Creating Fires for Justice

Foraging Pathways to Change

Beyond just surface equity work, Creating Fires for Justice looks to facilitate the continuous evolution of mindsets and practices to cultivate voice, choice, and collaboration towards a more equitable and just world.

Naomi Khalil

Naomi Khalil. Ed.S. consultant, facilitator and change agent has over 25 years of experience leading and learning in diversity, equity and justice. In addition to her educational experience as teacher, school administrator, and district leader, Naomi, of Arab heritage, has native fluency in Spanish and has lived and traveled extensively abroad. This vast experience, coupled with her own identities, allows Naomi to bring a unique, yet powerful perspective to the world of diversity work.

Naomi is an agent of racial and social justice, civic literacy and civic engagement, and leads both youth and adults on a journey of self-discovery as they explore their own words and actions in relationship to others. Her life’s passion is to celebrate unity through diversity, and she is always willing to push the status quo in order to help us live into that passion.

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OUR MISSION

To work with individuals and systems to facilitate equitable practices for increased belonging and justice.

OUR SERVICES

Creating Fires for Justice is here to help facilitate understanding about how individual behaviors and systemic structures affect people so that together we can create more equitable and just learning and working environments.

Training

Creating Fires for Justice offers a number of courses on identity, bias, power dynamics, and equitable leadership practices, in addition to customized topics such as understanding neurodivergent learners, centering humanity in the workplace, and elevating the voice of the oppressed.

Facilitation

Creating Fires for Justice offers workshops to practice equity in action, as well as facilitate dialogues for conflict mediation. CFFJ can also facilitate equity audit practices as part of a needs assessment for any system or organization.

Coaching

Creating Fires for Justice works with individuals, teams, and boards to reflect and recalibrate their strategies and practices to more effectively communicate and lead.

Strategic Planning

Creating Fires for Justice works with organizations to identify needs, priorities, timelines, and discreet action steps for transformative leadership and organizational change

EDUCATIONAL EQUITY EXPERT

Creating Fires for Justice works with law firms and districts to analyze and compile opinions on a variety of claims dealing with civil rights violations.

This work includes a review of case documents, research of related case material and scholarly sources, and the generation of an expert opinion report on alleged violations.

OUTCOMES & BENEFITS

We believe that everyone deserves the same opportunities to thrive, regardless of race, national origin, faith, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation or ability status.

Diversity is more than just social identities

Increased Individual & Systemic Equity Awareness

Organization Strategic Equity Plan (SEP) Development

Individual or Organizational Equity Coaching Services

Educational Expertise Consultation for Civil Rights Claims and Lawsuits

Applicable Skills and Practices to Move Diversity, Action, Equity, and Justice into action

CONTACT INFORMATION

Number: 248.720.9734
E-Mail: naomi@creatingfiresforjustice.com

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TESTIMONIALS

Over the past two decades as an educator I have had the opportunity to meet numerous educational leaders who are committed to service, advocacy, and developing systems that meet the needs of all students, and Naomi Khalil remains in a class of her own. Naomi skillfully works to enhance teaching and learning through the prism of representation and diversity in thought and perspectives. Naomi tirelessly works to lift the voices of those who are often mired by systems that predictably relegate underrepresented groups into the margins of education and does so without being compromised. As a facilitator I’ve been a part of training led by Naomi that have produced tangible outcomes resulting in shifts in practices and policy. Wherever Naomi goes – systems improve. We all should be so fortunate to have worked with Naomi.

Ty Weeks, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Dearborn Heights School District No. 7

I have had the great privilege of working with and learning from Naomi over the last four years. We collaborated on bringing equity driven civics programming to students across Detroit Public Schools Community District. She led with grace, kindness, and data. Her thoughtful, action-oriented approach was respected by her peers, her team, district and school leaders alike. She understood how to navigate bureaucracy at the district level, gain buy-in at the school level, and get all stakeholders to “Yes”. Rare among leaders, she never asked anyone to do something she has not done herself and her actions always spoke louder than words. She always led with the question…”Is this good for kids?” and “Is this fair?” Beyond the pride I take in our working partnership, I am proud to call her a friend.

Andrew Amore
Consultant & Former Senior Director @ Civin Nation/My School Votes

Naomi Khalil is a fierce warrior for equity and social justice. I’ve had the honor and pleasure of partnering with Naomi for over a decade working to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in schools throughout Oakland County, Michigan. She is a hard-working, intelligent, and passionate leader who has committed her life to equity, advocacy and civil rights. I highly recommend Naomi Khalil and Creating Fires for Justice as your partner in pursuit of belonging and justice within your organization.

Jay B. Marks, Ph.D. (He/Him/His)

Founder and Principal Diversity & Equity Consultant

Jay B. Marks and Associates Educational Consulting Services

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Naomi is a truth teller.

Naomi is a change agent.

Naomi is an expert in the tenets of diversity, equity, justice, AND liberation.

Whenever I’ve trained with Naomi, I’ve been challenged in real and critical ways that haven’t always felt comortable in the moment. True growth often involves some degree of discomfort and ultimately, that discomfort pays off. This is certainly the case with me. Naomi has led me to reexamine my thinking, my being, and the ways that I too have been complicit in systems of oppression. Days, months, and even years after training, I continue to reflect on my learning. I continue to hear Naomi’s words in my head, and I continue to grow with them.

I am a better educator, facilitator, and human being because of Naomi.

Valada Sargent
Educator, Restorative Justice Facilitator & Coach

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