The Youth Justice Coaching Institute is an intensive skill building and leadership development pilot program for experienced advocates and leaders who are interested in enhancing their ability to lead through direct coaching. In order to create sustainability in our movement we have to be able to evolve as leaders and often that means imparting our knowledge onto others who can carry the torch. The ability to cultivate leaders through coaching, requires skills and support systems that are often inaccessible. This pilot program focuses on teaching and coaching as a means of creating capacity within our movement to both develop new leaders and create space for seasoned leaders to grow.
The Youth Justice Coaching Institute pilot program will feature an inaugural cohort of 5 participants and run simultaneously with our Youth Justice Leadership Institute (YJLI). The leadership cohort will be exposed to enhanced coaching skills; healing justice grounded leadership development; and values and equity driven management techniques.
Meet our 2026 Coaches:
Shanae Calhoun
Shanae (she/her) is a transformative leadership coach and the founder of Willow Consulting LLC. She also serves as Executive Director and facilitator with Transformative Organizational Consulting, Inc. (TOC), supporting changemakers…
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Michale Taylor
Michale Taylor (she/her), MBA, is a youth advocate, speaker, and education consultant committed to breaking cycles and helping young people step into their highest, most authentic selves. Her mission was…
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Marquette Atkins-Woods
Marquetta Atkins-Woods (she/her) is a dedicated community educator and dynamic facilitator passionate about youth empowerment and community transformation. She has spent years equipping young people with the tools they need…
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Bria Dominici
Bria Dominici (she/her) is an environmental justice advocate, community facilitator, writer, and aspiring activist-scholar whose work sits at the intersection of environmental justice, carcerality, and community care. She is deeply…
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April Winder
April Winder (she/her) brings a diverse background in the criminal justice system, with experience spanning multiple roles in city government and non-profit organizations. Through this work, she recognized a desire…
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