Base work, discovery, and action
Jasmine Snipes
Principal Consultant and Sole Member (pronouns: they/them)
About Jasmine (they/them/their pronouns)
Jasmine Snipes is the founder and principal consult of Jasmine Snipes Consulting, LLC.
They are dedicated to the effective empowerment, education, leadership, and care of others. They have decades of lived and career experience and worked at the Arizona Legislature for nearly 10 years. Following that experience, they were tapped as the Operations Lead for Black Lives Matter Metro Phoenix and currently serve as the Organizing Director for Black Phoenix Organizing Collective. They are an experienced community care and impact consultant, coach and trainer who regularly collaborates with other independent consultants and community-focused organizations and institutions. Jasmine also serves as a member of Anytown Leadership Camp’s Board of Directors and participates in youth leadership, empowerment and development. One of Jasmine’s top priorities is to help carry forward meaningful and liberating impacts.
Jasmine facilitates workshops and community dialogue, manages projects and processes, supports social change and justice, and collaborates on community care and solutions execution. They obtained associate’s degrees in Communication and General studies from Estrella Mountain Community College and a bachelor’s degree in Community Advocacy and Social Policy from Arizona State University’s College of Public Service and Community Solutions. Jasmine compassionately guides and collaborates with people from varying lived experiences and communities while:
centering the social identities most impacted by supremacy culture and oppression (e.g. Black and Brown and racialized identities, lgbtqia*+, disabled, neurodiverse, etc.)
prioritizing individual and collective liberation
prioritizing individual and collective care
dismantling harmful and oppressive practices and systems
courageously and graciously fostering accountability and responsibility community and convening spaces
honoring impact, urgency, and intention.
Jasmine enjoys spending time with friends and family, and practicing decolonization of their body and mind. They also love staying curious and learning about different communities and history through food, travel, entertainment, art, and intentional connection.
Expertise
governance boards, organizational change, strategy, training, facilitation,
performance improvement, executive coaching, team effectiveness, change management,
curriculum and consulting design
practitioner and technical expert- highly effective consultant and trainer
government, non-profit, grassroots, community organizing and education organizations/boards, practices and quality
education faculty and administrator staff training
community dialogue moderation and facilitation
Approach
emotionally and intellectually intelligent project and interpersonal relations management
individual and collective reflection, accountability, and responsibility
collaborative partnerships based on mutual respect and consent
challenging the status quo, supremacy culture, and harmful social constructs
honoring lived experience and centering the impacted
strengthening impacts and reach of abolition and liberation
Professional Qualifications and Affiliations
Current Black Phoenix Organizing Collective Organizing Director
Previous, Kick Ass Consultants member
Previous Anti-Defamation League | Education Division training specialist
Previous, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs | Communications Coordinator
Previous, Arizona State Senate and House of Representatives staff member
Previous, ONE Community Millennial Multicultural Advisory board member & workshop facilitator
Previous, Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro | Operations Lead
Volunteer Action
Anytown Leadership Camp | Board member
Camp OUTdoors | Volunteer
former Anytown Leadership Camp Co-Director
former one•n•ten Board of Directors member
former Arizona Center for the Future Young Talent Advisory Board
Education and Training
Bachelor of Arts degree- Community Advocacy and Social Policy, College Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University
Associate of Arts degree - Communication & General Studies, Estrella Mountain Community College
2024 Ascending Leaders of Color Fellowship, 4 Da Hood LLC2024
Ascending Leaders of Color Fellowship, 4 Da Hood LLC
Piper Academy: Building Board Expertise with Chuck Loring
elvtr Black Leaders course with Felicia Guity, GoogleTrauma-Informed Care trained
The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) | Institutional Board of Review – Social & Behavioral Research
The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) | Good Clinical Practice – Social and Behavioral Research Best Practices for Clinical Research