KDPM EQUITY INSTITUTE

From Cultural Intelligence to Cultural Authorship

Stop adapting to dominant systems. Start creating new cultural realities.

We guide leaders from cultural abandonment to cultural authorship— empowering you to build on ancestral wisdom, not borrowed soil.

EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH

WHO WE ARE

KDPM Equity Institute pioneers Cultural Authorship as an emerging discipline— integrating Integrated Intelligence with 15+ years of documented research on psychological trust systems, ancestral wisdom, and cultural sovereignty. We don't teach cultural competence. We guide cultural reclamation.

Our work honors Lokono wisdom, Kalinago ancestral intelligence, Afro-Caribbean practices, and Indigenous knowledge systems alongside contemporary research— because brilliance exists across all cultures, not just Western academic frameworks.

This isn't DEI work. This is Cultural Science for Future Ancestors.


CULTURALLY RELEVANT SUITE OF COURSES, TOOLKITS AND FRAMEWORKS TO SUPPORT YOUR TEAM, LEADERS AND ORGANIZATION

WHAT WE DO

Choose your CULTURAL AUTHORSHIP PATHWAY

EXPLORE LEADERSHIP SUPPORT IN OUR THREE PILLARS - SELF, TEAM & SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION

Cultural Explorer
CA$99.00
Every year

Self Led Cultural Learning & Inner Transformation


✓ Access to Our full Self Leadership Suite for your best self
✓ Access to coaching calls & exclusive newsletters & publicati
✓ Membership to the KOFA AI BETA for self leaders and coaches
✓ Exclusive Access to live Masterclasses with coach Karlyn
✓ FREE coupon code for our Success System Better Habits Journa
  • Learn how to lead from within, disconnect from the noise around you and tune in to what's happening in the mind, body, and soul.

    We'll teach you how to:

    • Dream Bigger, connect with your most authentic self & tap into your inner purpose

    • Develop your emotional intelligence and cultural vocabulary

    • Connect your body, mind and soul with integrative practices

    • Align your vision with your reality with workable, usable tools to implement into your aligned life

    • Lead from within, and help others to do the same

START YOUR INNER TRANSFORMATION with our cultural explorer pathway

Transformation begins within. To create meaningful change in the world around us, we must first cultivate a deep connection with our aligned self—the version of us that is in harmony with our values, purpose, and true desires.

Cultural Activator
CA$299.00
Every year

Tools & Training for New & Advancing Community Leaders


✓ All Self transformation tools in our Explorer pathway
✓ Career Coaching & Development Tools as you grow your career
✓ Tools & Training for New & Advancing Community Leaders
✓ Live Monthly Masterclass Sessions with Karlyn
  • Learn how to lead communities and organizations in this work, disconnect from the noise around you and tune in to what's happening in the mind, body, and soul.

    All the tools from the Explorer Pathway, Plus:

    • Access to Our full Self Leadership Suite of courses & toolkits

    • Access to coaching calls & exclusive newsletters & publications in the Institute

    • Tools for career transformation

    • Membership to the KOFA AI BETA for self leaders and coaches

    • Exclusive Access to live Masterclasses with coach Karlyn

    • FREE coupon code for our Success System Better Habits Journal 

CHANGE ORGANIZATIONS & SYSTEMS with our CULTURAL CREATOR PATHWAY

Transformative change happens at the system level. To create meaningful change in the world around us, we must use our self and community leadership to affect systems change.

These aren't training programs. They're initiations into a different way of being.

Each pathway moves you from cultural abandonment to cultural authorship—from borrowed soil to lineage emergence. Choose based on where you are in your journey and the scope of transformation you're ready for.

LEAD COMMUNITIES AND ADVANCE YOUR PURPOSE with our cultural ACTIVATOR pathway

Transformation doesn’t happen in a vaccuum. To create meaningful change in the world around us, we must first cultivate connections and trust with our communities—the most thriving version of us that is in harmony with our career and life purpose.

Cultural Creator
CA$2,999.00
Every year

Certification & Cultural Advancement in the Workplace


✓ All Cultural Explorer Perks
✓ All Career Purpose Tools from our Activator Level
✓ 1 - 1 Coaching Sessions with Karlyn
✓ Culturally informed Certifications for Executives
  • Learn how to lead communities and organizations in this work, disconnect from the noise around you and tune in to what's happening in the mind, body, and soul.

    All the tools from the Explorer Pathway, Plus:

    • Access to Our full Self Leadership Suite of courses & toolkits

    • Access to coaching calls & exclusive newsletters & publications in the Institute

    • Tools for career transformation

    • Advanced Access Membership to the KOFA AI BETA for self leaders and coaches

    • Exclusive Access to live Masterclasses with coach Karlyn

    • 1-1 Monthly Private Virtual Coaching sessions with Karlyn

    • FREE coupon code for our Success System VIP Better Habits Bundle

    • Quarterly Founder’s Dinner or luncheon meetup with Karlyn

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