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Announcing Our Newest Partnership
The Athena Group and Avantpage Translations have partnered to deliver government agencies a suite of services that spans from equitable organizational health to language access. As separate niche service organizations, we offer deeply knowledgeable practices in each of our areas of expertise in the equitable framework.
We believe in building a foundation for resilient and inclusive communities where everyone, no matter background or language preference, has an equal opportunity to access the resources that enable us all to thrive and be the best version of ourselves.
To learn more about how you and your organization can utilize our partnership for equity-driven innovations, schedule a call, or learn more below.
What We Do:
Separately, we hold master contracts with Washington Department of Enterprise Services, meaning that as established partners with business associate agreements, we can reach our same client base together to find innovative approaches to equity-driven services. This allows us to work with any agency in Washington state from a deeply systemic perspective with highly tangible solutions to inclusive engagement practices.
Coaching, Training, and Assessments
Our team helps individuals and leaders tap into their inner wisdom, become aware of patterns and biases, and continually evolve and learn.
Community Engagement & Facilitation
We help communities create inclusive policy through difficult conversations with divergent viewpoints, centering the voices of those most impacted.
Culturally Competent Language Access
We provide written translation services of documents and interpretations for realtime conversations, as well as for specialty events.
Accessibility & Alternative Formats
Large print formatting, braille, voice-over, WCAG website and document compliance ensures users can effectively engage with your organization.
About Our Partnership:
We are offering a combined expertise of almost 50 years in highly specialized areas of practice specific to: diversity, equity, and inclusion services, language access, and accessibility services. We come together under one unique and synergetic collaboration making it easier and more seamless to complete initiatives.
The Athena Group brings to the table a masterful art of inclusive, multi-cultural community engagement, leadership, and organizational development capabilities for transformational change centering around DEI principles. Avantpage, an activist brand with an emphasis on supporting immigrants, offers the expertise of a language services industry leader in facilitating highly nuanced communications in over 150 languages, as well as accessibility services. Together, we enable government agencies to create empathy-driven solutions working towards more equitable lives so that every person reaches their full self through improved access to resources and opportunities.
Agencies that leverage our services together will benefit from a partnership and a collective effort that makes for easier facilitation of services while increasing impact and promoting resilient, healthy, thriving, and inclusive spaces for everyone.
Get to Know Who We Are:
Our blended teams offer subject matter expertise and insights into topics that help push-the-envelope when it comes to creating and building healthy and resilient communities.
Faith Trimble
Faith is an expert who excels in facilitation, participatory engagement, policy analysis, and strategy. For the past 26 years she has provided professional services to government agencies with organization, community, and cross-sector projects.
Claudia Burdisso
Claudia Burdisso is an active minority groups advocate, with over 10 years of translation industry experience. She advises government agencies on programs to expand access. She holds a certificate in Digital Accessibility and a Master's in Political Management.
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Tevin Medley
Tevin Medley provides program evaluation and monitoring as well as Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training, facilitation and consulting for organizations of all sizes. He feels a duty to ask tough questions that lead to a more equitable world.
Eduardo Diaz
Eduardo has helped organizations for the past 7+ years to improve services. He focuses on culturally and linguistically appropriate services, partnering with them to help them understand how to move the equity needle through language justice.
Ready to Create Change?
To learn more about cultivating organizations and communities of belonging and inclusion, schedule some time during our open office hours below.