How do we grow CHANGE?
We are Crystal Mason & Jason Wyman, aka TREE OF CHANGE. We adapt our Tree of Change Praxis to aid our clients in facing, naming, & growing the change they want, need, & desire. We do this through team-building workshops and stakeholder engagement services.
All photos by Don Bowden (unless otherwise noted)
taken at the African American Art & Culture Complex
Our Tree of Change Praxis
We define the change we want to make & be.
We gather the relations, knowledge, skills, and resources needed for change.
We dream what’s possible after change.
We listen to our, each other, and what’s emerging from all gathered and dreamt.
We discern decisions, guide posts, actions, destinations and pathways.
We move towards change through autonomous collective actions.
GET TO KNOW US
Crystal Mason
Crystal Mason is an artist, culture tender, consultant, and facilitator who designs and leads transformative processes that build belonging and accountability across differences. Crystal has over three decades of service, and their praxis is grounded in Black, queer liberatory design and pedagogies of the oppressed.
SKILLS
Facilitation & Design
How to create and tend spaces that gather diverse peoples (e.g. meetings, workshops, professional development, meals, events, etc.) for honest conversations, generative conflict, and deep connection
Peer-to-Peer Education
How to guide, structure, and co-create learning opportunities rooted in cultural competency, equity, and shared wisdom that build skills, unflatten perspectives, and generate collective meaning making integrating art and creativity
Leadership Development
How executives, directors, managers, and organizers navigate power, contradictions, and conflict with values-based integrity, especially when supporting, supervising, or working with individuals, teams, or groups
Organizational Change
How to lead equity-centered reflection that aligns mission, values, and culture with liberatory practices
Jason Wyman
Jason Wyman/Queerly Complex practices the art of relating to one’s self, each other, & the Cosmic Mysteries through deep inquiry, collaborative creation, & a praxis of ”we are not free until all are free.” Wyman has over two decades of peer-based, collective art, program, organization, & educational development.
SKILLS
Liberatory Experience Design
How to craft, co-create, and produce experiences (e.g. trainings, conferences, dinners, exhibitions, etc.) where those attending or served are included along all points from pre- to post-production
Distributive Power Development
How to create and manage administrative, programmatic, educational, and curatorial processes and praxis that cultivates Power-With as a means of collective decision-making, responsibility, and accountability
Transformational Change Management
How to face, address, and transform through change while cultivating a more just, equitable, and liberatory praxis / organizational culture / world
Visual Design & Storytelling
How colors, fonts, layouts, images, data, and stories tell impactful, culturally-specific narratives that advance purpose while being easy to share across platforms
What OTHERS say about
TREE OF CHANGE
MELORRA GREEN
African American Art & Culture Complex
You’ve helped bring clarity to the AAACC. And having your continued support over and over again—from dreaming and listening sessions to event production to audience development to the report— keeps us in alignment with what we say we are committed to.
DONNA HILLIARD
Code Tenderloin
Thank you for always creating a space and work sessions where our entire team could be heard and truly involved in the process. This experience gave us the opportunity to step back and see the bigger picture—the long-term impact of our work, the community we serve, and the future of our mission. Photo from internet.
DYAN RUIZ
People Power Media
Crystal & Jason take our thoughts to the next level, turning imagination into clarity & action through their Tree of Change process. They got to the heart of our mission, work & values in a truly enlightened way, & we were immediately able to present ourselves in this new light.
Photo by Joseph Smooke.
We believe We All have the experience & expertise to face, name, & create change.
OUR GUIDING VALUES
Conversation is our
Core Guiding Value.
All of our other values grow from it.
Our Tree of Change Praxis formed out of years-long conversation about dreaming and its power to help both of us (Crystal Mason and Jason Wyman) face, name, and create change in our selves, each other, and our broader, intersecting communities. It continues evolving through a sustained practice of seeking nuance in understanding, digging for deeper collective meaning, and (re)articulating language in ways that are more culturally-specific to our client's stakeholders (e.g. communities, members, audiences, staff, funders, investors, etc.).
Our additional Guiding Values are:
Autonomy & Consent
We All have a responsibility to be informed and stay informed for Us All to have autonomy in granting and revoking consent.
Accountability & Trust
We All have a responsibility to hold our selves and one another to account for what We All decide, which is how we cultivate trust among Us All.
Witnessing
We All have a responsibility to cultivating a brave enough space for our complex experiences & emotions to be witnessed.
Care & Compassion
We All have a responsibility to practicing care & compassion towards our selves & each other when facing, naming, & creating change.
Discernment
We All have a responsibility to make meaning in ways that move us towards the change we need / want / desire to face, name, and create.
Art, Media, & Creativity
We All have a responsibility to express ourselves in ways that best reflect our understanding, and art, media, & creativity aids Us All in that expression.
How to GROW with Tree of Change
OUR EVENTS
We facilitate virtual events that gather Black, immigrant, Indigenous, Brown, trans, queer, non-binary, disabled, poor, and comrade artists / performers / filmmakers / musicians, facilitators, organizers, entrepreneurs, executives, and funders in conversation, peer exchange, and co-creation.
