What we do

Rooting Movements is a consulting firm dedicated to strengthening social and political movements by helping organizations build connection, strategize, and increase resilience.

We understand that organizations need to adapt, change, and evolve over time. Rooting Movements helps organizations do so in ways that reflect their values and drive the work forward.

This takes place in various ways. It may involve an assessment of organizational culture, policies. and practices in an effort to develop a people-centered workplace. It may include strategizing and pivoting in response to changing sociopolitical realities. Or facilitating an organizational retreat to build connection and resilience.

Learn more about our services here and schedule a free consultation to further discuss how Rooting Movements can help your organization.

Our Team

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  • Principal/Founder

    Darin facilitates a majority of Rooting Movements’ consulting and training work. He holds expertise in violence prevention, policy advocacy, and organizational change management. He’s passionate about holding organizations accountable to their missions and values.

    Darin has worked in movements for over a decade, across multiple regions that include California, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest. He has served in several roles, including as a survivor advocate, a prevention educator, policy advocate, fundraising, political organizing, and within organizational leadership. He is well versed in public health approaches to violence prevention and has implemented and provided training and technical assistance for CDC-funded primary prevention programs.

    Outside of this work, he spends most of his time with his partner, Cecily, and their young children. When he’s not working, you can probably find him gardening, cycling, or BBQing.

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  • Director of Operations & Client Engagement/Founder

    From a young age Cecily has been passionate about advocacy. In her early years, Cecily worked with a peer education group to teach highschool and middle school students about the harm of sexism and healthy relationships.

    Cecily carried this passion throughout college and her personal life. While attending University of Oregon, Cecily interned at a sexual assault victims advocacy organization, helping survivors navigate medical and legal systems as well as providing crisis intervention and support. During this internship, Cecily discovered her love of back-end operations of organizations. She found that this part of her job served as a kind of self-care and debrief of the direct service she was immersed in on a daily basis.

    As Cecily explored the movement of ending gender-based violence, she began to witness gaps in how non-profit organizations’ provided services as well as policy and procedure. While she was managing an emergency domestic violence shelter, she found that a key part of her job was advocating within her organization for a more inclusive and equitable space for survivors to receive services. She also noticed that there was a lot of room for improvement when it came to making the organization a safe workplace for all people.

    Cecily is a full-time parent to her and Darin’s children. Her role at Rooting Movements allows her to utilize her passions and knowledge to create organizational change while still giving her plenty of time to be a parent.