Danielle Holmes brings lived experience expertise, systems knowledge, and strategic insight to organizations, nonprofits, educational institutions, and communities working toward change.
SPEAKING TOPICS
FOR ORGANIZATIONS & NONPROFITS:
• Systems That Work: Building organizations that actually serve people navigating survival (housing, reentry, recovery, benefits, justice system)
• Lived Experience as Expertise: Why survivor knowledge matters and how to center it in your work
• From Survival to Strategy: Understanding the systems people navigate—so your programs meet them where they are
• Institutional Change: Why systems matter, how they perpetuate harm, and what actually changes them
FOR EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS:
• Systems Literacy: Teaching students how institutions actually work—policy, power, and navigating complexity
• Survivor Leadership: Transforming trauma and adversity into agency and expertise
• Justice & Equity: Real-world perspectives on systems change from someone who has navigated and worked within those systems
AUTHOR EVENTS:
• Book talks and readings
• Q&A and discussion facilitation
• Book signings
• Book club discussions
EVENT FORMATS
• Keynote presentations (45–60 minutes)
• Workshop facilitation (2–4 hours)
• Panel discussions
• Training sessions (half-day or full-day customized programs)
• Author events (readings, talks, discussion guides)
• Community workshops (systems navigation, advocacy, rebuilding)
