Hire Us

State of Equity offers a range of services, providing expertise, training, and technical assistance in the fields of racial equity, government transformation, Health in All Policies (HiAP), and the social determinants of health and equity.

About our team

State of Equity has a 15-year track record of successful institutional change work, deep trust with our community and government partners, clarity of values, and an adaptive approach that allows us to respond to ever-changing political environments. Our work has resulted in changes to government operations to advance racial equity through strategic plans, staffing structures, grant distribution, budgets, community engagement, and more.

Our team brings a complex blend of soft, technical, and adaptive skills, including:

Facilitation, diplomacy, partnership

Racial equity tools and technical assistance

Training, coaching, leadership

Inquiry, planning, evaluation, strategy

Areas of capacity and experience

  • Institutional transformation
  • Social determinants of health and equity
  • Health and Equity in All Policies (HiAP)
  • Racial equity in government practices
  • Racial Equity Action Plan development and implementation
  • Building and sustaining a racial equity action team
  • Foundational racial equity learning
  • Community engagement
  • Budget equity
  • Workforce equity
  • BIPOC-centered spaces for healing and action
  • Leadership development
  • The Government Alliance for Race & Equity (GARE) curriculum and framework
  • Facilitation of complex multi-agency or multi-organization peer-exchange cohorts
  • Action research related to the topics listed above

Our services

We are here to help you integrate racial equity and health equity into your organization’s practices. We have set curriculum modules and can custom develop scopes of work in response to your priorities. We can provide a wide range of supports, virtually or in-person, including:

  • Board, City Council, and Commission technical presentations or testimony
  • Keynote addresses
  • One-time workshops & trainings
  • Long-term ongoing cohort-based training programs
  • Coaching and advising
  • Technical assistance on specific policy issues
  • Facilitation of peer-exchange learning spaces (i.e., communities of practice, affinity groups, etc.)

“State of Equity’s training services were flexible, collaborative, and responsive to our region’s needs. The team doesn’t just deliver content – they help shape it in ways that reflect distinct equity challenges that rural communities face, with a clear focus on the structural drivers of health and racial inequity. The session sparked strong engagement among our participants, even in a virtual setting.”

– California Center for Rural Policy

“The training changed my life and my outlook on racial equity. I hope to continue to make changes, and hold myself and others accountable for this important work.”

“As a result of participation in CCORE… we have revised our grant guidelines, revised our interview questions, formed an internal environmental justice team to formulate an environmental justice policy, added an environmental justice section to our strategic plan, developed new, language-appropriate material for the public, and have drafted an internal racial equity action plan!”

“This has been a transformative experience for me.  I never felt like there was anything I could do to minimize racism but am now inspired and fortunate to have great team members alongside me.”

“Having a racial equity tool that is data driven and designed to work within our current legal context has been very powerful. It has provided a methodology to examine current policies and procedures and apply a racial equity lens to these in order to benefit those most negatively impacted. I love it!”

Contract mechanisms

Contracts go through State of Equity’s fiscal sponsor, the Public Health Institute (PHI). PHI is on the California Multiple Awards Schedule. As of Spring 2025, PHI has received a notice of intent to award from the California Department of General Services for a Master Services Agreement related to Community Outreach and Education Services. PHI has used service orders and training exemptions to contract with California state agencies. Contact stateofequity@phi.org for more information and to explore possible avenues for working together.

Past Clients Include

Montana State University Western Transportation Institute

We have also provided training & consultation services to more than 50 agencies, departments, offices, commissions, and boards within California state government. See our CCORE page for more information.