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Quodesia D. "Quo" Johnson

Quodesia "Quo" Johnson is a national equity specialist and healing practitioner in the arts, culture, education, and social justice sectors and a Public Voices Fellow through The OpEd Project.

Quodesia “Quo” Johnson (she/her) is an equity specialist, racial equity coach, healing practitioner, speaker, and community facilitator recognized nationally for her unique approach to shaping spaces of collaboration and creativity in the nonprofit arts, culture, education, and social justice sectors. Quo’s original Company Culture Framework™ combines her experience in the arts, business, organizational culture, and trauma-informed healing practices to cultivate a transformational, human-centered approach to dismantling systems of oppression.

 

As owner and chief collaborative consultant (Quo Johnson Co Project, LLC), the Dallas local supports organizations of local, national, and international impact in creating healthy, collaborative spaces of belonging. Her roles include social justice advisor (OPERA America); founder and space moderator (Black Administrators of Opera); company culture consultant (The Dallas Opera); racial equity coach and racial healing facilitator (Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation); and Public Voices Fellow (The OpEd Project). Quo is a proud graduate of Prairie View A&M University.

A black woman holding a sign that reads "because healing is beautiful, contagious, and limitless."
Essay

Racial Healing at the Center

10 March 2025

Equity specialist Quodesia D. Johnson shares about her experiences facilitating racial healing circles in performing arts spaces. She argues that theatres should be spaces of truth-telling, connection, and racial healing for everyone.

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