Transformative Spaces Coalition
Commitment Wall
13 June 2025 Side Event
97 Participants
16 Commitments
4.75/5 Event Rating
Personal Commitments
"Encouraging people to join the Transformative Spaces movement whenever I can."
"Reach out to speakers"
"Intergenerational collaboration and healing"
"Intentionality of choosing well"
"Strive to become the best version of myself to hold space for colleagues - while embodying joy and fun!"
"I am actively working through mindheart to carry this torch to as many communities across the world as possible"
"Imagining myself as water. That was an interesting one triggering some new associations."
"Gathering oral histories amongst leaders and local ecological knowledge holders in my island."
"Knowing the importance of Water, I would not undermine myself, and will know that I am a change maker wherever I am working in the UN."
Collective Commitments
"Keep going, even when the going gets tough. Find creative solutions for resourcing and growing."
"Have UNLOCK join"
"Collaboration."
"Bridging knowledge gaps between wisdom traditional cultures and contemporary ideas of progress. Fill the bridge with adaptive leaders until there is no bridge but an inclusive space of co-creating a better future for all of us."
"Position it as the foundation for any of the other UN 2.0 - which it ultimately is"
"Report out and continue to keep the relationality of the coalition alive in big and small ways. Connection is so key, so we must strive to be in each others orbits"
"Co-design an integrated approach for how to reach transformative change (a tangible, useful tool or model for UN and others to utilise when writing strategies and Theories of Change)"
"More creativity around human-centered connection"
Insights from Event Speakers
Transformative Metaphors Shared
"Imagine yourself as water... as a river winding, going down, reaching out, and nourishing all the creatures, all the plants and life that connect to it." - Gabe Tuan
"Cultural transformation is represented by the tree... it takes time and it takes nourishment and encouragement." - Liliana Uruburo
"Think of an intercultural orchestra... each person brings a different instrument... together they can create a symphony of transformation." - Dan Bullock
Laurel Patterson's Challenge: "Think of the three things that you can do immediately based on something you heard... What are three immediate things that you can do? The key for us as a group of colleagues that really want to drive culture change is recognizing that it is in the small steps, in the small actions which we can change and then repeatedly hold together with each other."
Nqobizitha "Nqo" Ndlovu's Invitation: "What is the leadership moment in front of you? What will you choose to do with it?"
Dr. Sára King's Reflection: "How would your life change? How would your community be different? And how could we fundamentally shift the way that the global infrastructure of care is operating to serve everyone from exactly where they're at."
Shannon Ganeshram's Vision: "I invite you to think about how we may make space for youth in the workplace and beyond... These partnerships enable students to gain real-world experience and make a difference in their spheres and beyond."