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Creating Successful Coalitions and Collaborations
For many social justice groups, being effective
increasingly requires working with others. When
collaboration works, the benefits can be
tremendous, but collaboration isn't easy and
it's not always the right answer.
MAG assists organizations considering high-stakes collaboration in exploring what is possible, managing conflicts and differences, and creating a structure of partnership that matches the task at hand. We assist organizations that are already collaborating in making realistic commitments and creating structures for ongoing performance and accountability.
Client Testimony
"Through MAG’s facilitation, we [national organizations engaging in state policy work] could look beyond our organizational interests to find some commonality that brought us to the greater good." -Debra Hauser, Advocates for Youth
"MAG understood that while we were all foundation people who worked on queer issues, we didn't know each other well and didn't have a sense of being a part of the same group. They understood the different personalities in the room and were able to extrapolate from them to come up with a framework that worked for LGBTQ racial equity." –Ellen Gurinsky, The Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
MAG assists organizations considering high-stakes collaboration in exploring what is possible, managing conflicts and differences, and creating a structure of partnership that matches the task at hand. We assist organizations that are already collaborating in making realistic commitments and creating structures for ongoing performance and accountability.
Our services include:
- Developing and structuring collaborations, alliances, and coalitions
- Clarifying multi-stakeholder decision-making
- Designing and facilitating multi-stakeholder meetings
Client Testimony
"Through MAG’s facilitation, we [national organizations engaging in state policy work] could look beyond our organizational interests to find some commonality that brought us to the greater good." -Debra Hauser, Advocates for Youth
"MAG understood that while we were all foundation people who worked on queer issues, we didn't know each other well and didn't have a sense of being a part of the same group. They understood the different personalities in the room and were able to extrapolate from them to come up with a framework that worked for LGBTQ racial equity." –Ellen Gurinsky, The Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues