We make sure Utica EATS.
E
mpowerment
Who is this for? Whose stories are we teaching? Who else can benefit from our work?
A
ccessibility
What is needed to succeed in our environment? What is the path to access or learn about those resources?
T
raining & Tool
Development
How do people learn or train to succeed in our environment? How do we share our processes so more people can thrive?
trategic
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Consulting
What do I need to change about who we empower, what they access, or how they’re trained to meet our goals?
OUR SERVICES
Who EATS at your table?
Is how we help you move from counting the “seats” at the table to expanding who succeeds at your organization.
Sending the Invitation
Empowerment
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“Hilda M. Jordan was a great moderator for our diversity dialogue session. As panelists responded to questions, she helped to connect these to our business audience in a way that helps to further our goal of implementing DEI in the workplace."“
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“The most motivational assembly, I’ve ever been to in my life” - High School Junior
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“She has an amazing story to share and inspire our students. She is an asset to our local community and a living example of a success story and role model for the next generation.” - Principal
Taking Stock of the Kitchen
Accessibility
Building the Menu
Training & Tools
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Equity EATS Training: Cultural Humility Communication - introductory workshop using food to understand equity barriers and solutions from a first-generation perspective
Equity EATS: First Generation Professional Workshop
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For Students: personal storytelling and networking, college applications, professional communication
Serving Everyone at the Table
Consulting Services
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Utica Lead Safe-Free: Revamping Home Ownership Application
“Hilda has been a valued partner in helping us review our Lead-Safe Utica work through an equitable lens. Hilda did a great job leading our conversations and took us out of the practitioners' mindset and into our customers' mindset.” - Christine
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Utica economic development for Black Entrepreneurs: Thincubator, NGIN, & Hamilton College
Dayna Campbell (she/her)
Project manager & Director of Operations
The proud daughter of Jamaican immigrants and a first-generation college graduate, Dayna is a community-centered operations leader with nearly a decade of experience in higher education, Title IX education, nonprofit management, professional leadership and dialogue facilitation that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. She is passionate about fostering team collaboration, strategic planning, and organizational efficiency. She holds a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Educational Studies from Colgate University and a minor in Sociology and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development & Leadership.
Hilda M. Jordan (she/they)
Senior consultant & CEO
A proud first generation American, raised in Utica, NY, Hilda has more than 8 years providing anti-racist trainings, strategies, keynotes, workshops, community engagement strategies, and assessments across universities, private businesses, non-profits, and school districts locally and abroad. As an Afro-Latina Hilda understands the particularity of using an intersectional person centered design in her work. She began her career at Harvard University where she graduated cum laude and is certified to complete EEO federal investigations.
ABOUT US
An Equity Firm at its Core.
We are a social equity consulting and training firm that facilitates embodied and practical learning experiences. We advance social equity and justice by removing barriers to knowledge and developing culturally accessible and empowering experiences that center first generation leaders.
Since 2021, HMJ Consulting has designed and delivered anti-oppression training, community empowerment events, and transformation projects for school districts, non-profits, and businesses throughout New York, Massachusetts, and Panama using the EquityEATS framework.
Mission
HMJ Equity Consulting empowers leaders and organizations to foster inclusive, people-centered systems and processes that support the diversity of their stakeholders and communities. Through our Education, Access, Transformation, and Support (EATS) services, we identify barriers, improve access to resources, and design tailored solutions to enable greater success for underrepresented individuals.
Purpose
Facilitate changes that transform lives across generations so everyone can win.
Vision
A world where everyone eats - where all stakeholders who have the desire and demonstrated effort can successfully access the resources, relationships, and opportunities to succeed
