Carolyn Tackett Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tn, Us

This role sits within a joint senior leadership team for Access Now's Advocacy arm, which brings together a wide range of policy, communications, legal, and campaign strategies to advance human rights in the digital age. As leader of the Campaigns & Rapid Response team, I provide strategic leadership on high-priority campaigns across the full spectrum of Access Now’s work, manage a growing cohort of advocates leading global and cross-sectional campaigns and coalitions, and mobilize organizational resources to facilitate effective rapid response in moments of crisis.

San José, Costa Rica

• Led contributions to the victorious #SaveDotOrg campaign by coordinating with the coalition, writing analytical responses to terms of sale and accountability proposals, driving media engagement, and engaging strategic partners.• Organized global launch of #WhyID campaign and fostered rich engagement among campaign partners.• Managed communications and media engagement for RightsCon Tunis, leading on key outputs from promo video to Learnings statement, while also coordinating program highlights such as the first-ever satellite event for journalists and the Heroes Award Ceremony featuring U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet.

San José, Costa Rica

• Strengthened advocacy engagement in coordination with regional policy efforts, improved collaboration with the Digital Security Helpline to publish more reporting on Helpline cases and deliver more resources to individuals facing digital threats, and opened pathways for advocacy partnerships with Access Now grantees.• Led development of a Digital Rights Advocacy Toolkit and its implementation to deepen impact.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Established dedicated digital engagement unit and assumed ownership over project management and quality assurance for all online communications, with deep integration on web development, design, and editorial. • Researched and built targeted advocacy campaigns responding to developing threats to freedom of expression, open access, and privacy online, coordinating with team members and organizational partners across six continents.

• Single-handedly managed advocacy tools and CRM of 400,000+ constituents, including complete platform migration and integration with website redesign.• Managed social media accounts and produced weekly newsletter, with growth across all channels.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Collaborated with fellow student attorneys to provide pro bono litigation and advocacy services to indigent individuals and vulnerable communities.• Proposed and prepared new cases, determined litigation strategy, drafted motions, and coordinated with domestic and international co-counsel and advocacy partners to support our clients and cases.• Contributed research, drafting, and editing on a wide range of legal issues including FOIA claims, extradition mechanisms, foreign immunities, employer liability, and an amicus curie brief in case addressing claims of Abu Ghraib torture victims.• Managed cases in trial- and appellate-level federal courts as well as the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Earned staff position based on exemplary GPA. • Excelled at editing legal research.• Authored comment analyzing Chinese national security reform for compliance with the Convention against Torture.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Supported legislative advocacy initiatives on issues of torture, the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and authorizations for the use of military force (AUMFs).• Conducted in-depth legal research on relevant questions of domestic and international law.• Monitored congressional proceedings, Guantanamo detainee hearings, and other relevant events and informed the team of important developments.• Contributed timely analytical pieces to the Human Rights First blog.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Taught a constitutional law course in a D.C. public high school, focusing on issues of youth justice, criminal procedure, constitutional civil liberties, and oral advocacy skills.• Coached moot court team to national championship finals.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Supported clients engaged in transitional justice processes, peace negotiations, and post-conflict constitution drafting by providing best practices, strategic advice, and essential research.• Responded rapidly with high-quality work product under short deadlines to meet clients’ needs in fast-moving and often volatile environments.• Utilized wide variety of research tools to compile well-rounded, comprehensive analysis with the highest standard of quality and care.

Washington, D.C. & Geneva, Switzerland

• Served on U.N. Committee against Torture Chairperson Claudio Grossman’s personal research team.• Investigated compliance with the Convention against Torture in Kazakhstan and Venezuela.• Drafted questions for committee members to pose to state delegations and coordinated with the chairperson on session strategy.• Became intimately familiar with operating procedure of a U.N. human rights body and provided on-the-ground support to the chairperson during the committee session in Geneva.

Princeton University

Managed team of 50+ staff to fact-check and copy edit all online media and daily print newspaper content.

New York, United States

Singapore

• Taught computer literacy, financial management, and entrepreneurship courses for migrant women working as domestic helpers in Singapore.• Researched international labor law and trends in international labor migration to support fundraising and volunteer recruitment.• Conducted field research interviewing small business owners in Singapore and Malaysia to inform curriculum development.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), International Law And Legal Studies

Activities and Societies: American University International Law Review, Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, Law Revue Band.

Master'S Degree, International Affairs

Bachelor'S Degree, Politics (International Relations); Chinese Language And Culture

Activities and Societies: The Daily Princetonian (Chief Copy Editor), Student Volunteers Council, International Relations Council.

Princeton In Beijing, Chinese Language Immersion Program

Education record

Activities and Societies: Student Council, National Honor Society, Foreign Language National Honor Society Show Choir, Jazz Band, Musical.