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Exhibition image: Courtesy of the Kinsey Institute Library and Special Collections, George Platt Lynes, Buddy McCarthy and John Leapheart, Eastman Kodak Safety Film, 1952
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A Conversation with Rachel Bryant and Cori Franco
Join CIIS' Division of Community Engagement and Belonging (DCEB) for the next Transformation series event with Vice President of Community Engagement and Belonging Rachel Bryant and Beloved Community Consultant and Instrumentl Funding Peer Consultant and Transformative Studies Ph.D. Student Cori Franco.
Learn about this all-in-one grant funding discovery and application platform that is available to the entire CIIS community, and how Cori and the Dissertation Office, is here to support CIIS students on their funding journeys with helpful how-to-guides, grant seeking support, grant writing consultations, and more. You can find more resources about Instrumentl at the Dissertation Office Connect page, available to all.
The Transformation Series is part of the Beloved Community Initiative's commitment to critically engage with the CIIS community by platforming inspiring voices. Designed to enhance our mission of cultivating courageous conversations, bridging divides, and building connections, we hope that this series will inspire hope and transformative action.
Rachel Bryant, M.A., is an educator, leader, and healer with more than two decades of experience in public and community mental health. She serves as Vice President, Community Engagement and Belonging at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), where she has helped teach, mentor, and launch the careers of hundreds of emerging mental health clinicians from diverse backgrounds. With a pedagogical and therapeutic orientation in Black, Indigenous, and Liberation Praxis, Rachel is dedicated to working alongside others to heal the soul wounds of poverty, violence, and addiction in our communities.
Cori Franco, M.A., is a graduate in Transformative Leadership with a focus in academic writing. Cori hopes to create positive change through the application of the written word.