About Us
What We Do
Since 2009, Savvy Pen has been offering consulting services to schools businesses to help them exceed their people-centric goals. We provide tools, training, and programming to assist with retaining and growing your people assets throughout the employee lifecycle. Whether you’re a startup looking for ways to reach clients and train your staff or an established company looking for ways to improve employee engagement, provide career pathways or leadership development, Savvy Pen can assist you! Led by Dr. Tamika Sanders, Savvy Pen offers a variety of services to suit you.
Public Programs & Community Impact
Savvy Pen worked with the City of Phoenix to develop a writing course for aspiring authors called "Discovering Your Voice", a Goal Setting and Career Planning workshop called "Career Launch" for Hopes Crossing, a Veteran’s Showcase with Burton Bar Library, and an annual "Black History Celebration" in partnership with schools and community leaders. Savvy Pen is also a proud collaborator of the Bi-National Arts Residency (BNAR) and Politics & Place. BNAR connects cultural communities in the Sonoran Desert on issues of social justice and identity through art. Politics & Place, curated by InSite Consultants, focuses on the push out rate and displacement of under-represented communities and building solidary. We believe that businesses have a duty to improve the communities in which they reside in. Our work in the community reflects our dedication!
Awards & Recognition
Our work in the community earned us an invitation to speak at the TEDx Phoenix Salon about community sustainability in 2012, a Community Luminary Award in 2014, a nomination for the 2015 Humanities Rising Star Award for individuals using creative approaches to engage the public in humanities topics and a Women of Distinction Award in 2022.
We have produced events that brought historical figures, like the musical giant Gil Scott Heron to the Madcap Theatre in 2010, and social activist Omar Bin Hassan from the “Last Poets” to the Herberger in 2009. Our goal is to continue using the arts and public programming to break barriers, inspire youth, and create social change.
Community Partnerships
Thank You for your Dedication!
We pride ourselves on developing partnerships that connect communities, empower youth and enhance educational outcomes. As a result, Savvy Pen works with community partners such as: AABSE Teacher Leadership Summit, Arizona Humanities AZ Speaks Program, ASU Performance in the Borderlands, Balsz School District, Black Poet Ventures, Dia de Los Ninos, the Bi-National Arts Residency, Global Village, Maricopa Community College’s Multicultural Education Conference, Mesa Arts Center, Phonetic Spit, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Rising Youth Theatre, Roosevelt School District, Tempe Union School District, UPI Education Group, Youth Express Entrepreneurship Program and LEAP.