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Sasha Russell-Ciardi is listed as Decolonizing philanthropy, collective liberation, collective healing at Justice Funders, based in Conway, Massachusetts, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Sasha Russell-Ciardi.
Sasha Russell-Ciardi previously worked as Senior Director of Member Organizing at Justice Funders and Managing Director of Donor Engagement at Grassroots International. Sasha Russell-Ciardi holds Ba, Spanish, Labor And Trade Union Studies from Oberlin College.
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My work is rooted in a commitment to dismantling systems of oppression by nurturing alternatives rooted in decolonial, queer, feminist love. The approach I am most drawn to is post activism. Some writers, poets, and thinkers who have shaped my political understanding include Bayo Akomolafe, adrienne maree brown, Joy Harjo, Prentis Hemphill, Mary Oliver, Sohrab Sepehri, and Sophie Strand.For over two decades, from 1998- 2020, I worked for grassroots system change organizations and progressive cultural institutions in NYC. This included serving for seven years as the Executive Director of Tenants & Neighbors, a grassroots tenants' rights organization working to preserve at-risk affordable housing and to prevent the displacement associated with gentrification.Since 2020, I have worked in philanthropy, including at Solidago Foundation, Grassroots International, and now at Justice Funders. I accompany individuals and institutions in a process of radically redistributing extracted resources, in transformative and reparative ways, to social movements, and to work alongside those movements to usher in a post-capitalist, feminist, regenerative future.My MA, from NYU, was in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, focusing on human rights education and processes of democratic transition and consolidation. My BA, from Oberlin, was in Spanish and Labor and Trade Union Studies. While at Oberlin, I participated in a program of advanced social sciences at the University of Buenos Aires at FLACSO Argentina. I have translated As If No One Died, a novel by Poli Delano about the years before and after the military coup in Chile, and I write poetry and short stories. I am also interested in movement-based healing practices; I practice and teach ashtanga yoga and study contact improv. I am a solo parent of a young child, who I am raising in radical and spiritual community; she is my most important teacher. I previously went by the name Maggie Russell-Ciardi.
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Responsible for developing, coordinating, and overseeing the overarching strategy and resourcing plan for the organization’s Base Building activities, which aim to provide a political home for Just Transition practitioners in philanthropy. Help to build and organize a base of philanthropic leaders committed to redistributing wealth, democratizing power, and shifting economic control to communities.
Remote- Office Is In Jamaica Plain, Ma
Engaged individuals as supporters and allies of global movements that defend land, territory, water, food, seeds, and the earth. Oversaw initiatives to help donors expand their knowledge about the historical and political contexts in which frontline partners work, and the approaches they are developing to transform unjust systems and build alternatives that nurture human rights, ecological justice, and liberation. Expanded the base of Grassroots International's individual donors and helped donors deepen their solidarity with grassroots movements in the Global South.
United States
Managed the work of the Solidago Foundation and See Forward Fund in preparation for the anticipated sunset of the foundations. Responsible for overseeing final strategic planning, grantmaking, financial planning, staff retention efforts, and visioning/planning work around legacy communications and celebrations.
New York, Ny
Managed fundraising for a grassroots membership organization that works to defend and expand the rights and improve the working conditions of New York City's street vendors. Focused on raising funds for a legislative campaign to get the City Council to increase the number of vending permits. Helped to establish a city-wide federation of workers centers and raised the seed funding for their first convening. After leaving my paid position continued to serve the organization as a member of the Advisory Board.
New York, Ny
Served as Executive Director of two affiliate organizations, a 501c3 and a 501c4, that have a shared mission to strengthen tenants' rights and preserve affordable housing in New York State. Had primary responsibility for: raising and managing the annual operating budget of $500K; strategic planning; program development and evaluation; communications; external relations; human resources; board development; campaign strategy; and lobbying the state legislature. Helped to transform Tenants & Neighbors into an increasingly powerful organization with a unified vision, collaborative leadership, strong relationships with other organizations, an engaged and strong membership base, and a track record of meaningful campaign victories. Played an instrumental role in getting the state's rent laws renewed and strengthened when they were scheduled to sunset, and getting the enforcement of those laws improved through strengthened regulations and the creation of a new Tenant Protection Unit in the state housing agency. Was centrally involved in establishing the Alliance for Tenant Power coalition and securing an initial $750,000 grant for the coalition.While at Tenants & Neighbors, completed a fellowship for Early Career Executive Directors at Community Resource Exchange and a fellowship in Leading After the Founder at Milano the New School. I also participated in the Movement Leadership Program at North Star Foundation.
New York, Ny
Advised museums on how to use the history of their sites to foster dialogue about challenging contemporary issues. Assisted with the planning of an international conference on Memorialization and Democracy: State Policy and Civic Action in Santiago, Chile in conjunction with the International Center for Transitional Justice and FLACSO Chile. Coordinated the publication of the February, 2008 Sites of Conscience issue of The Public Historian and co-authored the forward with Liz Sevcenko.
New York, Ny
Developed and managed public and school programs that generated over $1.25 million in earned income and served over 120,000 people per year. Led museum's initiatives to foster public dialogue about contemporary urban issues. Directed initiatives to make museum more accessible to under-served audiences, including immigrants and people with disabilities. Coordinated public programs about contemporary immigrant experiences, including theater productions, multilingual poetry readings, and public art installations. Administered education department budget of $550,000 and assisted with fundraising for the education department programs. Oversaw department of five full-time and thirty per-diem employees. In 2006, won the American Association of Museums Brooking Paper award for creativity in museum practice.
New York, Ny
Managed $1.1 million program of grants, training, and technical assistance for organizations working to promote positive inter-group relations in communities with new immigrant residents. Developed and led a nine-month intensive training program on community organizing for high school students. Assisted with grant writing and reporting for youth department programs.
New York, Ny
Led a city-wide education program on immigrants' rights for lawyers, staff of service agencies, and community based organizations. Planned and managed an ESOL class. Assisted with strategic planning and fundraising.
Toledo, Ohio
Did outreach in migrant labor camps, educated workers about the terms of the union contract, and shared opportunities for participation in the union's constitutional convention.
Coursework focused on human rights education and on processes of democratic transition and consolidation. Paid internships.
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Sasha Russell-Ciardi works for Justice Funders.
Sasha Russell-Ciardi is listed as Decolonizing philanthropy, collective liberation, collective healing at Justice Funders.
Sasha Russell-Ciardi is based in Conway, Massachusetts, United States while working with Justice Funders.
Sasha Russell-Ciardi has worked for Justice Funders, Grassroots International, Solidago Foundation, Street Vendor Project, Urban Justice Center, and Tenants & Neighbors.
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Sasha Russell-Ciardi holds Ba, Spanish, Labor And Trade Union Studies from Oberlin College.
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