Sliding Scale and Access
This fee scale is listed in five tiers and influenced by the Green Bottle Model of (Alexis J. Cunningfolk) and the Anti-Oppressive Rate Questionnaire shared by Oumou Sylla. This document was co-created by a group of anti-oppressive healers, coaches, and radical organizational influences. This scale allows those with greater social/financial advantages to supplement the fees of lower-paying folx. Investing in healing per your true circumstances is a way we all fight racialized capitalism together.
Keep a tally of the number of "yes's" and "no's" you have to the following questions. Please note that we are not attempting to rank people’s inherent worth or existence – no experience is more valid than any other. These circumstances are listed because they often affect access to resources. I fully recognize that many if not all answers to the questions below are not as simple as “yes” or “no”. I welcome conversation around your experience taking the questionnaire, including emotions that come up. This is meant to be a used as guidelines rather than strict rules. You are welcome to adjust the fee given to how you understand your situation. I will not be asking for your answers or for explanations.
Anti-Oppressive Rate Questionnaire
Are you and your family homeowners or landowners? (This question does not apply to those who are Native or Indigenous)
Did you experience early life abundance and are now only experiencing “temporary scarcity”?
Are you able-bodied?
Do you have a degree that you did not pay with loans (private or federal)?
Are you able to make payments on bills or credit cards?
Do you experience housing security or stability?
Do you work part time by choice? Do you work for less pay by choice?
Do you experience ease when paying bills?
Do you have a relatively high degree of earning power due to your level of or kind of education (or gender and racial privilege, class background, etc…)?
Do you have access to residual, gifted, supplemental, or passive income?
Have you been able to easily access and afford health insurance?
Do you have income generating assets (real estate, investments)?
Are you able to financially manage your debt?
Do you have a safety net composed of “financially stable” or wealthy family and friends? Do you have access to a network of wealth?
Do you have U.S. Citizenship?
Do you have the ability to choose to work or not?
Does your income only support you, and not other loved ones?
Have you or do you expect to inherit money or property?
Have you (or could you have) attended college and/or graduate school? Have you attended private education institutions or do you have an advanced degree?
Do you have income that is not from disability or social security?
Do you have access to income that allows you to (regularly) vacation and spend money on other personal wants/desires?
Review the questions & follow the instructions to determine which level may best fit your circumstances.
all yes’s ➤➤➤ redistribution: $225 - $250
mostly yes’s ➤➤➤ full cost: $175 - $225
half/half ➤➤➤ sustain: $140 - $175
mostly no’s ➤➤➤ solidarity: $100 - $140
all no’s ➤➤➤ reparations (QTBIPOC aka folks of the global majority): $50 - $100
Please note that this sliding scale was inspired by:
Deep conversations and transformational relationships among friends and colleagues: Kenya Crawford, Mia Schachter, Oumou Sylla, and more.