callie mackenzie (she/they), Deputy Development Director, is a social change worker: living at the intersections of art & social justice.
She has been organizing on the front line of social justice movements since middle school: developing strategies for winning campaigns, co-founding and building an abolitionist organization, food justice collective, and several coalitions, developing and implementing fundraising strategies and developing training curriculum and resources for organizers and activists in New York and beyond, and representing New York as a delegate in the 2020 Black National Convention.
Her passion is bringing the community together towards a common goal developing volunteer programs with youth and adults for a wide range of Social Justice issues. As a multi-disciplinary artist, callie creates music and art as a healing and spiritual practice, while shedding light on important social issues.
callie mackenzie holds a Master’s Degree in Human Services with a concentration in Non Profit Management. They also hold Certifications in Embodied Social Justice and Rockwood’s Art of Leadership, and is a trained conflict mediator and forever student of non-violent communication and abolitionist values.
callie is deeply focused on building liberatory and joyful spaces for growth and healing rooted in love. Experiencing food scarcity at many points of her life, callie holds a deep commitment to ensuring everyone eats, and believes love can be found around a community meal.
callie finds peace with feet in the grass, making music, or a good book. The campfire is her favorite smell. In her spare time you can find her at Loafie Hill, building, working the land, or reading a book. She’s a mama to two incredible not-so-tiny humans, and one doggo.