What We Do
Performances
Joe and Dave use music, poetry, and storytelling to inspire people into deeper conversations about race and culture.
Retreats
Joe and Dave facilitate meaningful educational events that help give participants helpful language as they work to build bridges across cultural and racial differences.
Courses
Joe and Dave offer cohort-based courses for individuals and organizations who want to develop a community of intercultural humility and anti-racist practice.
Consulting
JUSTmove offers intercultural development assessments, group education, and executive coaching for individuals and organizations that want to “move the needle” toward more just and welcoming spaces.
“David and Joe’s work is so vital for organizations that are tired of corporate diversity trainings that fail to engage the heart”
OUR PRESENTATIONS
Big Ideas, Real Impact.
WHITENESS IN THE ELCA: In June of 2015, Dave had a chance to spend time with people at Dylann Roof’s church just days after he committed the Immanuel AME Massacre. Dave began to wonder: this awful racist violence happen in spite of the messaging at their church or possibly, in part, because of it? This haunted him and sent him down a path of reflection about his 97% white ELCA church and how we can began to build Beloved Community that looks more like the kin-dome of God. Music, poetry, and storytelling is all used in this powerful presentation.
A JESUS APPROACH TO POWER: What is power? Who has it? What kind of power do we have? In this engaging performance, JUSTmove helps people explore power so that they can have a healthy relationship with it (the power that goes unnamed often becomes weaponized). How do we respond to power in ways that honor our values of faith and justice? JUSTmove will help us unpack this and more with music, dancing, poetry, and storytelling.
OUR STORIES OF RACE: If we can’t talk about difficult subjects like race in church, then where can we? This engaging keynote performance tells the story of both Dave and Joe’s racialized experiences. As they share vulnerably, they invite others to interrogate their own stories of race as we all identify the ways that it has shaped us as humans and as beloved children of God.
ROOF CUTTER CREW: In the story of the man who was paralyzed, there were a group of people who saw a need, reflected on how they could help, and quickly sprung into action as they participated in Gospel Inclusion. They cut a hole in the roof, lowered the man down, and ensured that he had access to God’s healing like everyone else. As people of faith, each of us are called to become “roof cutters”, identify the barriers that get in the way of flourishing, and cut holes in the roofs of exclusion to ensure that everyone is welcome. This interactive presentation/performance weaves together music, poetry, and storytelling to explore these subjects together.