Monica Espitia Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Builds and fosters trusting and mutually beneficial relationships between the museum and community organizations serving families with young children, particularly those in marginalized communities, a relationship builder and advocate, actively works with community organizations and individuals to design and test programs and initiatives that tackle persistent barriers to participation in the museum for historically marginalized communities.

San Francisco Bay Area

Tweaking the micro to impact the macro so that organizations can successfully lead in our present day.

Honolulu, Hi

Developed a robust, impactful, non-partisan organizing infrastructure to defend and strengthen civil liberties and civil rights in Hawai‘i. Played a key leadership role within the affiliate, working in partnership with all other departments. Designed organizing at the ACLU of Hawai‘i to build long-term political and community power for the civil liberties movement, so that civil liberties and civil rights are better protected. Field team was oriented towards systemic change and policy action. These actions took place in the electoral, legislative, and public education contexts. Oversaw the development and implementation of organizing campaign plans, build campaign goals, strategies, tactics, and budgets to reach objectives on specific issue areas. Supervised and collaborated with Field Organizers. Represent the ACLU of Hawai‘i through public speaking and radio, print, and television interviews; assist as appropriate with news releases and social media outreach. Worked with local and national ACLU staff to implement non-partisan, non-political strategies to educate the public about candidates’ positions on civil liberties and civil rights.

Honolulu, Hi

Two year position that turned into a full-time position. Led an interdisciplinary, cross- departmental team, combining legislative, grassroots advocacy, organizing, communications, legal, and community engagement strategies. Oversaw research, polling, communications, and campaign plan implementation. Led efforts to successfully pass legislation.

Miami, Florida

Regional Organizer on the Amendment 4, Voting Restoration Campaign in 6 South Florida counties. Led and managed volunteers to build power and create systemic and lasting change in priority policy areas. Implemented criminal justice reform and voting restoration amendment field plan. Field plans consisted of executing ballot initiatives, researching political targets, training and mobilizing volunteers to meet and speak to their representatives and their community, deploying creative tactics, tweaking messaging as target required, listening and speaking at community meetings, skill sharing.As a member of the Policy and Advocacy Department, attended several ACLU National Smart Justice conferences and trainings. Served as an ACLU Legal Observer for political actions.

Miami, Florida, United States

Collaborated with ACLU of Florida Development staff to ensure that appropriate activities identifying, cultivating and soliciting of donations happen in a timely and effective manner. Worked with Director of Philanthropy to produce campaign materials. Collaborated with the finance department in reconciling gifts, worked with National ACLU staff during yearly reconciliation process. Researched and identified prospective donors using various research databases. Established and maintained information tracking process for on-going donor cultivation.

New York, Ny

Interacted with ACLU and Guardians of Liberty monthly giving program (GOL) members in ways that cultivated and bonded them with the organization for fundraising purposes.

Miami, Florida

Developed grassroots support for presidential candidate by organizing neighborhood outreach operations. Recruited, interviewed prospective staff, and made hiring decisions. Trained staff on canvassing and fundraising skills in individual and group settings, with a particular eye towards developing leaders. Planned, coordinated, and oversaw all field activities as they related to supervising field managers, scouting canvassing areas.

Miami, Fl

Created and implemented marketing and organizational development relating to membership services and operations. Public relations coordinator, liaison to public relations consultant, planned and coordinated networking events. Implemented and oversaw numerous programs through the Association’s committee’s. Analyzed and reported monthly variances relating to the membership budget, secured and managed corporate sponsors.

Ft. Lauderdale, Fl