Meeting the Next Generation of Activists
April 10, 2025
A Visit to a High School Justice Club Inspires Teens and MSC Staffers AlikeEarlier this year, we received an email from the Wilcox High School Justice Club. Dedicated to social justice, movement building, and transformative change, the club connected with us in order to learn more about collaborative activism and creating and sustaining movements. Wilcox is…
A Light at the End of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel
January 28, 2025
Love Wins NYC Raises Funds, Friends, and a Glass at Annual EventRegalo: An Offering or Gift The temperature in Jackson Heights, Queens, was below freezing on the second Saturday in December, but inside The Queensboro restaurant, you’d never know it. Members of MSC’s Communications Team joined volunteers from Love Wins NYC and folks from the local community at…
MSC Pushes the Envelope with New Fiscal Sponsor Fundraising Program
December 17, 2024
Movement Strategy Center’s Fundraising Task Force Blazes a New Path for Fiscal Sponsorship FundraisingIt’s not a secret: Raising money is hard. Nonprofits around the world dedicate countless hours and funds to writing grant proposals and chasing individual donors in hopes they see the slightest increase in their annual appeals. Fundraising requires professional…
Community Chronicles: Stories of Solidarity, Fall 2024
December 9, 2024
Movement Strategy Center Highlights Milestones, Stories, and Achievements from the Ecosystem Community Chronicles is a seasonal shout-out to our ecosystem partners and their incredible achievements. Read on for some of the ways our ever-growing list of over 150 community-led and centered partners — including Fiscally Sponsored Projects (FSPs), the Movement…
Building Context & Culture into Wellness at Work
September 25, 2024
How Movement Strategy Center's Wellness Program is Transforming Nonprofit Work CultureLike the activists and communities we support, those of us working at nonprofits are prone to burnout — funding is tight, to-do lists are long, the issues at hand are complex, and most of us are forced to wear many hats at our jobs. But consider this: 20-odd staff members at a…
Community Chronicles: Stories of Solidarity, Summer 2024
September 17, 2024
Movement Strategy Center Highlights Milestones, Stories, and Achievements from the Ecosystem Community Chronicles is a seasonal shout-out to our ecosystem partners and their incredible achievements. Read on for some of the ways our ever-growing list of over 150 community-led and centered partners — including Fiscally Sponsored Projects (FSPs), the Movement…
MSC’s MIIC Team Gathers in Oakland
May 30, 2024
Movement Strategy Center’s Movement Infrastructure and Innovation Team Strategized, Bonded, and Built Culture During Their Recent RetreatMovement Strategy Center’s (MSC) Movement Infrastructure and Innovation Team (MIIC) held a successful retreat at MSC’s offices in downtown Oakland. Spanning three days, the busy schedule fostered reflection, creative thinking,…
MSC Attends the Alliance for Felix Cove’s Strategic Planning Retreat
May 29, 2024
A Movement Strategy Center Project Advisor Shares her Retreat Experience Meet Alejandra García Lezama, a member of MSC’s Movement Infrastructure Innovation Center (MIIC) and project advisor to Alliance for Felix Cove (A4FC). She recently attended A4FC’s annual retreat. A4FC, a fiscally sponsored project, is working to protect and restore the ancestral homelands…
MSC’s Advancement Team Gathers in New York
May 29, 2024
Movement Strategy Center’s Advancement Team Further Developed Team Relationships and Organization-Aligned Strategic Goals During Their Recent RetreatMovement Strategy Center’s (MSC) Advancement team arrived on a beautiful spring day in Manhattan eager to build upon their connections with each other and their work; and for one team member, ready to begin their…
Community Chronicles: Stories of Solidarity, Spring 2024
March 21, 2024
Movement Strategy Center Highlights Milestones, Stories, and Achievements from the Ecosystem Community Chronicles is a seasonal shout-out to our ecosystem partners and their incredible achievements. Read on for some of the ways our ever-growing list of over 150 community-led and centered partners — including Fiscally Sponsored Projects (FSPs), the Movement…