Equity Pricing

Equity Pricing is one way to play an active role in economic justice efforts, and to make my groups, workshops, and trainings accessible to all socio-economic backgrounds.  It isn’t a perfect way to correct for the unfair, harmful economic system we live in, but it’s a start.

When you are able to pay on the higher end of the scale, your payment helps others gain access who might have a more challenging financial situation.  It also supports me to continue doing this work.  

The chart below is intended as a suggestion. This is not meant as punitive towards dominant cultures. It is a map, inviting each person to take inventory of their financial resources and to take a deeper look at systemic barriers and access to resources.  

Equity pricing based on work from Accountability Mapping and Equity Solutions 

Consider paying more if you…

  • are White

  • Have few or no dependents

  • Own your home or rent by choice

  • Able to miss work and still be able to pay your bills

  • Pay other practitioners full rate

  • Have access to family money and/or resources in times of need

  • Have a savings account, retirement accounts or other inherited money 

  • Travel recreationally 

  • Have earning power with ability to get and do high-paid jobs

Consider paying less if you… 

  • are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) 

  • Have dependents

  • Receive public assistance

  • Have a chronic illness or disability that inhibits your ability to earn income 

  • Are unable to access healthcare 

  • Have significant debt affecting your day to day life 

  • You are a student with no income and actively acquiring great debt.

  • Are an unpaid community organizer (without family wealth or networks to support you)

  • Have immigration related expenses

  • Formerly incarcerated