Hi, I’m Sarah.
I help organizers and movement leaders build power by strengthening leadership, clarifying strategy, and working through the relational dynamics that shape our movements.
I offer coaching for individuals and teams uniquely grounded in community organizing and therapeutic practice.
Leadership development
is the key.
The challenges movements face aren’t just strategic - they’re also relational and internal.
How we make decisions, handle conflict, take up leadership, and respond under pressure all shape what’s possible. I help you engage those dynamics directly—so you can lead more effectively and build real power in your work.
This might look like:
Navigating leadership and management challenges
Working through conflict and organizational dynamics
Getting unstuck when a team or project isn’t moving
Building more sustainable ways of leading
Identifying personal and relational patterns that may be getting in the way of growth and effectiveness
Building stronger leadership development and basebuilding practices
Investing in the organizing skills staff and leaders need to build power
Connecting more deeply to self-interest and purpose to make clearer decisions, take necessary risks, and reduce burnout
Thinking through high-stakes strategic decisions, campaign planning, and visioning
What it’s Like to Work with Me
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Through her coaching, our volunteers learned how to grow a grassroots team, build meaningful relationships for organizing, and identify strategic opportunities. She has an intuitive sense for how to push people in just the right way to access their leadership potential.
— Noa F, Tight Lipped
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Sarah helped me fit individual projects into a single movement-building arc, refocus my team on leadership development over short-term campaign wins, and regain confidence in my skills. Her fluency with the movement landscape and organizing models makes her an exceptionally creative thought partner.
— Hayley M, The Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
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Sarah was an incredible ally and thought partner in organizing, planning, and facilitating our staff retreat. She was personable, creative, warm, and did our team a great service. There were conversations and plans that we had trouble reaching until she stepped in as a guide.
— Kate PK, Migrant Justice
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She has a knack for knowing when to push for strategic clarity and when to slow down and invest in working through personal or relational challenges. Working with her helped me grow and made it possible for me to feel confident in the leadership and responsibility I was holding in my work.
Rebecca O, IfNotNow
Who is this for?
Rising authoritarianism. Infighting. Isolation. Exhaustion. Hopelessness. Too many hours on Zoom.
Many people I work with are carrying enormous responsibility with very little support. Others are working their butts off and feeling like little is changing. They may feel stuck, burnt out, unsupported, under-skilled, overextended, or unsure how to move their organization forward in a strategic way.
They might be:
Organizers stepping into leadership
Organizing directors wanting to invest in their team’s skill and culture
Executive directors and campaign leads looking for strategic thought-partnership
Movement organizations building out their organizing infrastructure
Managers working through team and supervision challenges
Political and nonprofit leaders trying to build more sustainable power
Volunteer leaders looking to upgrade their effectiveness
Those looking for a way to plug into organizing and make a difference