Purvi Shah

Facilitator | Consultant

About

Growing up an immigrant in the U.S. South, Purvi experienced being the only brown child in a poor white school – and the impacts of racism, unfair distribution of educational resources, and tracking. As a non-profit consultant, she catalyzes this experience to further transformation towards gender, economic, and racial equity.

When do you feel connected to something greater than yourself?

"In a circle, dancing, communicating, listening, sharing amongst folks. A circle offers the chance to begin at any moment, to repair the past, and enact the visions we dream. A circle allows us all and roots to ancestors, descendants, and the work & joys we have in front of us at this moment."

“Purvi Shah so beautifully incorporates love, hope, and healing into the work of this movement.”

Sarah Gonzalez Bocinski
Program Manager
Economic Justice and Workforce Initiatives
Futures Without Violence

Expertise

Healing Justice: Utilizes trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, healing-centered approaches for historically oppressed communities to holistically address, mend, and reconfigure the long-term impacts of structural violence

Intersectional Framework: Examines equity from intersecting oppressions including global colonization, anti-Blackness, gender-based violence, economic inequity, xenophobia, and lack of disability access

Facilitation: Designs and implements workshops that center on storytelling, movement, somatic grounding, laughter & play, relationship-building, critical thinking, and imagination

Field-Building: Orchestrates training & technical assistance to mentor changemakers and sustain and resource movements for equity

DEI Strategic Planning: Integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion values and goals into the tapestry of short- and long-term strategic planning