Public policy for the people, not the powerful
Today’s political landscape can be chaotic + paralyzing.
I’ll help you navigate it with clear focus + high impact.
Find Your Focus
It’s hard to make strategic decisions when change is coming fast and furious. I’ll help you turn down the stress by separating the signal from the sound in all the headlines, and zeroing in on the news that’s most worthy of your attention.
Increase Your Power
It’s easy to feel powerless right now. I’ll help you turn up your sense of agency with a suite of concrete tools to take smart, powerful action for your organization, your community, and yourself.
What We Can Do Together
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You’ll learn how to make sense of what’s happening around the issues that matter most to you and ways to plan strategically for what comes next.
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These are friendly, interactive sessions that unpack what’s happening right now in D.C., answer all the questions you’ve got, and leave you with concrete actions you can take.
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If you’ve got earmarks, a specific bill you’re pushing in Congress, or just starting to think through what kind of an impact you want to make, I’ll help you design a customized, high-impact strategy.
A Bit About Me: Caitie Whelan (WHALE-in) is a civic strategist and Practitioner-in-Residence at MIT. She helps good organizations make smart choices in complex political environments.
She was a staffer in Congress for six years, starting in the Senate and ending as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor for a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. She served as Communications Director for the Maine Democratic Party and did communications and operations for one of President Biden's global climate initiatives.
Caitie graduated from Brown University and sits on the Brown Alumni Association’s Board of Governors. She is a Truman Scholar for Public Service and Founding Chair of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Maine Chapter's Public Policy Team. She writes Policy is for Lovers, a friendly newsletter for good policy change.
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