeply in this model, I am developing a guided workbook to support transformative micro communities.
This workbook is designed to help small groups:
• Establish shared agreements grounded in justice and belonging
• Practice connected inquiry and explore norms
• Identify and interrupt oppressive defaults in real time
• Build feedback readiness and repair skills
• Translate insight into behavioral and cultural shifts
It is structured, but not rigid. Reflective, but not abstract. Grounded in the More Connected Humans™ framework and rooted in the belief that sustainable change is relational first.
I am currently seeking a small number of pilot groups to use this resource and provide feedback as they implement it.
If you have been thinking, our team needs something deeper than another training…
If you sense that people want to move beyond cynicism but do not know how…
If you believe that justice, inclusion, and belonging require rehearsal, not just rhetoric…
This may be for you.
You do not need a perfect team.
You do not need full organizational buy-in yet.
You need a few people willing to practice.
If you are interested in joining the pilot or want to learn more about forming a transformative micro community in your workplace or on campus, reach out!
To participate in the pilot:
• Find 3-8 people who are open to anti-oppression transformational self and group work. You must work together- either on projects or with daily interactions.
• Time commitment: 4 consecutive months, for 60 minutes a month- broken into smaller chunks of practice time, it’s up to your group how this is met. The “work” will include group and self-work.
• If selected, you will receive regular emails with questions and tasks to explore as individuals and with your small group.
• We’ll set up a short set-up meeting to give you the lay of the land and to answer your questions. Then, we’ll schedule 15-minute check-ins along the way to hear how you’re doing!
Please email hello@ moreonnectedhumans.com with the following details: name of point person, workplace/ school campus, and number of interested group members. Eva will reach out to schedule a time to meet.