What’s New
We work on compelling issues at the local, national, and international level.
January—March 2022: Created & carried out launch strategy for Reimagining the Bottle Bill, a three-year campaign to deliver environmental and economic impact by modernizing bottle bills across the Northeast.
February—March 2022: Conducted series of messaging workshops and trainings in virtual presenting for plaintiffs in reproductive rights lawsuits.
February 2022: Facilitated expert meeting to explore creation of new academic certificate program in behavioral health technology.
November—December 2021: Facilitated Global Advocacy for Change unit meetings to determine how new advocacy strategies could be defined, developed, and led by Global South feminists.
May—July 2021: Created series of briefing papers on GDC initiatives to guide physicians regarding self-managed medication abortion, health exceptions, refusals of care, and advocacy after victory legalizing abortion.
May 2021: Facilitated multi-stakeholder working group to gather information on national priority areas of health conditions impacting midlife women.
April 2021: Conducted advocacy and media/social media workshop for executive directors of member societies.
May—July 2020: Coached new communications manager on refreshing communications strategy to hold U.S. accountable for commitments to access to sexual and reproductive health and rights.
January—June 2020: Guided staff through a six-month process to create first-ever communications strategy for this progressive nonprofit taking action alongside communities in the global south facing poverty and injustice.
February—May 2020: Facilitated agreement on new curriculum and graduate attributes for Masters program over two faculty retreats (one live, one virtual).
September/October 2019 and February 2020: Trained key spokespeople in effective public speaking on the ethical development and global delivery of HIV prevention tools.
February—April 2020: Facilitated consensus building among diverse cohort of organizations via a series of virtual meetings.
September 2019: Gained consensus on strategic direction for 2020 Work Plan via all-day staff planning retreat.
April—June 2019: Obtained major national (NY Times, Washington Post, etc.) and local media coverage for filing of class-action child welfare reform lawsuits in Oregon, Indiana and West Virginia.
June 2019: Trained 28 speakers—CEOs to youth leaders— to deliver dynamic TedTalk-type speeches at global conference with 8,500 attendees.
January 2019: Coordinated all communications and media coverage of world’s largest gathering of humanities scholars for fifth consecutive year.
January 2019: Promoted organizational change and decision-making by board members through a series of facilitated conversations.
June 2018—January 2019: Designed and facilitated a first-ever strategic planning process to drive legal strategies to promote flexible workplace policies, end discrimination against caregivers and value the work of caring for families.
November 2018: Created new messaging for national media strategy on Premature Birth Report Card release with dramatic rise in ad value—from $3.8 million in 2017 to $9.4 million in 2018.