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A Noble Imperative
The conviction that Justice Matters is at the heart of Davia & Tim’s work together. Despite their many differences they share a common belief that the pursuit of justice is a noble imperative. They founded JUST Matters to facilitate raw, honest, and courageous conversations about issues of race and difference for businesses, schools, churches, and other religious and civic organizations.
Justice is the quality or condition of a community being safe, balanced, honest, and fair. Each community or organization has many stakeholders that need to be heard in order for justice to be done. Davia and Tim invite workshop participants to thoughtfully engage one another through a dynamic, respectful, and mutually beneficial conversation about issues of race.
Justice is not the domain of a particular demographic nor is it primarily a political solution. The vision of justice transcends politics, and it cheapens justice to make it primarily a partisan political issue. For this reason, Just Matters is a non-partisan organization.
JUST Matters exists to promote racial conciliation through mutually beneficial dialog between people of diverse perspectives.
To bring various stakeholders together for life-giving dialog about issues of race and justice.
JUST Matters provides a unique, innovative, and experiential two-day workshop that focuses on Building Bridges and Embracing Differences. This workshop honors diverse values and common humanity while avoiding toxic exclusionary extremes. Participants are invited to join 6 crucial conversation modules that facilitate healthy relational development and mutual respect between diverse stakeholders.
This training is ideal for schools, first-responders, police, religious, and corporate settings.
Davia Williams Stevenson is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Life Coach, Speaker, and Podcaster. With twelve years in private clinical practice, she helps individuals, couples, and families grow toward mental, and relational health. She has been published and presents on Self-Care and Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Burnout. Davia is a passionate advocate for the normalization of mental health care and access, particularly for people of color. She brings her message of honest, compassionate self-assessment and strengths-building to women’s organizations, youth groups, civic organizations, and universities. Davia believes that every experience, whether loss, trauma, or victory can be purposed to move you toward your fullest life. She embodies this philosophy not only in her clinical work, but also in her approach to business, service, and advocacy.
Davia holds memberships in the American Counseling Association, the Ohio Counseling Association, and The Association for Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling. As advocacy and service are core values, Davia is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., The Columbus Chapter of the Links Incorporated, and is a sustaining member of The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Central Ohio Chapter.
She holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters in Clinical Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary.
Davia has been married to Eric, her college sweetheart, for 34 years and is the proud mother of two adult sons, two daughters-in-love.
Dr. Tim Stauffer is counseling professor and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor-Supervisor. In addition to his work as an educator, Dr. Stauffer has a private practice in Dublin, OH and specializes in marriage counseling and sexual addiction recovery. He is a member of the American Counseling Association, the Association for Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling, and the American Association of Christian Counselors. Additionally, he is certified as sexual recovery therapist with the American Association for Sex Addiction therapy.
Tim lives in central Ohio and has been married to LaRonda for 24 years. They have 3 children.