Testimonials
What People Are saying about us…
“Wildfire has helped our organization to look deeper and strengthen our relationships. Throughout the process we were encouraged to lean into discomfort and see each other in ways that go beyond co-worker, ally and colleagues but as partners in movements. Wildfire not only facilitates space to nurture relationships but creates a starting point for bringing teams together to build vision and community.“
“The Wildfire Project changed my life. It is part of the reason I have been able to step into action and continue to grow. Wildfire opened my heart and mind to my power.”
“At a time of serial economic and ecological crises, Wildfire is giving our movements crucial tools and structures to protect themselves — to not only fight back disaster capitalism but to put forward real solutions that reduce inequality and make us all safer in the future. I don’t know of anything else out there like it.”
“I can’t explain how brilliant Wildfire facilitators are. They do this vital work in a truly courageous way.”
“Since joining the Climate movement I have been a participant in many training programs but I have never walked away so empowered like I have with the Wildfire project. Their ability to be flexible and adjust their program according to how the group works was definitely something I admired about these facilitators. They come with so much knowledge and experience but they entered our spaces first with openness, heart and humility. I felt safe and comfortable to step into vulnerability with Wildfire, and for that I would not have been able to fully see and appreciate my growth in this journey. Our team was strengthened by moments like these and we achieved clearer goals, a plan for longevity and so much hope for the future ahead. And can I add that we had so much fun!”
“I highly recommend Wildfire. Training and facilitation custom-designed to your groups’ needs, run by highly skilled working organizers, is a whole different beast than other trainings.”
“Wildfire is a needed space for us. It has reminded and solidified our responsibility to one another and our movement. Wildfire has helped us build clarity in our struggle. The retreats have built positive dynamics, internally and externally to our organization. They helped us shape a clear vision for our tenant justice movement.”
“I felt like I was in the company of people who are going to win back the world for our communities and our families.”
“Instead of sending one or two people to be trained, we went through a collaborative group process in which experienced trainers helped our members and organizers learn, share, and practice the real skills we needed in order to develop campaigns, grow our base, and win homes back from banks.”
““It was in a Wildfire space that I gained my power back. I really admire Wildfire for embodying the deep recognition that strategy comes from assessment, from conflict, from a willingness to be transformed alongside your comrades. Six years from now when the Dream Defenders end youth arrests in the state of Florida, and in 25 when we end the prison industrial complex, Wildfire’s imprint will be all over it – it will be all over this movement in general. They are transforming individuals in the service of the work and I am forever grateful. It changed my life, and it set the Dream Defenders on a trajectory for a successful future.”
“Wildfire facilitation is very unique in how responsive they are to the needs of the organization. I really appreciate how much they care about our organization’s growth as well as each individual’s personal transformation. They know when to push us and when to support us. Not only do their tools and exercises help us stay accountable to our own growth, but also their facilitation style balances being both warm and friendly while also being direct in challenging us towards our edges. Wildfire facilitators have a wealth of knowledge to share and seem to really practice what they preach.”
“We trusted Wildfire to help our organization in a period of deep transformation, and that may have been one of the best decisions our team ever made.”
“Wildfire is a blessing for activists, organizations and movements! One of the best decisions we’ve made is to work with Wildfire over the last year. They created a sacred space for us to speak our truths and listen to one another, which strengthened our internal and external communication and work in the world. And recently, when we were overwhelmed responding to the fires in the Amazon, they held much-needed space for us to come together as a team to respond with big vision for the immediate and long-term. In a few hours we gained clarity for what we needed to do. For that, we are so grateful!”
“We highly recommend Wildfire for any grassroots organization or community looking to strengthen their culture, clarify their vision, and leverage their power in more efficient and effective ways. Wildfire held an incredibly strong container and took the time to learn about our organization and where we were in our process, personalizing the retreat they facilitated and judiciously building upon the work we had previously done. They solicited feedback over the course of four sessions and incorporated our specific and evolving needs into their facilitation. The Wildfire team created an open and honest environment for frank discussion, deep listening and practical takeaways and tools that continue to guide the direction of our internal work. We remain incredibly grateful and excited to continue building upon what we started with Wildfire.“
“At the end of my first retreat with Wildfire, I thought: ‘whoa, you’re wizards.’ Now that I’ve had more time to be with Wildfire, I realize that it’s practice that lets the facilitators do the work they do, and that’s profoundly hopeful, because we can all practice, and our movements can practice. In this time of real struggle, that has been such a guiding force. We can learn, we can connect in ways that we don’t always think are possible, and we can take the risks we need to take. I feel so prepared for that.”
“I feel really empowered by Wildfire’s deep investment in us – in the DSN and in me as a leader. The care and intention the facilitators bring to the work helps us find the courage to take the type of risks that lead to big breakthroughs and important clarity. I’m grateful.”
““Wildfire facilitators have helped our team feel into the power of our collective. They have helped us activate new and renewed knowledge systems in order to navigate change and find cohesive movement forward. Through our sessions we have identified ways to operationalize our values which has help our team build a strong sense of organizational community as we continue to carry out our critical work — as individuals, as co-workers, and as community members in service to a vision of justice and healing.”
“After one of our retreats with Wildfire, I had this feeling in my body of absolute openness, clarity about who we were, and confidence in the possibility of who we could become. It felt a little bit like magic. I think that magic Wildfire brought actually helped our organization survive difficult times – but beyond surviving, to do important, powerful work – like this past semester, when we organized actions in 30 college campuses around the country, turning out more than 2,000 students, taking 60 arrests, and winning tangible victories for divestment from fossil fuels and reinvestment in a just transition. I strongly believe that Wildfire is a lot of what made that possible.”
““The Wildfire team supported members of our Council of Elders to tap into their agency and enhance their awareness of what motivates them to perform and act in accordance with our North Star. Their experience with facilitating diverse groups of people meant that collectively they had an intuitive understanding to tailor their facilitation, encouraging each of us to tap into our individual and collective agency. The team operates from a place of truth and respect, which supported our ability to trust them and their ability to influence meaningful positive change in our group culture. I believe their investment in preparation made them effective in meeting new challenges, engaging the group in courageous conversations and supporting us with robust decision making. They were able to understand our diversity, range of complex ideas and stories, and synthesize these into constructive outcomes, focused discussions, and next steps. Their willingness to genuinely invest in and support the council of elders was such a gift and have strengthened the resolve of this group of people by building their capacity, and mutual understanding of each other.”
“I have been organizing for over 30 years and participated in many movement events. Wildfire Winter Camp is at the top of my list of effective, agitational, and transformative movement building events. I have been changed and moved by this weekend, and am leaving with important insights and relationships. The leaders of Wildfire practice a powerful model of group formation and facilitation that creates real conversations, real debate, and the humanization of differences. More people in the progressive movement need to experience and then learn these skills.”
“The engaging workshops and exercises allowed us to drop our guards, helped us be creative, gave us space to lead ourselves, and encouraged us to work together. The Wildfire Project created a warm, open, and transformative space that was adaptive to our group and really geared toward meeting our actual needs.”
“For the past six months, Wildfire facilitators have supported us – with a lot of integrity and solidarity – in creating a warm, empowering space and a strong group identity across race, age, and class. Now, our relationships go much deeper than surface-level political alliances, to real friendship and community that will keep us together for the long-haul. People power is happening in the Rockaways.”
“Wildfire are wizards at holding conflict in the group. It was very impressive to see them lead the group into some tough shit and stay calm through it.”
