L3 Catalyst Group

retreat,

liberation,

learning,

leadership,

Spain

making space for liberated margins

by Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)
on July 04, 2026

Liberated margins is space for us to slow down, explore, and reconnect with ourselves, our community, and our joy. On this United States Independence Day, we're launching Liberated Margins. The ...

April 14, 2026 • 4 min read

Leading for Belonging

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 03, 2026 • 3 min read

Staying Rooted

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

November 26, 2025 • 3 min read

Season of Giving

By Courtney Currie (she/her)

October 01, 2025 • 3 min read

Making Change Stick

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

September 18, 2025 • 4 min read

From Vision to Mobilization

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

September 05, 2025 • 4 min read

Rest, Restore, Explore: A gift to myself and a love letter to Spain

September 03, 2025 • 5 min read

Practice Change Instead of Drowning in It

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

August 13, 2025 • 5 min read

Field of Dreams

By Holly Bechiri (she/her)

August 06, 2025 • 4 min read

Hiking, Healing, and Finding Myself Again

By Courtney Currie (she/her)

July 25, 2025 • 3 min read

Taking Action

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

July 14, 2025 • 6 min read

Making Space Makes Space

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 19, 2025 • 7 min read

Receiving Feedback: Growing from Hard Truths

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 12, 2025 • 4 min read

Five Methods for Courageously Engaging in Conflict

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 05, 2025 • 6 min read

Rest | Restore | Explore at l'Artesania Nov 3-9, 2025

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

May 21, 2025 • 4 min read

A Different Way Is Possible: Working with Conflict

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

May 14, 2025 • 3 min read

Not New: Practical

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

April 30, 2025 • 3 min read

From Scarcity to Abundance: Nurturing Mindsets to Support Equity and Collective Liberation

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

April 23, 2025 • 3 min read

Leading Through Change: What Emergent Strategy Teaches Us About Adaptive Leadership

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

April 18, 2025 • 2 min read

emergent strategies for these days

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

April 16, 2025 • 3 min read

Are you exhausted?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

April 09, 2025 • 5 min read

daring leadership for these times

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 31, 2025 • 5 min read

Soul Deep Joy

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 26, 2025 • 5 min read

Change Leadership Craft

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 20, 2025 • 4 min read

Breaking Free

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 13, 2025 • 3 min read

Rest | Restore | Explore at l'Artesania

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 12, 2025 • 3 min read

Experiencing Joy

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 05, 2025 • 3 min read

The Time is Now

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 03, 2025 • 5 min read

Changing Your Mind

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 28, 2025 • 5 min read

Exclusion

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 27, 2025 • 5 min read

Embodiment Practice

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 19, 2025 • 6 min read

What now?

February 12, 2025 • 4 min read

On Tyranny

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 05, 2025 • 5 min read

Don't have it in me today

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 30, 2025 • 2 min read

Alone

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 22, 2025 • 2 min read

Seeing Oppression

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 20, 2025 • 7 min read

don't check out

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 15, 2025 • 2 min read

Reader's Choice: Top 2024 Topics for Inspiration to Learn, Lead, & Liberate into 2025

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 08, 2025 • 5 min read

Rest | Restore | Explore

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 05, 2025 • 5 min read

The Courage to Hope

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

December 18, 2024 • 7 min read

Lessons I Learned From Teaching

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

November 02, 2024 • 2 min read

Connect to your breath

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

October 16, 2024 • 4 min read

I almost died at birth

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

October 11, 2024 • 4 min read

you know it when you see it

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

October 01, 2024 • 4 min read

Unpacking the paradox of inequality

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

September 27, 2024 • 4 min read

Leadership is like improv

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

September 18, 2024 • 3 min read

Help, our team is imploding

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

September 11, 2024 • 2 min read

Are you trying to do it all?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

September 04, 2024 • 3 min read

On the Cusp of Something New

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 26, 2024 • 4 min read

Does Teamwork Make the Dream Work?

By Jacqueline Taylor (she/her)

June 19, 2024 • 1 min read

Holding Your Breath?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 12, 2024 • 4 min read

Community Engagement for Growth

By Selma Tucker (he/his)

June 05, 2024 • 3 min read

Keys to Growing Healthy Organizations

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

May 22, 2024 • 4 min read

We cannot DO what we do not BE

By Tovi Scruggs-Hussein (she/her)

April 30, 2024 • 6 min read

From Perception to Impact: Understanding Leadership Identity

By Scott Hackman (he/him)

April 24, 2024 • 4 min read

Curious Minds Want to Grow

By Sara Pot (She/Her)

April 17, 2024 • 4 min read

Paradox - Navigating the Both/And in Leadership and Life

By Kathy Rohlman (she/her)

April 10, 2024 • 4 min read

Embracing the Messy...with Dee - April 2024

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 27, 2024 • 4 min read

Inclusion Beyond the Gender Binary

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 20, 2024 • 3 min read

Psychological Safety Made Simple

By Sequoia Owen (she/her)

March 13, 2024 • 4 min read

Embracing the Messy...with Dee - March 2024

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 28, 2024 • 3 min read

Aligning to Our Values

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 19, 2024 • 4 min read

Steps to Having Challenging Conversations

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 07, 2024 • 5 min read

Embracing the Messy...with Dee - February 2024

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 24, 2024 • 2 min read

Gratitude for BE-ing in Community

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 17, 2024 • 6 min read

Liberation: At Home, In The Garden

By Alessandra Simmons Rolffs, Ph.D.

January 10, 2024 • 1 min read

L3 Catalyst Group's Most-Read Blog Posts of 2023

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 03, 2024 • 5 min read

Embracing the Messy...with Dee - January 2024

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

December 27, 2023 • 4 min read

Rest is Embodied Liberation

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

December 20, 2023 • 6 min read

S’More Synergy-Learning, Leadership, & Liberation

By Maleika Brown (she/her)

December 13, 2023 • 2 min read

Liberation: Navigating the Mess to Be Yourself

By D.L. McKinney (they/them)

December 06, 2023 • 5 min read

Dissipating the Shadow of Expertise

By Dr. Marlene Kowalski-Braun (she/her)

November 29, 2023 • 6 min read

Leadership Toward Liberation

By Jazz McKinney (they/them)

November 22, 2023 • 6 min read

Leading for Racial Change Starts Within

By Dr. Trudi Perkins (she/her)

November 15, 2023 • 7 min read

Staying Curious to Learn

By Holly Bechiri (she/her)

November 02, 2023 • 3 min read

Leading by Example

By Ken Miguel-Cipriano (any pronouns)

October 24, 2023 • 5 min read

The Essence of Leadership

October 18, 2023 • 5 min read

Be the Change

By Bela Bhasin (she/her)

October 11, 2023 • 4 min read

Learning + Leading = An Essential Combination

By Courtney Currie (she/her)

October 03, 2023 • 2 min read

Leadership - Intention in Action

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

September 20, 2023 • 5 min read

Learning is Relationship

By Natalie Williams

September 13, 2023 • 6 min read

Creating Learning Environments

September 06, 2023 • 4 min read

Un-Learning and Learning

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

August 23, 2023 • 3 min read

The Only Constant is Change - Launching L3 Catalyst Group

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

August 09, 2023 • 5 min read

Leadership + Power Hoarding

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

July 26, 2023 • 2 min read

Brave Space Ground Rule #5: No Attacks

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

July 19, 2023 • 2 min read

Brave Space Ground Rule #4: Respect

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

July 12, 2023 • 3 min read

Brave Space Ground Rule #3: Challenge by Choice

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 28, 2023 • 2 min read

Brave Space Ground Rule #2: Own Intent & Impact

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 14, 2023 • 5 min read

Leadership + Right to Comfort

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

May 31, 2023 • 3 min read

Brave Space Ground Rule #1: Controversy with Civility

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

May 15, 2023 • 6 min read

Leadership + the Binary

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

April 26, 2023 • 2 min read

Culture Building Adaptive Practices

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

April 12, 2023 • 6 min read

Leadership + Paternalism

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 22, 2023 • 2 min read

How Do Systems Of Oppression Impact Us?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 08, 2023 • 4 min read

Leadership + One Right Way

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 22, 2023 • 2 min read

Speaking Up

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 15, 2023 • 3 min read

Liberatory Design Card Deck

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 08, 2023 • 2 min read

The Myth of Race

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 01, 2023 • 2 min read

Seven Circles of Organizational Systems

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 25, 2023 • 5 min read

Leadership + Learning + Perfection

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 18, 2023 • 2 min read

Understanding Polite White Supremacy

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 11, 2023 • 1 min read

How do systems impact us?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 04, 2023 • 1 min read

2022 Recap: Your Favorite Leadership and Learning Letters

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

December 28, 2022 • 8 min read

Leadership + White Supremacy Culture’s Characteristics (An Introduction)

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

December 21, 2022 • 2 min read

What is Power?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

December 14, 2022 • 2 min read

Are Younger People Less Racist?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

December 07, 2022 • 2 min read

How do we tangibly grow inclusive teams?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

November 30, 2022 • 2 min read

Disagreeing At Work

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

November 23, 2022 • 2 min read

Microaggressions Are Not Micro

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

November 16, 2022 • 3 min read

Lens Metaphor Helps Us See Oppression

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

November 09, 2022 • 2 min read

Building an Equitable World That’s Never Existed Before

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

November 02, 2022 • 2 min read

Strong Women and Likability Bias

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

October 26, 2022 • 8 min read

On Being Gender Queer

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

October 19, 2022 • 3 min read

Power of Believing You Can Learn & Grow

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

October 12, 2022 • 2 min read

How Do We Make Power Moves?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

October 05, 2022 • 3 min read

There Is No Liberation Without Practice

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

September 28, 2022 • 2 min read

Can I Have a Positive Racial Identity if I'm White?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

September 21, 2022 • 2 min read

Egotistical Leadership

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

August 24, 2022 • 3 min read

Leadership + Liberatory Design

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

August 10, 2022 • 6 min read

Leadership + Power + Hierarchy

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 22, 2022 • 5 min read

Leadership + Intersectionality

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

May 25, 2022 • 8 min read

Leadership + Critical Race Theory

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

April 27, 2022 • 4 min read

Leadership + Frameworks

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 19, 2022 • 2 min read

2021 Recap: Your Favorite Leadership and Learning Letters

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

December 08, 2021 • 4 min read

Learning is Courageous

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

November 24, 2021 • 5 min read

Helping Isn’t About the Helper

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

November 10, 2021 • 5 min read

The Magic of Listening

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

October 27, 2021 • 8 min read

One of the good ones?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

October 06, 2021 • 6 min read

Let's talk about whiteness - Part 5: The violence of white supremacy. Do you see it?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

September 22, 2021 • 7 min read

Let's talk about whiteness - Part 4: What is White Consciousness?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

August 25, 2021 • 6 min read

Let's talk about whiteness - Part 3: What exactly is oppression?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

August 11, 2021 • 6 min read

Let's talk about whiteness - Part 2: You always talk about race; do you hate white people?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

July 28, 2021 • 5 min read

Let's talk about whiteness - Part 1: Who are you, white person, to work for racial equity?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

July 14, 2021 • 6 min read

Is there a secret to strong teams?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 30, 2021 • 7 min read

What are you learning about your learning? Applying triple loop learning to equity and inclusion.

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 16, 2021 • 6 min read

But do we have to call it white supremacy?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

June 02, 2021 • 6 min read

Meet my best friend: burnout

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

May 19, 2021 • 6 min read

Are you afraid?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

May 06, 2021 • 7 min read

But I Earned That! How Dominant Narratives Impact Us.

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

April 21, 2021 • 7 min read

What Do You Mean Brave Spaces? I Want Safety!

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

April 07, 2021 • 6 min read

Wait, Are You Saying I Have Power?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 24, 2021 • 6 min read

The False Allure of Technical (vs. Adaptive) Leadership

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

March 10, 2021 • 8 min read

Part 2 - Anti-White Supremacy: Mileposts and Calls to Action

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 24, 2021 • 4 min read

Part 1 - Anti-White Supremacy: Who am I, as a white person, to be anti-racist?

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

February 10, 2021 • 4 min read

Perfectionism Pressure: It's Killing Your Soul

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 27, 2021 • 3 min read

Silencing Your Inner Hater

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)

January 13, 2021 • 3 min read

Welcome to Leadership & Learning Letters Launch

By Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)