San Francisco Bay Area project leaders met today at the Bay Area Video Coalition offices in San Francisco during a 3-day site visit by New Routes NPO staff. We shared a meal, watched digital stories made by young media producers, and strategized about the possibilities for collaboration and cross-pollination between the Domestic Worker Safety and Dignity project and the Abriendo las Cajas project.

It didn't take long for us to notice that the leaders around the table were all women, with a wide range of expertise in media, art and technology, health, community and labor organizing, social marketing, fund-raising, strategic planning, and capacity building. What a powerful group!

The room was buzzing with amazing possibilities that are beginning to take shape in both projects. Thanks, Jen, for hosting the NPO staff at BAVC!

Pictured more or less from L-R: Catherine Stifter and Beth Mastin from NPO, Mapi Tudela, Jocelyn Yin, Jen Gilomen and Ana Lilia from Abriendo las Cajas, Suzanne Teran, Wendy McNaughton and Jill Shenker from Domestic Workers Safety & Dignity and our Deputy Director Brenda Gonzalez in front right.