Leading Authentically is an education-based organization that is committed to fostering safer spaces on and off the dance floor.
Leading Authentically is dedicated to building supportive, safer and connected communities. We facilitate consent and healthy masculinity workshops, grounded in embodied practice. We are passionate about mitigating gender-based violence in Afro-Latin dance communities, through our one-of-a-kind consent-based dance workshops which equip participants enhanced skills in practicing consent, healthy communication, effective feedback, and meaningful connection. Leading Authentically also provides social justice consultation services for organizations' for equity-based needs and anti-oppression goals.
Leading Authentically is founded by Lexi Salt, Gendered and Sexual Violence Prevention Educator, and avid dancer in Latin dance community!
We believe that everyone has the right to feel safe doing what brings them joy.
We are passionate about providing folks with the tools to prevent and reduce gender-based violence in their communities.
Join the growing number of people working to make our communities safer on and off the dance floor!
Leading Authentically is located on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnawbe and Haudenosaunee peoples. We are situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations and Mississaugas of the New Credit, which stretches six miles wide on each side of the Grand River. We are mindful of broken covenants and the need to strive for justice and reconciliation. As an organization that strives to foster safer spaces, we recognize that the work that we do is inherently land-based and requires a decolonial paradigm. We also acknowledge the systemic cultural appropriation, and erasure of traditional knowledge and arts-based practices in Indigenous, African and Latiné communities.
Leading Authentically