Shakiya Canty

Resilient Organizing Coach, The Organizing Center, Aug 2025 - Present

• Partnered with organizers to identify their goals and develop strategic plans that fostered long-term resilience in their work.
• Developed coachees’ strategic campaign planning skills and fostered stronger collaboration, improving team efficiency in base-building and leadership development efforts.
• Facilitated regular one-on-one and small group meetings to support personal and professional development by discussing challenges, successes, and goals.
• Enhanced social-emotional capacities and accountability through coaching in emotional regulation and principled disagreement, fostering a culture of greater awareness, joy, and cohesion at work.
• Monitored and evaluated coachees’ progress to provide targeted feedback and guidance, ensuring the successful achievement of their goals.

International Participatory Research Coach, Faith in Action International, Jan 2025 - Present

• Empowered organizers and leaders by educating them on the value of participatory research, enabling them to use data as a tool to strengthen their power-building and leadership development efforts.
• Co-designed training sessions on data collection and analysis, supporting the creation of comprehensive materials that equipped organizers to work directly with leaders.
• Provided strategic consultation to organizers, and coordinated with global staff on data quality and analysis, resolving challenges to ensure the successful integration of learnings.
• Managed the Global Organizing Research project and facilitated collaboration with a global team, supporting the proper development of databases and project documentation.

Program Director, April 2023 – June 2025

• Co-designed and implemented rigorous peer-learning programs for organizers and directors, fostering their capacity to reshape organizational infrastructure and build sustainable work.
• Secured over $300,000 in funding from foundations, partners, and individual donors, enabling the successful execution of programming.
• Managed an annual program budget of $75,000, ensuring financial stability, and optimizing resource allocation.
• Integrated resilience and evaluation strategies across organizational program areas, strengthening organizational learning and accountability

Training and Program Coordinator, June 2021 - March 2023

• Recruited and engaged program participants through targeted outreach efforts, ensuring a diverse and committed cohort.
• Secured and managed language justice interpreters and expert facilitators for public workshops, enhancing program accessibility and quality.
• Coordinated program schedules and maintained strict timelines for multiple projects, ensuring the efficient and seamless delivery of initiatives.
• Provided guidance and support to program participants, empowering them to successfully navigate resources, services, and professional opportunities.
• Designed and piloted a peer-learning program based on key insights from outreach, establishing a new, effective model for future program expansion.

• Co-convened a housing coalition and guided campaign strategies to enhance organizational power and visibility in Philadelphia.
• Conducted workshops on critical topics such as racial capitalism and housing justice, equipping the member-led housing committee with a deeper analytical framework.
• Directed a team of four organizers and supervised two staff members, achieving city- and state-wide base-building and campaign goals.
• Managed 27 One PA Fellows to increase base and boost census participation and voter turnout in 2020.
• Recruited and supported members to cultivate their leadership in state and national housing strategy development.

• Conducted 16 to 20 individual meetings weekly to build power and recruit community leaders for targeted campaigns.
• Identified 47 community leaders who mobilized over 1,000 individuals within 18 months, winning reforms in sanitation, public safety, and housing.
• Trained more than 350 leaders across four major cities on core organizing principles, equipping them for effective power-building and public action.
• Provided strategic insight for campaign development by monitoring data collection across five institutions and compiling weekly reports on power dynamics gleaned from neighborhoods, institutions, and daily news.
• Provided direct mentorship to three new organizers, conducting weekly check-ins and shadowing sessions to build their skills in organizing and team building..
• Assisted the Lead Organizer with logistical arrangements for outreach events, actions, and public forums, ensuring successful execution.