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This page shares updates, stories, and reflections from IOD’s work and partners.

02/20/2026

Today we proudly celebrate our Founder & Community Partnership Guide, Dr. Tasha Parker, PhD, for being named a 40 Under 40 Honoree by the Wichita Business Journal.

This recognition reflects her vision, integrity, and deep commitment to community. Through healing-centered strategy and equitable partnership building, she continues to create spaces where organizations and communities can move from intention to impact.

We are honored to walk alongside her as she continues to advance community-driven change across Kansas and beyond.

Please join us in congratulating her on this well deserved recognition.

02/10/2026

Today, the Institute of Development had the honor of attending Kansas Black Legislative Day at the Capitol. We were proud to facilitate a participatory data collection experience through a Community Story Walk centering lived experience, community wisdom, and truth-telling.

We know that lifting voices does not always mean they will immediately shape what comes next. Still, we are committed to gathering these stories, synthesizing the themes, and returning them to both legislators and community members, because change is rarely instant, but it is often seeded.

Thank you to the leaders and community members who showed up, spoke up, and stood together. Your voice matters. We will keep planting, tending, and protecting these seeds together.

01/05/2026

📢 Did someone say GIVEAWAY!

We’re stepping into 2026 with intention, clarity, and care and we want to celebrate the new year with you.

At the Institute of Development, we believe healing-centered practices are the foundation of transformational work. To kick off the year, we’re hosting a Healing-Centered Giveaway!

💬 How to Enter:
Comment below and share one healing-centered practice you want to prioritize in 2026.
This could be:
🌿 Resting without guilt
🌿 Asking for help
🌿 Slowing down
🌿 Journaling or reflection

✨ Bonus Entry:
• Tag someone who inspires you
• Share this post to your page or story

🎁 What You Could Win:
A thoughtful IOD-curated ReNew gift box to support your healing journey.

💬 How to Enter:
Reflect with us.
Comment below and share one healing-centered or liberatory practice you want to carry into 2026.
This could be a mindset, a boundary, a ritual, a commitment or anything that helps you move with more freedom, clarity, or care.

🗓️ Dates:
Giveaway opens: January 5
Giveaway closes: January 9 at 11:59 PM CST
Winner announced: January 12

Start the year grounded in practices that nourish you and inspire someone else along the way.

We look forward to reading your reflections. 🌿✨

12/29/2025

At the Institute of Development, we don’t just consult.
We walk alongside our partners with care, clarity, and intention.
We listen deeply.
We co-create solutions.
We help organizations transform in ways that are healing, sustainable, and community-centered.

Ready to create lasting change? Connect with us at https://iodict.com/contact to learn more about our work.

12/26/2025

The Institute of Development is taking intentional time to rest, recharge, and realign as we prepare for the work ahead in 2026.

Our year-end pause is an important practice in our healing-centered and liberatory approach that honors rest as resistance, care, and clarity.

We’ll return on January 6 ready to continue partnering with communities and organizations in transformative, grounded, and strategic ways.

Take good care of yourselves during this season.

Remember: Rest is a practice. Rest is power. Rest is healing.

12/23/2025

Happy Holidays from the Institute of Development!

As we close out another year, we pause to honor the people, the stories, and the lived truths that shaped our work. We are grateful for every partner, community member, evaluator, and leader who trusted us with their experiences and walked alongside us in the work of healing, learning, and transformation.

This season invites us not only to rest, but to remember to hold what is true, even when it differs from what we’ve been told. At IOD, we believe transformation begins when truth is named, memory is honored, and people are seen in their full humanity.

May your holidays be filled with deep rest, meaningful connection, and moments of renewal that restore both your spirit and your courage.
Thank you for trusting us with your stories and your work. We look forward to continuing the work of transformation rooted in truth, care, and collective possibility in the year ahead.

With care,
The Institute of Development Team

12/19/2025

Even while we step away on our year-end rest period, we remain rooted in community.

Today we invite you to honor the collective truth that:
When we rest, we make room for community to breathe, imagine, and grow.

What does collective rest mean to you?
💬 Drop a word, phrase, or emoji below.

12/12/2025

At the Institute of Development, we believe growth is a practice.

Continuous learning and adaptation aren’t just values, they are the foundations of how we build, evaluate, and transform systems with community at the center.

Connect with us at https://iodict.com/contact to learn more about our work and how we partner with organizations and communities to design healing-centered, sustainable change.

12/10/2025

At the Institute of Development, we help organizations move from intention to impact through healing-centered, community-rooted practices. Our services support leaders, teams, and systems in building sustainable change.

Our Core Services Include:

• Research and Evaluation
Centering community voice while generating actionable insights that support ethical, equitable decision-making.

• Strategic Action Planning
Designing clear, values-aligned strategies that turn vision into measurable, sustainable progress.

• Program Development
Building culturally responsive program models grounded in purpose, clarity, and real impact.

• Trauma-Informed Consulting
Supporting organizations in creating environments rooted in safety, resilience, and care.

• Training and Facilitation
Delivering engaging, healing-centered learning experiences tailored for teams, boards, and leaders.

• Thought Partnership
Walking alongside organizations as a strategic ally, helping them navigate complexity with clarity and intention.

Interested in partnering with us?
Connect with us at https://iodict.com/contact to learn more about how we can support your work.

11/24/2025

More Than Consulting — We’re Partners in Change.
Connecting research to real community impact.
Partnering with those committed to meaningful change.

Want to explore how IOD can support your next project?
Connect with us to learn more about our evaluation and strategy services.

11/20/2025

Last week, Institute of Development Founder & Community Partnership Guide Dr. Tasha Parker, alongside Dulcinea Rakestraw, Strategic Impact Partner, guided evaluators through a transformative pre-conference workshop titled “Beyond Do No Harm” at the American Evaluation Association Conference.

Together, they introduced the Trauma and Resiliency Informed Equitable Evaluation & Approaches (TRIEE-A) framework — a healing-centered methodology that bridges trauma science, resilience theory, and justice-centered evaluation.

Participants examined how trauma shows up across systems, how traditional evaluation can unintentionally cause harm, and how TRIEE-A provides a pathway toward safety, transparency, voice, collaboration, cultural awareness, and collective care.

We’re grateful to join evaluators across the country who are committed to approaches that not only avoid harm, but actively support healing, equity, and liberation.

Ready to bring trauma-informed, community-rooted evaluation to your organization?
👉 Let’s connect at https://iodict.com/contact

11/14/2025

Welcome to the Institute of Development

We partner with impact-focused organizations, agencies, and communities to move from insight to real, tangible change. Our work is rooted in equity, healing, and transformation. We bring research, evaluation, and strategy together in ways that are practical, human-centered, and actually usable.

Everything we do is designed to reflect the wisdom, realities, and needs of the people we work with, while still delivering measurable results that matter.

Follow along to learn more about our partners and our work as we share stories, tools, and strategies for building stronger ecosystems, from organizations to communities.

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