Raina Lipsitz Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Authored and toured The Rise of a New Left: How Young Radicals Are Shaping the Future of American Politics, a nonfiction book published by Verso Books in 2022. The Rise of a New Left charts the rise of a multiracial, women-led new “new left” in the United States and its influence on U.S. politics. Organized book events and panel discussions of my own and other people's work in multiple cities, including an October 2024 event in Seoul, Korea (The Rise of a New Left was translated into Korean).

New York City Metropolitan Area

Performed research, copywriting, writing, and editing assignments for organizations, publications, and individual clients. Contributor to The Appeal, The Atlantic, The Conversationalist, Glamour, Jewish Currents, The Nation, and The New Republic.

Greater New York City Area

Wrote and edited unique, memorable, and effective copy for political advertising campaigns, including direct mail and radio and TV spots. Held three separate short-term contract positions at BerlinRosen between 2016 and 2019.

Pitched, researched, conducted original interviews for, and wrote two feature stories per week on politics and the 2016 election for Bustle's news section.

New York , Ny

Effectively communicated Catalyst’s message to diverse audiences around the world by writing and editing 1-3 speeches per month for Catalyst's President & CEO and other senior staff, writing and editing 3-9 blog posts per month, and drafting and editing magazine articles, op-eds, comment letters, testimony, and other materials as needed. Recruited guest bloggers and wrote and edited content for Catalyst blogs.***Example: Wrote a speech that Catalyst's CEO delivered to 400 senior government officials and top executives from leading global companies at the Global Human Resources Forum in Seoul, South Korea.

New York, Ny

Wrote and edited newsletters, fundraising letters, and other materials on behalf of governmental offices, law firms, and nonprofits.

Organized ERLC’s lecture series; researched, interviewed, and made funding recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding grant applicants; wrote and produced monthly e-newsletter, print newsletter, and other in-house literature.

M.F.A., Nonfiction Writing

Obtained an MFA in nonfiction writing.

Bachelor'S Degree, English Literature

B.A., English

Activities and Societies: Yale Political Union, Women's Center, Liberal Party. Television columnist and reviewer for the Yale Review.