Speakers

After 25 years serving in local and statewide anti-violence agencies and 15 years learning disability justice practices with other disabled folks, Cierra founded The Nothing Without Us Consulting Collective (NWUCC) to inform public health practices. Cierra is a new business owner. She has more than 28 years of experience in victim services and primary prevention of DV/SV.

About the Nothing Without Us Collective

The Nothing Without Us Consulting Collective (NWUCC) is a cross-disability survivor-led collective of public health professionals, community organizers, educators, and researchers practicing comprehensive systems-level violence prevention strategies. As a queer, Indigenous woman-owned enterprise, the NWUCC provides evaluation support, primary prevention training, and technical assistance to local, state, and national non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and universities. Grounded in the principles of disability justice, the Nothing Without Us Consulting Collective works to advance accessibility and leadership of people with disabilities in the anti-violence and public health fields. NWUCC was founded on the principle that people with disabilities are central to anti-violence work. Too often, disabled professionals are overlooked, underpaid, and often shut out of the leadership roles where prevention strategies are shaped and decisions are made. We are intentional about uplifting the voices, representation, and leadership of people with disabilities as primary prevention practitioners and about building the next generation of anti-violence professionals who bring lived experience, cross-disability perspective, and a disability justice framework to this work. Our cross-movement work strengthens systems and centers the expertise of the people most impacted by violence, working toward safety, connectedness, and liberation for everyone.

TA Methodologies and Deliverables

• Curriculum design and revision
• Focus group facilitation and training
• Participatory research design and facilitation
• Data-informed rubric development
• Stakeholder engagement and consultation
• Organizational assessment tool development
• PhotoVoice methodology
• Community mapping protocols
• Qualitative data collection and analysis
• Thematic analysis and synthesis
• Report writing (research reports, progress reports)
• Replication guides
• Policy advocacy support
• Training slide decks and presenter scripts
• Instructor manuals
• Self-audit tools for organizations
• Workbooks and resource kits
• Video production
• Webinar development and delivery
• Handouts and supplemental learning resources
• Evaluation design and implementation