Staff

At the office:

• Runs the Progressive Governance Academy (PGA), supporting local and state elected officials to co-govern with their communities to create change in everyday people’s lives
• Builds partnerships with elected officials, organizations, and people who are dedicated to equity and justice for marginalized communities

An organizer or movement that inspires me:

The reproductive justice movement inspires me and is where I found my first movement home, when I was working in a reproductive rights organization.

At the office:

• Responsible for stewarding our grassroots, alumni and sustaining investors
• Growing re:power’s digital fundraising strategy

An organizer or movement that inspires me:

I’m inspired by every black woman who mobilizes our communities—from the nationally recognized Stacey Abramses to the trailblazing Lenora Rollas to the women who don’t even know the framework of organizing but do it EVERY SINGLE DAY!

At the office:

• Runs Women of Color Leadership programming and curates experiences with and for women of color to inspire, cultivate, and connect women of color across the nation
• Supports partners who strive to build leadership capacity of women of color within their organizations

An organizer or movement that inspires me:

The evolution of black women’s impact through time in all areas of social justice across the globe. Black women have been at the forefront of many fights for justice and I am proud and humbled to be a descendant of this legacy.

At the office:

• Runs Civic Engagement and Electoral Justice programming 
• Supports organizers and organizations to engage in elections at the local, state, and federal level as one of many base building tools to build political power.

An organizer or movement that inspires me:

The Black Radical Tradition because of its defiance of racial capitalism and colonialism. I love the rich history, culture, intellect, Afrofuturistic optimism, action-oriented rigor, and aesthetic of the tradition and its influence in today’s movement for Black liberation.

At the office:

• Runs our movement building programming, supporting leaders and organizations in building power for radical change
• Builds partnerships with groups interested in building capacity for their leaders and members

An organizer or movement that inspires me:

My background is in youth organizing—so youth-led movements, for immigrant rights, climate justice, racial justice, ending gun violence and more. Young people bring the energy, the courage, and the vision we need to imagine and fight for a new world.

At the office:

• Manage scheduling, logistics and strategic support for the Executive Director
• Curate and lead collaborative spaces for executive team and staff; support and liaison with Board of Directors

An organizer or movement that inspires me:

I am inspired by the unbroken Circle of Black and Indigenous Wise Women—past, present and future—who tell our stories, sing our freedom songs, weave our spells, hold our grief, lift our prayers, stand at our crossroads, tend the land, speak to the waters, lay on hands to heal, read the stars to guide us, who carry the machete and the drinking gourd—who love us across generations. Through them we root and we rise.