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New York, United States

New York, New York, Us

Improve organizational capacity by helping staff (re)find joy in their mission-driven work through leadership retreats, coaching, and strategic implementation.

With a portfolio of work in policy, strategic planning, message creation, and community engagement, Sanchala Strategies helps clients create and execute advocacy campaigns, identify and draft policy, coalition building, and strategic planning to support client goals and expand their access to stakeholders, including municipal, state and federal government.

New York, Us

• Managed all aspects of the agency’s interactions with elected officials and other key external stakeholders. • Oversaw the agency’s legislative agenda and coordination with other agencies.

New York, Ny, Us

• Monitored and respond to ongoing changes to City, State and Federal legislation, regulations and policies that impact reproductive health care and rights and PPGNY.• Identified strategies to increase public funding for reproductive health care.• Built and maintain organizational relationships with legislators and policymakers. • Lead and expanded PPGNY’s coalition and public policy campaign work on reproductive health issues. • Monitored and reported PPGNY lobbying activities to ensure compliance with City, State and Federal regulations.

• Represented the Assemblymember at hearings and community meetings and on coalitions to ensure understanding of community feedback and priorities.

• Drafted and edited op-eds, press releases, testimony, letters to government officials and agencies, quarterly district-wide newsletters, and talking points on key policy issues.• Planned, organized, and facilitated community events.

• Developed and maintained relationships with community members and organizations, elected officials’ offices, press and other key stakeholders.• Managed a policy and constituent services portfolio addressing issues in areas including: women’s rights, benefits access, landlord-tenant issues, and public safety.

• Provided support and district analysis to candidates running for any level of office.• Cultivated relationships with community members and government stakeholders to increase applicants for service on Education Councils.• Presented on voter and election data to candidates, elected officials, NYC DOE, and community members.• Managed organization finances and accounting.

New York, Ny, Us

• Investigated and assessed impact of community-based disease prevention interventions on rural communities in Brazil, via analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.• Developed presentations and reports for funders and research participants.

New York, Ny, Us

• Drafted White Papers, fact sheets and FAQs on adoption related issues nationwide.• Compiled and synthesized data from a review of local, state and federal policies, peer-reviewed journals, news articles and reports.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Social Work

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Social Work