Thinking back to an incredible evening at the Akonadi Foundation’s End-of-Year Party! 🎉 Our team loved celebrating and connecting with such passionate changemakers.A special highlight: Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee presenting the Akonadi team with a proclamation. Truly inspiring!

Flashing back to the Public Relations Society of America San Francisco Bay Area 7th Annual Foggies Awards Holiday Mixer celebrating the best PR pros, agencies, and campaigns in the Bay Area. Change Consulting was honored to be named Small Agency of the Year! 🏆

Excited to share MORE impactful projects we’ve worked on w/ our amazing partners English Learners Workforce Investment Initiative (EL-WIN), California Alliance for Youth and Community Justice, Youth Organize! California, and WA LEAD for Racial Justice Initiative. Take a moment - explore their work!

Flashing back to our very first webinar - Storytelling for Social Change - an incredible experience sharing how to use stories to advance your work and connect more deeply with the people you need to move into action. Missed it? You can watch the full webinar here: youtu.be/-b2AdMu2yQo?...

What a year 2025 has been! We’re thrilled to celebrate the incredible projects we’ve tackled with our amazing clients. Dive in, celebrate their impact, and join us in supporting their inspiring work!

🏆 We’ve snagged more awards! 📝 Dive into the latest on navigating rapid response & crisis in our blog. 🎨 Plus, hear more from our clients. Tap into all these powerful stories and more in this week’s #ThisWeekWithChange #TWWC! change-llc.com/this-week-wi...

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to our fantastic teammate Dina! Your quiet dedication inspires us all. Hope your day is as wonderful as you are!

The first-ever Collective Sum by the Black Collective Foundation MN brought changemakers to Minneapolis for three days of culture, creativity, and strategy. Change Consulting proudly supported the event w/ messaging, media relations, & digital outreach. More here: www.kare11.com/article/news...

Workers are under attack and Tanya Wallace-Gobern of NBWC breaks it down in her latest blog. Our CEO is a finalist for the Anthem Awards 🏆 and don’t miss your chance to register for our FREE Storytelling for Social Change webinar. All that and more in #ThisWeekWithChange

📢 We’re celebrating the recent launch of our e-book - Storytelling for Social Change: How to Use Stories to Seed Narratives, Shape Worldviews, and Win Justice - with a FREE webinar you won’t want to miss! All registrants get a free copy of the e-book! 📅 Save your spot! Register NOW: bit.ly/47371aI

BIG NEWS: We just launched a free resource to harness story power for justice! 📘Tap the link below 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 to download Storytelling for Social Change today!

Happy Birthday to the one whose smile shines, laugh uplifts, and vibes (plus playlists!) stay unmatched.✨ Here’s to more wins, more joy, more magic! 💛👑🎶 #BlackGirlMagic #BirthdayQueen

Big news! 🎉 Change Consulting and our incredible Founder and CEO, Bilen Mesfin Packwood, are FINALISTS for the 2025 Stevie Awards for Women in Business 💼✨ We’re honored to be recognized among so many inspiring leaders. We’ll find out the winners on November 10! Stay tuned! 👀🏆

From Feb through July 2025, we partnered with We Are California on a robust earned media strategy. Together, we elevated community voices & told a new story about what’s possible when everyday Californians unite 📢✨ Check out the full case study here: mailchi.mp/740f52151d77...

Over the weekend, our VP of Media Relations - Alexis - celebrated her birthday! 🎉 Your energy is infectious, your bubbly personality brightens every room (and Zoom), and your media savvy is nothing short of outstanding. Wishing you another year of fun!

Happy Birthday Stephanie!!! We hope you have a wonderful day! You have such a thoughtful way of staying in tune with what's going on in the world and how it impacts people from all walks of life. Wishing you a year ahead full of joy, growth, and the same kindness you show others every day.

🚨New Blog Series Alert 🚨 We’re breaking down rapid response, crisis comms, & mis/disinformation clear terms + real steps for leaders in high-stakes moments. First up: From Reacting to Responding: Navigate Urgent Moments Strategically. Read more: change-llc.com/from-reactin...

🌟 Big news! Our very own Kiah Albritton has been named a RISING STAR HONOREE in Ragan’s inaugural Communications Week Zenith Awards! 💫 This incredible honor celebrates emerging leaders who are shaping the future of communications and we couldn’t be prouder! #RaganZenithAwards #RisingStar

Celebrating someone who makes Mondays more manageable and deadlines less dreadful. Happy Birthday Rebecca! Here’s to another year of success and smiles!

REPOST from our amazing partners at Black Futures Lab It’s Black August ✊🏽 A time to reflect, remember, and resist. This month, we honor the powerful legacy of Black freedom fighters and revolutionaries who’ve paved, and continue to pave, the way toward liberation. #BlackAugust #BeaChangeMakers

PANA and community partners have launched Global Village, a community-owned development creating affordable housing, business hubs, and cultural spaces for refugees and immigrants. Full the story here: blog.candid.org/post/nonprof...

Congratulations to our longtime partners California Black Freedom Fund now officially @blackfreedomfund.bsky.social - California’s first Black community foundation and the largest pooled fund in the U.S. for Black-serving organizations. Learn more: www.fundblackfreedom.org.

@essie4justice.bsky.social spent 96 hours bailing out 4 Black moms from California’s Lynwood Jail in May. With $231K ready, they faced hours of system delays. Tanasia Newman shared their experience in this @prismreports.org op-ed. Read more: prismreports.org/2025/06/02/b...

“What is the price of life in Texas? Abortion bans in Texas have ignited a public health crisis. Kamyon Conner, ED of the Texas Equal Access Fund and partner of the Trust Respect Access Coalition, wrote a powerful op-ed for the Austin American-Statesman - check it out here: shorturl.at/jKXUI

“Know Your Rights” to protect your community and know what to do! 💪🏽🔥 📢💜 Thank you We are California for producing a social media toolkit we can use to spread the word. Check it out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🚨 We're Hiring! 🚨 Change Consulting is on the lookout for a passionate Communications Coordinator to join our team! You'll assist in media relations efforts and work closely with our partners to tell stories that matter. Ready to make an impact? Check out the link below 👇🏿👇🏽👇🏾 change-llc.com/careers/

🎶 June is Black Music Month, a celebration of culture and the voices that move us. Black artists "Say It Loud" with every lyric. Black artists have used music to inspire, resist, uplift, and prove "It’s Never Too Much" to stand tall and speak truth. #mondaymoodboard

Over the weekend, thousands honored George Floyd, who was murdered five years ago at the hands of police. His unjust death ignited a global awakening w/ people across the world demanding justice. Today, the fight continues and we remain committed to pushing for justice. Art = @nikkolas_smith

It’s official: Oakland has its first Black woman mayor, Rise East & 40x40 hit a fundraising milestone, Bese Saka rallies for reparations, & Californians for Safety and Justice hosts its 4th barber expo/expungement clinic — all that & more in #ThisWeekWithChange #TWWC

On top of lifting up the incredible work our partners advance, Change Consulting's newsletters are packed with storytelling tips, narrative strategies, and tools to grow your own strategic communications toolbox. All can be delivered straight to your inbox! Visit Change-llc.com to subscribe now!

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we're amplifying Black joy as resistance, resilience, and radical healing 🖤✨ Our mental health matters. Our joy is powerful. Speak up, check in, and hold space for both the struggle and the shine. #MentalHealthAwareness #BlackJoy #Mondaymood

S/O the incredible @essie4justice.bsky.social who released The Hidden Heart of Reentry - a report highlighting the impact of pretrial detention and the bail system on Black mothers and their work as the CA lead of the National Bail Out Action! Learn more here 👉🏽 essiejusticegroup.org/research/

Big news! 🎉 EBCF President & CEO Brandi Howard has been inducted into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame for her bold leadership and game-changing work in philanthropy! Help us cheer Brandi on and celebrate all the inspiring 2025 honorees!

Channeling the unstoppable energy of powerful women — because Mother’s Day is near, and the world runs on their strength 💪🏾💐 hashtag#Mondaymood hashtag#PowerfulWomen

Rosenberg & SFF host screening of American Agitators, California Donor Table advocates for new Progressive Era, DOJ is cutting federal grants impacting Southern CA's organizations serving survivors of crime, & criticism for CA's Prop 36… all that and more in #TWWC

Continuing our #TBT series with Black Futures Lab and Black to the Future Action Fund. Thank you for your courageous & innovative efforts to build Black political power. Your partnership is deeply valued. If you’d like to partner with us on initiatives, learn more about our services: change-llc.com

We’re not letting this month slip by without shining a spotlight on two powerhouses — our Creative Director Lana Nguyen and Founder and CEO Bilen Mesfin Packwood. Your energy lights up every room and your impact echoes far beyond it 🥳 Here’s to you both — HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

✨ HISTORY MADE ✨ Barbara Lee is officially Oakland’s *first* Black woman elected mayor! Change Consulting is proud to have supported Lee’s historic campaign as the media relations lead. Read more in our blog #TWWC here 👉 change-llc.com/this-week-wi...

We’re finalist for PR Daily’s Media Relations Award for Thought Leadership! 🎉 With @blackfutureslab & @black2thefutureaction, we launched a media campaign amplifying Principal Kristin Powell's leadership and vision to build lasting political power in Black communities. 🏆 Winners announced Sept 26!

We believe communication is key to driving social change. In our quarterly email newsletter, we share our latest work as well as tips and tools on communications for racial and social justice. Subscribe to our email service for the latest updates on our services and exclusive content.

We are taking a trip down memory lane and reflecting on the projects we have been grateful to be a part of. First up, raising awareness in California about adverse childhood experiences with #ChildrenCanThrive. Stay tuned for most #TBT highlights.

Happy Women's History Month!

Today is a pressing reminder that the fight for justice continues. For #WorldDayofSocialJustice, we remain committed to our belief that racial justice means both undoing systems of oppression and expanding what’s possible – a multi-racial democracy and a just econom

Repost from @wercalifornia: NoHate, NoFear! ✊✨ Join We Are California & their movement partners for this important teach-in on immigration THIS EVENING Thursday, February 20th to learn about the challenges confronting immigrant communities, & hear strategies on how to organize to resist oppression.

We’re recognizing another February birthday on the Change Consulting team: Nicole Carroll recently celebrated her special day! Nicole, your curiosity and passion for excellence ignites a fire within our team. We hope your birthday day was filled with all the love and peace you deserve.

Through communications strategy/messaging, media relations, & digital/content work, we help leaders, advocates, & organizers expand their reach, shape narratives, shift policies & systems, & build durable organizations & movements. Check out change-llc.com to learn more about our services!

Please join us for another Change Consulting February birthday: Mariah Cochran celebrated another trip around the moon over the weekend! Mariah, your expertise and calming spirit brings our team much joy. We hope your special day was filled with all the love!

What they talkin’ bout? #Mondaymoodboard

TIME's 'The Closers' magazine issue will hit newsstands in print on Friday, February 14 🌟

Give it up for the newest member of the Change Consulting team - Rebecca Farmer, Vice President of Media Relations. Rebecca brings over two decades of experience maximizing strategic communications and media relations to advance social justice. We are thrilled to have you!