Christi brings over twenty years of community and labor organizing experience where she developed the leadership, organization and coalitions necessary to win. Prior to founding The Organizing Center she built strong unions, won policy changes that decriminalized black and brown high school youth, and led a campaign that won $100M for affordable housing in Philly. She believes people power is the only way to win and that another world is possible. When she is not nerding- out about organizing, she likes to hike in the woods, ride her bike and build Legos with her kids.

Clarise is a proud Philadelphia native who has been in a commitment to radical movement building for over 10 years. She’s worn a few hats, including rapid-response campaigning, narrative strategy, org building, and facilitation. Moved by her own family experience with the carceral system, in 2014 Clarise started mobilizing campaigns in defense of criminalized survivors & victims of police violence. She cut her teeth as a national campaign director working with local community organizations across the country to win campaigns to free unjustly incarcerated folks, hold prosecutors accountable, and end cash bail. In that work, she fell in love with the extension of possibility that happens when organizations come together to do something bigger than any one org ever could. Her interest in coalition-building brought her to return to her hometown in 2020 where, prior to joining the Organizing Center, she was Director of Strategic Alliances at the Movement Alliance Project—working to build coalition infrastructure that can sustain Philly's movement ecosystem. She’s interested in how we collectively build the organizational resilience and capacities to revitalize our movements’ ability to galvanize the leadership of everyday people at the scale necessary to build power.

Shakiya is a 4th generation West Philadelphian who enjoys identifying innovative approaches and improved solutions to social movement and organizational challenges. Previously, she spent 5 years serving as an organizer in Brooklyn, NY and Philadelphia, PA, where she helped leaders and coalitions to win policy changes for housing, sanitation, and transportation. She has deep interests in healing justice, the intersection of spirituality and organizing, and economic alternatives and believes that Collective Power, Love, and Imagination are the tools necessary to create the world we wish to see.

Kristin is a dynamic leader and facilitator who supports political education, leadership development, and collective governance within organizations, cooperative businesses, and schools. Her involvement in intergenerational multi-racial cross-class food justice movements as a young person inspires her work today. Kristin loves supporting fellow white people to find their stake and role in our liberation movements and bringing people together around a love-filled meal. She is deeply committed to building a world where we are all free, sharing power, and living joyous lives.

Omi is an educator who started their community education practice in 2010. They come from a strong youth work and facilitation background, and their work spans many realms - working with groups such as the Trans Youth Support Network, the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Neighborhood Bike Works, Training for Change, as well as in academic settings and with various organizing groups. Prior to joining The Organizing Center, they served as a coach for organizers and facilitators eager to increase their confidence and their skills, worked in health care as an EMT in a Critical Care setting from 2018-2021, and most recently served as the Director of Member Technology for the community sustained fishery (CSF), Fishadelphia. Additionally, they currently coach soccer with the Kensington Soccer Club. They balance their "doing the most" energy by spending time in nature, connecting to music, eating, and hanging with their pup.