About

About

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Imani Romney-Rosa Chapman

Pronouns: she/her/ella

Founder and Director, imani strategies, llc

Imani has more than 30 years of experience developing curriculum, organizing, and educating for social justice.

Whatever the modality, Imani co-creates brave and inclusive environments for learning, growth and justice. Her work with stakeholders in religious communities, secular communities, schools and non-profit organizations has helped root their efforts for sustained change. 

She currently serves on the Board for the Roger L. Wallace Excellence in Teaching Award and was the founding co-chair of the Steering Committee for the New York Metro Coalition of Faith/Spiritual/Ethical Communities for the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, and The Race Working Group at Kolot Chayeinu Synagogue.

Imani holds an ACC coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, her Masters from Middlebury College, Madrid, Spain and is a UJA Federation Graduate Fellow currently enrolled in the doctoral studies program for Interfaith Clinical Education for Pastoral Ministry at HUC-JIR. 

Imani works for an equitable world in which her children and the young people in your lives can live wholly and safely into their full humanity and where race is not a major determinant in health, wealth, legal, and educational outcomes.


Collaborators

Working with us always involves consulting with Imani, and, frequently, with one or more collaborators.

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Amer Ahmed, EdD
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Pat Romney, PhD

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Eva Vega-Olds
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Alan Brown
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Paul Wiley

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Sandra Chapman, PhD
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Franny Silverman

Let’s work together

Engage

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