AORTA is a worker-owned cooperative of facilitators and strategists devoted to helping our movements renew a stronger sense of liberatory vision, values, and purpose.
What we do
From facilitating 200 person coalition campaign strategy meetings to monthly 1 on 1 coaching with young workers, AORTA is called into facilitate, coach, consult, and train in movement spaces across the country. Here are some of our areas of expertise.
Deep organizational culture change
Unlike traditional “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” work that supports performative shifts while maintaining the status quo, AORTA focuses on creating new structures and cultivating practices that support collective governance, power sharing, and deep democratization.
Strategy and planning
We are strategists with decades of experience in campaign organizing and strategic planning for groups ranging from coalitions to worker cooperatives. With a sharp power analysis, we build connections sectors and geographies to weave together the strategies needed across our movements for liberation.
Heart-centered work
Transformative change work requires that we do the personal work to unlearn the horizontal violence and psychological harm that plague our movements for justice. From one-on-one coaching with individuals to identity based caucuses, we bring a healing-centered and resilience-focused approach in supporting reflection around resistance and change, igniting opportunities for bold growth and visioning.