Damali Robertson

Director of DEIB, Lifelong Medical Care

Damali is a leader in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) space. Damali is currently Director of DEIB at LifeLong Medical Care in Berkeley, CA where she is building equity and belonging into the organization’s culture and practices. Prior to LifeLong, she worked as Director of DEI at the California Institute for Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco from 2021-2023. In that role, she created DEIB programming and events and moderated transformative conversations with Rhonda Magee, Monica Guzman, Yung Pueblo, and Tricia Hersey. 

Damali is also an artist, writer, mindfulness practitioner, facilitator, and emerging filmmaker who is guided by three values: Love, Liberation, and Compassion. Damali began telling stories on film in 2014. She launched her YouTube channel @freedomnarratives in 2019 and has talked to dozens of people about activism, racial equity, belonging, mindfulness, and de-colonial scholarship over the last several years. She is currently making a film about moving toward collective liberation through faith and spirituality. Damali is also a sought-after facilitator. Most recently, she co-facilitated a workshop about BIPOC grief at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

Damali’s life and work are grounded in mindfulness practices, spiritual principles, and lived-commitments to equity and justice.