About Anna
A passionate educator, organizer, and researcher, Anna Stamborski brings expertise from education and religious backgrounds to support the work of healing and justice within communities. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Science in Education and Spanish and a minor in Earth Sciences. While a bilingual public school educator, working with students of a dozen different ethnicities, she was trained in Restorative Justice education and mediation.
After over a decade of working with students, she was called to Princeton Theological Seminary to study the intersection of race and American Christianity where she was trained in community organizing, qualitative research, and ethnography. Graduating summa cum laude with a Masters of Divinity and Black Church Studies she went on to becoming the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Faith and Prejudice, a national nonprofit that looks to support pastors and lay leaders in addressing racism in their communities. During her time with Faith and Prejudice she has built strategic networks both locally and nationally, consulted international organizations on best practices in JEDI arenas, and has created and implemented trainings for churches, denominations, and communities around racialized bias, biblical antiracism, change management, and affinity-spaces.
Expertise
Anna is a trained Restorative Justice educator, certified mediator, Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory, and trained ethnographer and qualitative researcher - all used to support organizations, churches, and nonprofits in pursuing equity.
Curriculum
Instruction
Assessment
Restorative Justice
Mediation
Qualitative Research
Testimonials
Anna has incredible ability to digest and analyze large amounts of information and boil them down to the salient pieces and provide pragmatic recommendations. She demonstrated her facilitation skills in a number of our meetings to bring out discussion around the issues with great clarity. It was a privilege to work with her and I would highly recommend her.
Al Miyashita
Director, The Navigators, Former IBM Executive
Anna Stamborski has been instrumental in the racial justice work of the St. Paul Area Synod (ELCA) over the past two years. She has led a number of workshops across our synod with lay leaders, interim pastors, and settled call pastors on a variety of topics including diversity, equity, and inclusion, racial and gender justice, and understanding bias. Anna combines her depth of experience and knowledge with a truly accessible facilitation style. She is able to meet individuals and groups where they are and then help them to move forward. She is able to dive into the complex questions and intersections with care while paying attention to the diversity of viewpoints in the room. I would highly recommend Anna Stamborski!
Rolf Lowenberg-DeBoer, St. Paul ECLA
Assistant to the Bishop for Lay Leadership and Equity Initiatives
Anna is innovative, refreshing, and a change maker. Anna has the gift of being able to be present and comfortable with people from all walks of life, while forming collaborative and supportive bonds that build community. Anna is a connector. If you are looking for someone to help you or your organization to shift to next steps or to shore up existing frameworks, then Anna is the person to help you do that. Anna understands people and organizations, and she understands the need for synergy.
Rev. Pamela Ngunjiri
Co-Director of Racial Justice at MNCC
Working with Anna energizes and encourages me! Whether she was cultivating research relationships with openness and care, meticulously analyzing data, or bringing her characteristic incisive thinking to idea-generating and problem-solving, having her on the research team, in the community, and in the room simply made us all better. Anna is the rare minister-researcher-community organizer total package! She’s truly enigmatic: a dynamic, fearless leader, yet with a genuinely humble heart.
Dr. Erin Raffety, Princeton Theological Seminary
Past Clients & Partners
Offerings
Speaking
Compelling keynotes to inspire listeners to embrace transformative action, fostering a deeper understanding of social justice and healing within our communities.
Consulting & Coaching
Personalized consulting and coaching to empower leaders in navigating issues of equity and organizational change.
Training & Facilitation
Elevate your organization's dynamics with interactive workshops, tailored to foster collaboration and growth using her background in bilingual education and mediation.
Elevate your organization's dynamics with interactive workshops, tailored to foster collaboration and growth using her background in bilingual education and mediation.
Qualitative Research
Gain valuable insights with Anna’s comprehensive qualitative research services, providing nuanced understanding and actionable recommendations for addressing complex issues within your organization.
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