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.
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
Self Led Cultural Learning & Inner Transformation
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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.
Tools & Training for New & Advancing Community Leaders
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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.
Certification & Cultural Advancement in the Workplace
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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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To our Cultural Communion, a multimedia newsletter that take you deeper into your own unique cultural journey.
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