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The PAVRO Professional Development Team is Proud to Present:
Serving With, Not To: Understanding Power Dynamics in Volunteer-Community Relationships - Plus Q&A, with Breauna Dorelus
Join us Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 12 PM EST
Join Breauna Dorelus as she introduces the 5 Phases of Co-Dreaming, its practices, and what it looks like to begin the journey wherever you are. Half of the session will be an introduction to the framework with the other half centered in reflection and Q&A.
Presenter Bio:
Breauna Dorelus is the Founder and Cause Consultant at Connecting the Cause, a consultancy dedicated to dismantling harmful volunteer practices implemented by organizations and volunteers specifically towards Black and brown communities. She started her career as an AmeriCorps member and spent 10+ years in various volunteer management roles in humanitarian aid efforts, refugee resettlement and ministry. Breauna believes in community inclusion in all aspects of the volunteer process, and has dedicated her work to ensuring that service is centered around co-dreaming and not harmful charity. For the past 8+ years as a consultant, she's served as a keynote, speaker, session and webinar host, trainer, facilitator, and builder. Breauna has worked on multiple projects helping co-create ethos, philosophy, and practices for those who wish to walk alongside others. Her heart work is connected to seeing others have moments of reckoning and reimagination as they move from charity to Co-Dreaming. In her spare time, she loves playing with dinosaurs with her 4 and 3 year old, thrifting, and having a hot matcha latte.
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