ABOUT EQUITABLE EDU
Training & Development Enterprise
EQUITABLE EDU, LLC is a women-owned and operated training and development enterprise that provides thought-provoking curriculum and high-impact training to increase the knowledge and skills of education, healthcare, and business professionals.
EQUITABLE EDU’s MISSION is to provide thought-provoking training and resources that increase the knowledge and skills of individuals and the clients they serve. We strive to promote excellence in learning and assist individuals and organizations in creating widespread change that values diversity, equity, and inclusion - where all people are heard, respected, and valued. Our mission supports all humanity including those who have been marginalized and systemically oppressed including people of color, people from LGBTQ+ communities, people who are undocumented, differently abled, incarcerated, or have criminal records.
EQUITABLE EDU, LLC is proudly headquartered in Michigan and cares deeply about education and equity.
To those who are using their voices to create change, Equitable EDU, LLC stands in solidarity with you.
Meet the founder of equitable EDU
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Amelia Leighton, M.Ed., the founder of Equitable EDU LLC, had an awareness and commitment to education, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) long before it was trending.
As the granddaughter of Italian immigrants to the United States, she was keenly aware of the challenges her grandparents, and other immigrants, encountered as “outsiders.”
Amelia’s view, awareness and understanding expanded through various life and professional experiences which prompted her to be intensely aware of disparities of resources and lack of belonging in education, healthcare and corporate environments.
Amelia was first able to publicly put into practice her commitment to excellence in learning and equitable teaching when she accepted a position as an educator in a K-12 urban school system near Detroit. There, she purposefully and successfully developed and advanced equity-minded teaching.
Within just a couple years she joined higher education as a professor where she developed outstanding equity-minded curriculum, published several academic books, achieved the highest student retention and success outcomes and conceived and implemented nationally recognized success initiatives for Black college students.
Amelia moved into corporate environments where she served as a Diversity and Inclusion lead at a Fortune 500 company and a Talent Strategist at a world recognized space and robotics center.
Amelia’s reputation grew as a nationally known and skilled trainer, a specialist around rapport and relationship building, an expert in retention and advancement strategies, and a DEIB subject matter expert.
In 2015, Amelia realized her dream of owning and operating Equitable EDU, LLC a Training and Development enterprise, that specializes in training and educational resources.