A Change in Leadership at ReThink

Some of you know us very well, and we’ve been movement partners for years. For others, you know ReThink, but principally through the work of our outstanding colleagues. That outcome is by design. Our entire model is based on centering organizations and leaders working for a more just and peaceful world. We’ll share two phrases…

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A Message from Our Board Chair

Reva Patwardhan

The following letter from our board chair, Reva Patwardhan, was shared with ReThink’s staff. Dear ReThink Team and Family, Together with the board of directors, I am pleased to announce Mark Reading-Smith as the next Executive Director of ReThink Media. He will begin onboarding in August and will officially start full-time on October 2. As…

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Meet our Incoming Executive Director

MARK READING-SMITH

9/11 happened in my first week of college. My Dad was on a flight out of Boston that morning, but I couldn’t remember where he was going, and I will never forget the six excruciating hours before he found me. In the haze of grief, mixed with the relief of finding out he was okay,…

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Meet the ReThink Women Centering Women’s Stories

Leading our work to center and amplify women’s voices in the media and across the movement are our Program Directors, who identify opportunities, provide guidance and strategy, and serve as a sounding board for the experts and spokespeople in our communities.  And for the first time in ReThink’s history, all of our Program Directors are…

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Celebrating a Decade of Building Narrative Power with a New Look

In celebration of more than a decade of strengthening movements through building narrative power, we began an effort earlier this year of sprucing up our website to better capture the incredible work we get to do, day-in and day-out, to support advocates across the country.  While a website refresh hardly makes the cut at a…

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Taking Care of Yourself, Your Staff, and Ensuring Our Critical Work Continues Apace

Thanks to all of you who have shared the steps you are taking to both take care of yourself and your staff and to ensure our critical work continues. All of your great ideas have informed and inspired some of our own. In order to stay safe and connected as staff within and across our…

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To Celebrate Our 10th Anniversary, Here Are 10 of Our Favorite Success Stories

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ReThink is thrilled to be celebrating 10 full years of powering movements. To celebrate our anniversary, here are 10 of our favorite success stories from our staff, past and present (and stay tuned for our soon-to-be-published booklet of our favorite stories and lessons learned across 10 years of movement building): Bringing Attention and Saving a…

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10 Reasons to Support ReThink Media’s Work Through CREDO’s Monthly Giving Campaign

ReThink Media is eligible to receive a huge grant this month from CREDO Mobile—but there’s a catch. We need YOUR VOTE to secure the funding. It takes only a few seconds to vote. Can we count on your help today? In case you need more convincing, here are 10 reasons to vote for us. Dividing…

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Your (quick) VOTE Could Add $100K to ReThink Media's Resistance Fund

Our partners and friends at CREDO Mobile have nominated ReThink Media to their December month of giving campaign. It’s a tremendous honor. And it won’t cost you a penny, but there’s a catch—the amount we receive in donations depends on YOUR VOTE in support of our work!  We don’t need to tell you that it…

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Are You Going to Netroots This Year? Let's Meet Up!

The annual Netroots Nation conference is a great opportunity for progressives from across the country to come together and strategize for the year ahead. The conference is an opportunity to learn about new tools for organizing and advocacy, connect with other progressive organizations and media-makers, and hear about the complex problems that progressives today are…

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