Empowering a more mindful community, our in-depth trainings are delivered through impactful discussions on building resiliency, instilling a self-care practice, and understanding your community through a trauma informed lens.
Who We Are
Effinity is a professional training program of Metropolitan Ministries in Tampa, FL, a leading nonprofit providing services that address poverty, hunger, and homelessness with trauma informed care and mindfulness at the forefront of its culture.
Effective + Affinity = Effinity
We instill both definitions in every training we give by being effective in providing tools for practical application of the concepts we teach and demonstrating compassion for ourselves and each other . Together, we empower a more mindful community.
Trainings We Offer
Effinity:
• Offers customized virtual and in person trainings, retreats, and consultation
• Works with nonprofits, schools, governmental agencies, faith-based organizations and businesses
• Supports efforts to become more trauma informed and have a more resilient workforce
Effinity Leadership
Jamie Avant - Vice President
Jamie is a Compassion Fatigue trainer through TEND academy and has served at Metropolitan Ministries for twenty years where she has developed training for staff and community groups to increase awareness of issues of poverty and homelessness, trauma, and self-care.
Tejal Patel – Director
Tejal has served at Metropolitan Ministries in various roles for the past ten years. Her goal is to make the concepts and tools accessible to everyone so that they can apply what they learn to their own lives, to their relationships, and to the industry in which they work.
TEDx USF Talk
Watch as Jamie Avant demonstrates the foundational concepts that we at Effinity use today to meet our clients where they are. We begin to understand the why (history/reasons) behind the what (attitude/behavior) which breaks down barriers and builds bridges of understanding with one another.
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