Carolyn Tackett Email & Phone Number

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.

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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.

• 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.
• 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.