Christine Saxman

Christine Saxman is the co-author of Being White Today: A Roadmap for a Positive Antiracist Life with Shelly Tochluk and the Western State Center’s Toolkit “Confronting Conspiracy Theories and Organized Bigotry at Home: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers” with Shelly Tochluk and Joanna Schroeder. Her racial justice work has been featured on NPR’s Life Kit and other shows.

A seasoned racial equity facilitator, coach, and consultant with twenty years of experience, she guides White people to transform into healthy antiracist change agents. She also co-facilitates interracially to help organizations to build cross-racial equity transformation into leadership. She brings particular skill to helping individuals and organizations achieve sustainable change that is both racially conscious and culturally relevant.

While leading Saxman Consulting, she stays true to her interracial commitments through partnerships with the National SEED Project (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity), the Race Institute for K-12 Educators, and the Interracial Transformation Collective, Ismalis Nuñez, Krischanna Roberson, and Nicole Shimizu who cultivate the power of identity in cross-racial relationships.

She came to racial and social justice work through the classroom, earning recognition as an Illinois Golden Apple Finalist and Teacher of Distinction. She holds a M.A. in English and a M.S. in Education from Northwestern University.