Center for Innovation in Worker Organization’s WILL Empower Program

 

Co-creating futures rooted in love, equity + liberation.

Robin Katcher is the Founder of Katcher Consulting.

Strengthening justice leaders, organizations, and networks.

 
 
 

Together we can

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Imagine new liberated futures and set intention and strategic direction

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Articulate fundamental values and principals

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Intentionally address inequity and build racial justice as the foundation for our work

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Cultivate your strategic contributions

 

Be in movement with us.

 
 
 

Who we serve

Networks

Let’s explore the array of needs, openings, and challenges among diverse actors that might spur on or inhibit a network

Organizations

Get guidance with processes to uncover or alter fundamental strategic alignment around purpose/intention, values, direction, etc.

Individual Leaders

Coaching around the growth + development of leaders honoring their authentic selves as they navigate complexity and diversity

 

Love from past clients

  • “In my experience my coaching sessions with Robin provide a thoughtful sounding board for new ideas and strategic advice, but she also has a personal and warm approach that allows you to sit back, grab a cup of coffee and settle in for a nice conversation.

    I appreciate all the "aha" moments that I have experienced during our coaching sessions as well as the "..maybe i need to go back and rethink my strategy" moment. A good coach will probe, ask critical questions and push you to leave your comfort zone. Robin can do all that while still making me feel supported and heard.”

    — Silvia Henriquez, Co-President, All*Above All and Co-President, All* Above All Action Fund

  • “Over the last 6 months I have worked with Robin in my new role as a Campaigns Director for NILC. Robin has played a critical role in my ability to be successful in my position.

    She has been a thought partner on strategy, professional development, and provided input as a top tier professional coach. I am looking forward to our continued partnership which will include facilitating key campaigns and coalitions I am leading.”

    — Eddie Carmona, Campaigns Director, National Immigration Law Center

  • “Robin has a unique ability to hold both the complexity of perspective and different needs when trying to work across different partners, this is really valuable when you are trying to reach consensus on a path forward.

    Inherently issues networks are exploring have a lot of factors, having someone like Robin, who is able to see all the variety of needs and tensions people are holding when people are trying to determine how to work together. Valuable contributions, helpful to have someone with this background and skills to be the third party facilitator because when you are in the work and you are trying to collaborate you need to show up for your interests and folks you are accountable to, hard to do this work without someone with Robin’s skillset and background, helpful to have someone who understand, and who pushes us in our own thinking.”

    — Shana Bartley, National Women’s Law Center (on Child Care for Every Family Network)

  • "Robin assisted our network over the course of two years in our network wide strategic and organization strategic planning. We were really able to gain a thoughtful and well represented strategic framework through our relationship with Robin that really reflected our core values in centering on BIPOC communities and long term movement building.

    Her strengths that really stood out to me was her knowledge about networks and movement building, and her ability to run a really iterative processes that included all of the voices and stakeholders within our network. Robin brings a lot of strengths and as well a great team of support to assist with any type of organizational development process that really holds a strong racial justice and gender lense.”

    — Sade Moonsammy, Chief of Staff, Family Values at Work

  • "If you have the chance to work with Robin Katcher, seize it.

    Robin is a brilliant theorist and documenter of network organization strategy, she is a great listener who will help you distill the truths buried in your million ideas and observations, and she is a wonderful human being who is kind and compassionate; she has the special ingredient mix that you need in an organizational development coach. She has helped us transform our big picture ideas into actionable nuggets that advance our goals and maintain alignment across our network."

    — Lauren Jacobs, Executive Director, PowerSwitch Action

  • "Robin has allowed me the space to slow down and to work on myself as a leader in the movement.

    I've often described our check ins as "work therapy". I leave our conversations, grounded and yet challenged on how I constantly can grow and evolve. Being a director doesn't always allow you to think about your leadership and needs but working with Robin gives me the opportunity to lean into my own growth and development.”

    — Angela Lang, Executive Director, Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC)

  • “Robin provided insight that was key in pushing us to look at our current challenges as important parts of our foundation for future planning and restructuring rather than as just barriers to be overcome."

    — Jeannette Pai-Espinosa, President, National Crittenton

Featured writings and resources.

Writings + Resources
Organizing Liberatory Networks: An Invitation
Organizing Liberatory Networks: An Invitation

The events of the last year, continuing to this year, have called on us to deepen practices that center intersectionality, solidarity, racial justice, and mutual aid. Organizers have been working one-on-one with people in communities and side-by-side with other organizations to support people’s immediate needs and build movements for love, dignity, and justice.

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Leading toward a Transformed Future in a Disrupted Present
Leading toward a Transformed Future in a Disrupted Present

The pandemics we face today—the murder of Black people by the police and COVID 19—further expose the illusion of who and what the US is as a nation. It amplifies the ugly truth, one that many, especially BIPOC, have always known: Our nation was built upon and continues to be fueled by structural racism, an extractive and exploitive economy and a broken democracy.

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Unstill Waters: The Fluid Role of Networks in Social Movements
Unstill Waters: The Fluid Role of Networks in Social Movements

An individual social movement can span many generations. During that time, it is likely to face many different, complicated political contexts. As time passes, a social movement develops its analysis of a problem and changes the language and definitions of things.

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