Cultural Outreach & Racial Equity Collective
An Indigenous-Led Nonprofit Driving Positive Social Change
At C.O.R.E. Collective, we leverage collaboration, education, and research to promote a more equitable human experience. Through community engagement, advocacy, and cultural understanding, we work to support individuals, strengthen communities, and create meaningful change in society, business, and education.
What we do
We provide intentional, holistic support and resources for meaningful, lasting change.
Our fully customizable services are designed to adapt to the unique needs of our community and address barriers, strengthen cultural understanding, and build more attainable, inclusive outcomes through learning and engagement.
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Programs and initiatives that amplify important social issues and empower all voices through community engagement, storytelling, cultural competency, and resource enablement.
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Hands-on workshops, engaging training, and interactive facilitation services designed to deliver meaningful, practical results for both organizational and community impact.
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Designed to identify the needs and priorities of individuals, communities, and organizations so strategies can be shaped with clarity and intention for sustained impact.
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Impact-driven inclusive planning and project support that uses organizational development and change management techniques to prioritize and execute with intention.
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Subject matter expertise for conferences, panels, keynotes, webinars, and customized engagements designed in partnership with your audience and goals in mind.
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Assessment support and action planning that helps organizations and communities identify strengths, opportunities, challenges, and priorities to guide informed, equitable decision-making.
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Our Foundation
Rooted in traditional Indigenous methodologies and core values.
C.O.R.E. Collective’s work is grounded in our Intentional Inclusion™ framework, a proactive model built around the complexity of human experience. It draws on anthropological, ethnographic, and psychology-informed practices to support sustainable transformation.
Our approach draws on the neuroscience of storytelling to understand holistic yet individualized contexts. This brings clarity to how people learn, adapt, build trust, and process change, enabling human-centered, relational support that honors individual and cultural lived experiences.
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We emphasize active engagement rather than passive acceptance, helping partners identify and address barriers, strengthen participation, and create environments where people feel valued, respected, and fully integrated.
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Anthropological insights and ethnographic methodologies enable better understanding of lived experience, cultural context, and the human dynamics that shape communities and organizations. This perspective helps us approach social impact and equity work with greater depth, empathy, and responsiveness.
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We integrate I/O psychology frameworks, neuroscience-informed understanding, and change management practices to support learning, implementation, and organizational growth with clarity, empathy, and intention. This helps shed light on the broad human experience across contexts, informing work that is responsive to both individual and collective realities.
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We use storytelling as a change agent, pair qualitative and quantitative insight through continuous evaluation, and prioritize inclusive design methods that support sustainable change over time. This helps ensure our work remains adaptive, accountable, and rooted in real contexts.
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Subject matter expertise for conferences, panels, keynotes, webinars, and customized engagements designed in partnership with your audience and goals in mind.
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We strengthen the ability of individuals, teams, and leaders to navigate diverse cultural contexts with greater awareness, empathy, and effectiveness. By supporting stronger relationships and more inclusive practices, we help individuals, communities and organizations build change that is both meaningful and lasting.
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Our Story
From strengthening relationships and deepening cultural understanding to creating collaborative, equitable opportunities in the communities we call home.
What began as a community action project focused on awareness, consensus-building, and resource sharing grew into C.O.R.E. Collective.
Through collaboration, education, and community engagement, we partnered with local organizations and institutions. Today, that foundation drives how we build bridges, address inequities, and create opportunities for accessible support and sustainable change.
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Community at Our Core
See how C.O.R.E. Collective is showing up through local events, shared experiences, and giving opportunities that help sustain social-impact across DeKalb County and beyond.
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Join us June 25th, July 16th, August 6th and August 20th for the 2026 DeKalb Farmer’s Market!
Visit us to say hi, make a donation or inquire about services.
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Pardon our dust!
We’re building a fresh, interactive website to better serve our clients, collaborators, and communities.
Stay tuned for exciting updates coming daily.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
Interested in partnership, looking for support, or have questions?
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