CompassPoint

Directions Website Contact the organization

CompassPoint We help leaders, nonprofit orgs and movements committed to social justice realize their full power.

There's still time to learn with CompassPoint before the year ends! We're offering workshops and learning communities in...
10/13/2026

There's still time to learn with CompassPoint before the year ends! We're offering workshops and learning communities in November that allow you to go deeper and grow your skills.

November Workshops and Learning Community:
1. Conflict Resolution Practice Pods: Deepen your exploration of approaches to interpersonal conflict resolution that reflect your values. November 2, 16 & 30 11:00am - 2:00pm Pacific
2. Distributing Power Through Collaborative Budgeting: Strengthen participatory culture at your organization when it comes to the budget and financial planning. November 5, 12 & 19 from 9:30am to 12:30pm Pacific
3. Wisdom Well for Black Leaders: A monthly drop-in space for Black folks to explore and strengthen their leadership in community. November's Topic is Moving through conflict without losing each other, November 11 from 11am - 1:30pm Pacific
4. Transformational Supervision: Explore an alternative to traditional supervision that is grounded in equitable relationships and structures that help us thrive in the workplace. November 17 & 19 from 9:30am to 12:30pm Pacific

Register for all workshops at: https://register.compasspoint.org/events/compasspoint
As always, please don't hesitate to send us a DM or leave a comment below if you have any questions about any of our upcoming offerings.

10/09/2026

We talk a lot about psychological safety. But safe enough for who?

What happens when we center the needs and experiences of Black folks? How might that deepen, or complicate, the current framework?

What have we needed to feel psychologically safe? And how are we already building that safety in the spaces we’re in? Gather with us next week to explore these questions, grounded in our own lived experiences.

The Wisdom Well is a monthly gathering for Black leaders to build collective knowledge and power to strengthen our movements. On our own, we know a little. Together, we know a lot.

Bring your questions and curiosity. This discussion-centered space offers time to reflect, affirm, rest, laugh, and remember you aren’t alone in figuring out these challenges.

Register today to reserve your seat at the Well.

✨ When? Wednesday, October 14th
✨ Time: 11am-1:30pm Pacific
✨ Black Leaders of all levels in movement and nonprofit organizations
✨ Register now: https://register.compasspoint.org/events/compasspoint/2228717?date=2026-10-14 or at the link in bio

Here are some upcoming events and resources that we've been seeing lately that we wanted to share. 1. Dr. Huey P. Newton...
10/09/2026

Here are some upcoming events and resources that we've been seeing lately that we wanted to share.

1. Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and It's About Time BPP Presents the 60th Anniversary of Black Panther Party Oct 15-18. Register now: https://www.bpp60.org/
2. Coaching for Healing Justice and Liberation is offering an Introduction to a Liberatory Coach Approach on December 10 & 11 from 9am - 4pm pacific.
3. The Ops Collective is offering Free Virtual Risk Assessment Clinics for 501c3 Organizations hosted by Legal Defense Network
4. San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) presents Every Saturday Night: A harlem of the west musical from Oct 10 - Nov 1. Get tickets to the show at https://www.sfbatco.org/calendar/every-saturday-night

Meetings! We are in them all the time, and yet they can be so varied. At their peak they are clarifying or productive. O...
10/08/2026

Meetings! We are in them all the time, and yet they can be so varied. At their peak they are clarifying or productive.

On the other hand, meetings can seem pointless because they lack a clear desired outcome, or there are some weird power dynamics at play that lead to a lack of outcomes or even conflict.

Join us for our next Facilitation Skills Workshop. We'll help you create purposeful and productive meetings.

Facilitation Skills: Creating Powerful and Purposeful Meetings
🗓️ October 27 & 29 from 9:30am - 12:30pm Pacific on Zoom
🖊 Sign up now: https://ow.ly/ClFk50ZVHXj

In this workshop you will learn:
✅ How to use the “purpose, outcome, and process” (P.O.P) format to design a meeting
✅ The practice of centering marginalized voices in meetings
✅ Strategies for interrupting oppressive power dynamics in meetings

Happy Filipinx American History Month! ✨This month we celebrate the creativity, leadership, culture and contributions of...
10/02/2026

Happy Filipinx American History Month! ✨

This month we celebrate the creativity, leadership, culture and contributions of Filipinx communities.

Filipinx people have long helped shape movements for justice in the U.S. From Filipino farmworkers organizing for dignity and better working conditions to generations of organizers building power in their communities, their leadership reminds us that our movements are stronger when we work toward freedom together.

We celebrate the Filipinx leaders, organizers, artists, storytellers and community builders who continue to imagine and create new possibilities for all of us.

Are you ready to deepen your learning and growth this season? In November, we're offering generative learning communitie...
10/01/2026

Are you ready to deepen your learning and growth this season? In November, we're offering generative learning communities in conflict resolution and finance.

Conflict Resolution Practice Pods offers a supportive peer learning space for strengthening conflict resilience and practicing conflict resolution skills. A past participant shared that it was, “Truly such a valuable investment of my time, energy and resources.”

In Distributing Power Through Collaborative Budgeting, you will explore how to mold the budget process to meet the culture and needs of your organization over time. Past participants shared that it "Felt more holistic than the typical finance training. I appreciated how much time and focus were placed on the more human parts of budgeting and financial management."

🍁 Conflict Resolution Practice Pods: Building Skills for Generative Conflict - Mondays, November 2, 16 & 30th from 11am-2pm Pacific
🍁 Distributing Power Through Collaborative Budgeting - Thursdays, November 5, 12, & 19th from 9:30am-12:30pm Pacific

Join us for any of these incredible learning communities. Register now: https://ow.ly/v3ku50ZTFHP

As we move into the fall season, we're regrounding in what it means to lead in these times. One resource we're returning...
10/01/2026

As we move into the fall season, we're regrounding in what it means to lead in these times. One resource we're returning to in this season is Dr. Durryle Brooks’ three-part series on the Critical Theory of Love.

Love is often named in social justice and movement spaces, but what do we actually mean by it? And what does it require of us in practice?

Dr. Brooks offers the Critical Theory of Love as a framework for understanding love as a radical and transformative force. A force that can move us toward greater wholeness while reshaping how we relate, organize, and build.

His work also brings us back to bell hooks, who taught us that love is more than a feeling, it is a practice, shaped by care, responsibility, respect, and trust. Together, these offerings invite us to get more rigorous about the love we name in our work and what it asks of us in our pursuit of justice and liberation.

We’re sitting with these ideas again and invite you to join us. 📚

Read Dr. Durryle Brooks’ three-part series in The Nonprofit Quarterly: https://ow.ly/KJhw50ZTekn

At CompassPoint, we create BIPOC-exclusive workshops because being in a room with others who share similar lived experie...
09/29/2026

At CompassPoint, we create BIPOC-exclusive workshops because being in a room with others who share similar lived experiences creates a sense of belonging. BIPOC spaces can be an oasis for leaders to process and heal from their experiences amongst peers who "get it" and can relate.

Ready to build meaningful connections? Coming up in October, we have two workshops for BIPOC leaders:
🖤 Transformational Supervision for BIPOC Leaders: Explore an alternative to traditional supervision that is grounded in equitable relationships and structures that help us thrive in the workplace. October 6 & 8 9:30am to 12:30pm PT
🖤 Conflict Resolution for BIPOC Leaders: Learn interpersonal conflict resolution and develop an approach that reflects your values. October 20 & 22 from 9:30am to 12:30pm PT

Join us at any one of these offerings by registering at https://ow.ly/IqYc50ZSUR1

In last month's Wisdom Well, we explored how we want the future to look for ourselves and our loved ones. And we found o...
09/28/2026

In last month's Wisdom Well, we explored how we want the future to look for ourselves and our loved ones.

And we found out that we want to be held. We want inner peace. We want our hearts centered and protected. We want freedom. And we want to love ourselves.

In October's Wisdom Well, we are exploring a reimagining of psychological safety with Black people at the center. Psychological safety is the ability to “show and employ oneself without fear of negative consequences of self-image, status, or career.” That sounds simple enough; however, when we layer the complexities of our multi-identity lives as Black folks, the concept of psychological safety does not always feel accessible to us.

Gather with us next month and explore how we build organizations and communities where Black folks' safety–including their psychological safety–is centered.

The Wisdom Well is a monthly gathering space for Black leaders to build collective knowledge and power together to strengthen our movements. Register today to reserve your seat at the Well.

✨ When? Wednesday, October 14th
✨ Time: 11am-1:30pm Pacific
✨ Black Leaders of all levels in movement and nonprofit organizations
✨ Register now: https://ow.ly/xM0w50ZSmpO

Today we honor bell hooks and the wisdom she left for all of us committed to building a more liberated world. ✨Through h...
09/25/2026

Today we honor bell hooks and the wisdom she left for all of us committed to building a more liberated world. ✨

Through her writing, teaching, and cultural criticism, bell hooks challenged us to understand how systems of domination shape our institutions, our relationship to ourselves and others. She also reminded us that liberation is about what we resist AND practice in the name of love.

Let's celebrate bell hooks and the expansive body of work she left behind. May her legacy inspire us to imagine and practice different ways of being together.

Address

548 Market Street, PMB 25158
San Francisco, CA
94104

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when CompassPoint posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to CompassPoint:

Shortcuts

Share

Category