As the Director of Capacity Building, Jocelyn crafts Kataly’s strategy to strengthen the capacity of our grantee partners and the infrastructure of our movement ecosystems. This includes building relationships with capacity building practitioners, identifying and connecting grantee partners to resources, funding movement infrastructure projects, and supporting the development of new programming. Previously, Jocelyn also served as an Analyst with Kataly’s Restorative Economies Fund.
Based in San Francisco, CA, Jocelyn nearly 20 years of organizing, fundraising, and management experience to their work with Kataly. Informed by prior experience in community organizing and direct service, Jocelyn believes that transforming how we mobilize resources within social movements can facilitate a just transition of our economy away from extraction and exploitation and towards cooperation and regeneration.
Prior to joining Kataly, Jocelyn had their own consulting practice, supporting and coaching resource mobilizers to step into their full capacity and power and partnering with social justice groups to design and execute values-aligned approaches to resource independence and sustainability.
Prior to consulting, Jocelyn led a capital campaign to support the success of Restore Oakland, a community advocacy and training center in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. Jocelyn’s other prior experience includes serving as the Director of Development at Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, as the Director of Foundation Support at the ACLU of Northern California, as well as developing partnerships and securing resources for organizations serving youth, families, and LGBTQ communities.
Jocelyn found their calling as an organizer while studying Political Science and LGBT Studies at the University of California, Riverside. In their spare time, Jocelyn enjoys home projects, discovering new music, and cheering on Bay Area sports teams.
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