Sweet Livity LLC
Revolutionizing workplace health and well-being through restorative justice, intersectional racial equity, and healing practices for BIPOC communities
Transforming Workplace Culture
Through Restorative, Culture Shift & Justice

Sweet Livity LLC is a consulting firm specializing in workplace health and well-being for businesses and organizations. Our team of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) practitioners brings a unique perspective to Human Resources, combining restorative justice, intersectional racial equity, and wellness support to revolutionize HR approaches.

Our services address specific client needs with the goal of mitigating trauma and promoting healthy, supportive work environments. We develop strategies that foster shared leadership, increased collaboration, better communication, and enhanced worker satisfaction and well-being.

This word cloud shows the depth and range of the workplace culture that we support leaders and organizations to address.
Beyond consulting, we offer education and training programs to help businesses build stronger foundations for workplace health. Our team is committed to creating inclusive, supportive, joyful workplace cultures focused on the well-being of all employees.
Our Comprehensive Services
Healing Justice Consulting

Cultivating organizations as healing spaces through immersive experiences that shift traditional consulting models to experiential approaches focused on collective care and social justice change.

Restorative HR & Workplace Conflict Management

Listening sessions, mediation spaces, crisis triage, and healing workshops introducing treatment modalities that support people with low capacity in meaningful ways.

Organizational Development

Culture shift for organizational transformation implementing "below the green line" principles in toxic environments where motivation and retention is low and safety is compromised.

Education & Training Programs

Apprenticeship training in communication, conflict resolution, wellness, restorative justice practices, diversity equity inclusion justice, and restorative HR policy development.

"Below the Green Line" Framework for Change Management

Drawn from the work of Margaret Wheatley and others, Sweet Livity applies this framework to think about how to build more resilient organizations and collaborations. This framework posits that if an organization or system attempts to resolve its problems by addressing the three "above the green line" areas only, any change is insubstantial, temporary, ineffective, and often costly.

This includes the following aspects of an organization's way of doing business (systems infrastructure):

  • Structure: Manpower (staff, personnel), Materials (supplies, money and other), and Machine (equipment, facilities, and physical environment)
  • Pattern/Plan: Goals, Objectives, Standards, and Laws
  • Process: Procedures/Methods/Practices (ways of working)

This theory of transformational change proposes that equal, if not more, attention must focus on the three areas of organizational behaviour "below the green line" (cultural infrastructure).

  • Beliefs/Identity: How key participants feel about their role in the organization/system, including behavior/attitudes/support needed
  • Conversation/Information: Communication of information, who has access to information and how information is disseminated
  • Relationships/Connections: How people and various departments/units are linked, and collaboration
Our Proven Track Record

Since 2012, Sweet Livity has built capacity for over 400 organizations and 2,000 leaders across 45 states, impacting 26 regional, statewide, and national initiatives and over 56 low-income and working-class communities. Our work has been recognized with several Community Impact awards by B Lab.

400+
Organizations Served

Building capacity across diverse sectors

2,000+
Leaders Developed

Transforming leadership approaches

45
States Reached

Nationwide impact and presence

$2.7M
Revenue Generated

Since 2012 through services

Our team brings over 200 years of collective experience addressing the harmful impacts of racism and oppression in low-income communities of color. We represent the communities we serve as members of impacted communities ourselves, with team members based in California, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Malta, Mexico, and Portugal.

The Crisis We're Addressing
Workplace Discrimination and Chronic Stress is Widespread

42% of Americans have experienced or witnessed workplace discrimination". Many workplace environments are plagued with chronic toxic stress. 65% of employed workers report work as a significant source of stress. 55% report healthcare access/affordability as a significant stress source. 45% of workers don't know their company's anti-discrimination policies.

Employment-related discrimination affects millions of American workers, with people of color facing substantially higher rates. Black men experience workplace discrimination at nearly twice the rate of the general working population (48%), while Black women (36%), Asian workers (25%), and Hispanic workers (20%) all report significant discrimination. Beyond overt racial discrimination—which accounts for up to 34% of EEOC charges—retaliation for reporting discrimination has become the most common form of workplace discrimination, representing over half (51.6%) of all cases filed in 2024.


42%
Adults Experience or Witness Workplace Discrimination
65%
Workers Stressed Most/All Time from Work
55%
Healthcare access and affordability as significant source of stress
45%
Workers don't know workplace's anti-discrimination policies
The Hidden Crisis: Compassion Fatigue in and Social Justice Work
Compassion Fatigue is Widespread

Practitioners, nonprofit workers, social justice activists, and community organizers doing social justice face a unique workplace crisis: compassion fatigue and secondary trauma. These conditions result from the emotional toll of fighting systemic oppression and supporting communities in distress, yet remain largely invisible and untreated in most organizations.

61% of Americans experienced "social justice issues" burnout during the pandemic; 70% of Gen Z reported the same. Nonprofit social service employees experience a unique form of burnout caused by chronic occupational distress, which significantly impacts the sector's ability to retain top talent and fulfill organizational missions. Among 607 helping professionals studied—including teachers, social workers, psychologists, and community organizers—significant compassion fatigue was documented across all roles, with self-criticism emerging as the strongest predictor of severity.

61%
Experienced Social Justice Burnout
70%
Gen Z Report Activism Fatigue


Social justice work carries specific risks: high caseloads, limited resources, and the emotional toll of working with vulnerable populations create overwhelming and unsustainable workloads. DEI practitioners face additional challenges—navigating organizational resistance, experiencing vicarious trauma from discrimination reports, and carrying the burden of representing entire communities while fighting for systemic change. Many operate without adequate support, with their own wellness being de-prioritized in the service of organizational transformation.

Systemic barriers compound individual resistance to treatment: organizational denial that compassion fatigue exists in "mission-driven" work, workplace cultures that equate self-care with weakness, inadequate supervision, staff shortages, and the glorification of overwork as commitment to the cause. These structural barriers—including unrealistic expectations, poor work-life boundaries, and insufficient resources—are rarely addressed in organizational DEI strategies, leaving practitioners burned out and organizations and communities underserved.

Market Opportunity & Growth

The Global DEI market is projected to grow nearly 4x in a decade—from $7.5 billion in 2020 and $14.1 billion in 2024 to $27.1 billion by 2030 (growing at a CAGR of 11.4%)—creating unprecedented opportunities for organizations committed to authentic workplace transformation.

This growth reflects increasing awareness of human rights issues and the critical need for workplace transformation. Despite recent corporate pullbacks on DEI initiatives among some Fortune 500 companies, the sustained market growth demonstrates the ongoing business need for workplace equity and inclusion solutions, as organizations recognize that diverse workforces lead to better decision-making, innovation, and financial performance.

Increased Awareness

Growing understanding of human rights issues and systemic inequities continues to drive demand for comprehensive DEI solutions across all sectors. Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) alone—a key component of organizational DEI infrastructure—are projected to reach $7-8 billion by 2030, reflecting the sustained investment in building inclusive workplace communities.

Corporate Responsibility

Businesses implementing policies that promote equity and inclusion, recognizing the competitive advantage of diverse teams. Organizations with diverse workforces are 35% more likely to outperform their competitors in financial returns, making DEI not just a moral imperative but a business necessity.

Market Expansion

Rapid growth in demand for DEI consulting, training, analytics platforms, and employee resource groups (ERGs) as organizations seek expert guidance to navigate complex workplace challenges. While some Fortune 500 companies have rebranded their DEI efforts in response to political pressures, many continue diversity work under sustainability or belonging frameworks, indicating ongoing commitment and sustained market demand for authentic workplace equity solutions.

Who We Serve
B2B: Organizations
  • Grassroots companies deconstructing capitalism and barriers to progress
  • Schools and faith-based organizations
  • Progressive nonprofits and for-profits
  • Health care orgs/ hospice/ medical teams/ nurses
  • Organizations seeking cultural competencies and business infrastructure
B2C: Individual Consultants

Consultants like us and their partners or mentors seeking training in Restorative HR, transformative justice, and community collectivism.

Geographic Focus

Our work spans all U.S. regions with concentration in:

  • SF Bay Area, Northern, and Southern, California
  • Southeast Region: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
  • Southwest: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico
  • Five boroughs of New York City
Languages

English fluent, Spanish fluent, French proficiency. Translation and interpreting services available.

Core Client Needs
Breaking Equity Gaps

Addressing disparities and building cultural competencies within and across teams

Undoing White Supremacy

Transforming how it manifests in workplace systems to build greater equity across identities, roles, and teams

Power Redistribution

Shifting from power over to building power with and cultivating power from within

Resource Mobilization

Helping fulfill purpose, mission, and financial literacy in challenging times

Our Brilliant Leadership Team
Diana Marie Lee, Mentor

Transformational Community Change, Building Capacity for Social Change Framework, High Stakes Facilitation, Peer Learning, Worksite Wellness, Participatory Evaluation and Research, Resiliency Wellness Coach, Certified Restorative Justice Circle Keeper, proud aunt of one niece, bonus mom of one daughter, and Founder of JoyJuice Club based in the SF Bay Area and working globally

Dr. Andrea Vonny Lee

DEI Data Analyst for Restorative HR, Educator focusing on arts programming, study abroad, and preservation of indigenous / folkloric art forms, and Founder & CEO of Cultural Links LLC, an international African Diaspora innovation hub of social entrepreneurs, artists, researchers, health practitioners, and educationalists based in the SF Bay Area and working globally.

Dr. Beverly Diane Kyer

Trauma Specialist and Healing Practitioner, 46 years clinical experience, PhD in Ancestral Healing for descendents of slavery, Compassion Fatigue and Verbal First Aid Specialist, VA Medical Center leadership, proud mother, and Founder of The Kyer Group Corporation and Wellness Reset digital platform for training and certification, serving globally

Jenna Torres

Community Advocate, Human Rights Supporter, Active leader of the Reproductive Justice Movement, Promoter of Cooperative Economic equity for the BIPOC community, Spoken Word Artist, Proud Mother of four children, and Founder and Principal of IamJennaTorres consulting, based in Atlanta, GA and serving nationally

Joquetta Batista

Mental Health, Systems, Trauma, Reiki, Certified Restorative Justice Circle Keeper, Crisis Management, Community Mentoring, SocialWorker, Spiritual Wellness Coach and Advisor, Advanced Clinician with a vast history with multicultural populations, proud mother and grandmother, and CEO and Founder of Collective Sistahood, Inc., based in Miami, FL and serving nationally

Samuel González

Change Management, Diversity Inclusion, Leadership Development, Team Building, Artist & Digital Wizard, Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist, Wellness Practitioner, Host of Off Color Podcast, uncomfortable conversations about race and identity, Proud parent, grandparent, and Founder and CEO of Iridescent Sensory Healing Arts based in Tulsa, OK and serving nationally

Yunuen Rhi

Anthropologist, Artist, Healer, an Internal Martial Arts Philosophy and Alignment Coach, Advanced Training in Humanistic Psychology Methods, Certified in Traditional Chinese Medicine techniques, Reiki Level 3 Master Practitioner, Founder and Principal of Isuini Martial Healing Arts based in Los Angeles and SF Bay Area, California and serving globally

Thu Banh Perry

Community Development and Organizational Development Specialist, Nonprofit Management, Affordable Housing Development, Communications, Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist and Restorative Justice Circle Keeper, proud wife and mother, and Founder and Principal of Ascension Community Development LLC, based in the SF Bay Area and serving nationally

Together, we bring over 200 years of collective experience addressing inequities and oppression in communities of color. We are a Black-led multicultural network of racial equity and organizational development practitioners, mental health workers, artists & entrepreneurs across the United States who all represent the diverse marginalized communities we serve.
Our North Star - Our Vision
Sweet Livity's North Star is to...Revolutionize all work to be liberating and just for the most vulnerable workers: immigrants, refugees, youth, elders, queer, indigenous, the poor, working class, gender nonconforming people, people returning to community life from being homeless or in prison, sex workers, people with special health care needs, the unemployed and under-employed, labor activists, farmers, and communities of color. Our North Star metric is that vulnerable workers recover and heal from illness, stress, compassion fatigue and indifference to improve mental, emotional, spiritual, economic and cultural wellbeing.
Reach Out to Learn More
If you are interested in learning more or joining our team, please contact us at:

Diana Marie Lee
Principal and Founder
P 510.227.4538 (cell)

Email dml@sweetlivity.com