We're happy to announce Shirley Leslie is CR's new Development Director <3
Announcing Shirley Leslie as our new Development Director!
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Dear Community,
After three years of being on Critical Resistance (CR)'s Development team, I am excited to step into the role of National Development Director!
Over the past few years, I've learned so much about fundraising as organizing, and the importance for movement organizations to be resourced by and for community. I have built solid relationships with CR members, grassroots donors, movement partners, foundation funders, event attendees, and supporters from afar - and I genuinely look forward to deepening these relationships. Experiences and learnings alongside CR's amazing network of organizers and partners have strengthened my commitment to prison industrial complex (PIC) abolitionist organizing and politics, as well as increased my adeptness at resourcing our work amidst an ever-shifting landscape.
I'm immensely grateful to the past and present CR Development team members and leaders, who crafted the infrastructure for me to step into this role strongly and confidently. Jess Heaney robustly held down the Development Director role for nearly a decade, helping the organization grow tremendously with great care, intention, and strategy. Thank you, Jess!
I am excited to continue growing and engaging our network of support so that CR can sustain the crucial organizing we continue to do - whether those are efforts to close California prisons, end immigrant detention in New York, uplift the expertise of imprisoned organizers, or create valuable tools that bolster anti-PIC campaigns and projects globally.
If we've ever shared space at a Freedom Friday event in North Oakland, webinar, or giving circle; if we met at a mail night pre-covid; if you've received emails from me over the years; or if I haven't yet had the pleasure of crossing paths with you - I look forward to connecting with you during my new chapter within CR!
- Shirley Leslie
(any pronouns)
National Development Director
Critical Resistance
P.O. Box. 22780, Oakland, CA 94609-2301
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