What People Are Saying

“Widerstand's anti-racism training combines a deep understanding of the roots and origins of racism with years of practical experience in specific contexts. If you want to make a real difference within your own organization, Widerstand can help you get there.”

—Jared Oates, Niche Academy

“Widerstand Consulting offered a flexible combination of online tutorials and customized live engagements to provide an effective framework for beginning the work of addressing racial equity in our organizations.”

—Nini Beegan, Maryland State Library

“[Widerstand] has helped us to prioritize our anti-racism work and discover what needs to be addressed from a deeper level. The most helpful thing about Widerstand is having an outside perspective on internal processes with an anti-racism focus.”

— Colleen Cano, Calvert Library

  • “Thank you and your team so much for putting together all of this for us! Yesterday one of our attenders told me that she called up her home pastor back in New Jersey… and told them that Widerstand is a resource they need to use!”

    Britt Carlson, Former Pastor of Community Life and Outreach, Portland Mennonite Church

  • “We invited Widerstand to deliver an interactive anti-racism training to our 200+ employees, as part of laying the groundwork for our organization-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The feedback from our staff was incredibly powerful; many of them knew very little about the US history of systemic racism and had their eyes opened in shock, with the interest to learn more. The majority of our staff shared that they were proud to work for an organization that wanted to learn more and be agents of anti-racist change in our work as healthcare providers.”

    Partnership Health Center

  • “Tobin doesn’t just teach certain tenets or values, he represents those and follows those in every facet of his life.”

    Meshayla Cox, Montana Racial Equity Project

  • “Widerstand Consultants are excellent facilitators. I watched staff and board alike go from talking about race as this big out-there-in-the-world conversation to looking directly at one another and discussing how to break down the barriers, systems and structures that exist within our own organization.”

    Nicki Bailey, Adventure Cycling

  • “Tobin doesn’t hide from racism. I respect him for it.”

    Murray Pierce, Black Student Union Advisor, University of Montana

Who
We’ve Worked With

Nonprofits/Government

  • Adventure Cycling Association (MT)

  • Associated Students of the University of Montana (MT)

  • Buck Institute for Research on Aging (CO)

  • Clark Fork Coalition (MT)

  • Common Good (MT)

  • Dreams for Change (CA)

  • Eastern Mennonite University (VA)

  • Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (MT)

  • Hellgate School District (MT)

  • Homeword (MT)

  • Home ReSource (MT)

  • Homestead School (NY)

  • Humanities Montana (MT)

  • Lewis & Clark Public Health Department (MT)

  • Missoula Art Museum (MT)

  • Missoula Community Foundation (MT)

  • Missoula Economic Partnership (MT)

  • Missoula Food Bank & Community Center (MT)

  • MMW Architects (MT)

  • MTCC Americorps (MT)

  • Newton Community for Racial Justice (KS)

  • Niche Academy (UT)

  • Montana Medical Association (MT)

  • Montana Reproductive Rights Coalition (MT)

  • Partners in Home Care (MT)

  • Partnership Health Center (MT)

  • Sussex School (MT)

  • Society for Human Resource Management (MT)

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TN)

  • Village of Hanover Park (IL)

Libraries

  • Adrian District Library (MI)

  • Almeda County Libraries (CA)

  • Baldwin Public Library (MI)

  • Bellmore Memorial Library (NY)

  • Bryant Library (NY)

  • Caledon Public Library (Ontario, Canada)

  • Calvert Library (MD)

  • East Meadow Public Library (NY)

  • Island Park Library (NY)

  • Levittown Public Library (NY)

  • Library System of Lancaster County (PA)

  • Mansfield Library, University of Montana (MT)

  • Maryland State Library System (MD)

  • Seaford Public Library (NY)

  • Solano County Library (CA)

  • Spartanburg County Public Libraries (SC)

  • Sycamore Public Library (IL)

  • Utah State Library (UT)

Religious Groups

  • Atlanta Mennonite Fellowship (GA)

  • Central District Conference (IN)

  • Chicago Community Mennonite Church (IL)

  • Corvallis Mennonite Fellowship (OR)

  • First Mennonite Church - Indianapolis (IN)

  • First Mennonite Church (OH)

  • Houston Mennonite Church (TX)

  • Lombard Mennonite Church (IL)

  • Madison Mennonite (WS)

  • Mennonite Church USA (IN)

  • Mennonite Congregation of Boston (MA)

  • MennoMedia (VA)

  • Mennonite Mission Network (IN)

  • Milwaukee Mennonite Church (WI)

  • On Earth Peace (MD)

  • Portland Mennonite Church (OR)

  • Prairie Street Mennonite Church (IN)

  • Raleigh Mennonite Church (NC)

  • Roanoke Mennonite Church (IL)

  • Shalom Mennonite Church (IN)

  • Sunnyside Mennonite Church (IN)