About Jackie

Jackie Payne

Staff

GALvanize USA

Jackie Payne served as the Director of Move to End Violence from its inception until February 2018. A lawyer and policy advocate with 20 years of experience working to affect social change, Jackie brings an intersectional and cross-movement lens to her gender justice work. She recently founded GALvanize USA which creates safe, supportive opportunities for busy women who want a kinder, more respectful way to figure out how to make a real difference in our communities and our country.

Move to End Violence Launches Cycle 4 (2018-2019)

Thank you for being part of this growing community of folks working together to end violence against girls and women. We are Learn more

Jackie Payne: We Belong Together. Plenary speech at WSCADV

We Belong Together. Jackie Payne’s plenary speech at Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s Annual Conference. In this 90-minute interactive plenary, Jackie Learn more

A Way Forward – Jackie Payne’s Plenary Speech at CalCasa, June 2016

On June 21-22, 2016, hundreds of people gathered in Sacramento, California for the 2016 CALCASA Statewide Conference for Transformative Conversations to End Learn more

WINNING MARRIAGE THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW SAME-SEX COUPLES TOOK ON THE POLITICIANS AND PUNDITS—AND WON

En route to the Move to End Violence Strategic Thinking workshop in California I just finished an engaging, enlightening and inspiring book, Learn more

Breaking Through Radio Interview: Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner of MomsRising and Move to End Violence’s Jackie Payne

Take a listen! Move to End Violence Director Jackie Payne talks to Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner of MomsRising on radio show, Breaking Through, about Learn more

Video Blog: Self-Care FOR Sustainability and Impact

Does self-care really matter? Jackie Payne, Director of Move to End Violence, reflects on how self-care is critical to showing up as Learn more

Long Walk to Freedom – The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

I first read Nelson Mandela’s autobiography as a source of cultural context to help prepare me to live and work in Johannesburg, Learn more

Video Presentation: What Will it Take to End Violence Against Girls and Women in the US?

In a recent presentation at the Compassionate Communities Conference held by the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, Jackie Payne, Learn more

How We Can End Violence Against Girls and Women in the U.S. – Slidedeck of Presentation

How We Can End Violence Against Girls and Women in the U.S. – Slidedeck of Presentation Learn more

Why Jazz is the Music of Movement Building

If you’ve joined one of our informational calls to learn more about Cycle 3 of Move to End Violence, you undoubtedly heard us talk Learn more

From Diane Nash to Ai-Jen Poo: Learning from Great Movement Leaders

This week I am in Washington, DC spending time with my colleagues at The Raben Group and am, as always, having nourishing conversations Learn more

Love and Strategy

Last week I wrote a blog reflecting on what our anti-violence movement can learn from Dr. King’s principles of non-violence. The focus of Learn more

Building a Movement that Honors Dr. King’s Legacy

Today, I find myself contemplating how our anti-violence movement is embracing the lessons of Dr. King’s principles of non-violence and theory of Learn more

Out With the New Year’s Resolution

Do you engage in the practice of setting New Year’s resolutions? I was struck by this New York Times piece on the Learn more

Let’s Talk About Building a Powerful Movement for Social Change

I recently had the honor of attending the Compassionate Communities conference put on by the irrepressible Kelly Miller, and her fantastic colleagues at Learn more

The Whole Point

Today was one of my favorite days in Move to End Violence history. And considering that I have the privilege of working Learn more

Finding Our Way: Reconnecting to Purpose

As I watched the Senate vote down the gun control measure last week I found myself thinking a lot about leadership. And, Learn more

Welcome New Movement Makers!

We are thrilled to introduce the newest group of Movement Makers. These 20 inspiring individuals were carefully chosen for their visionary leadership Learn more

Aruna Roy Shares Her Thoughts on Community Organizing

On our fifth day in India, we visited Barefoot College and visited with Aruna Roy, a social and political activist who has Learn more

The Face Behind India’s Second Largest Source of Tourist Dollars

On our second day of our international convening in India, we visited Dilli Haat, an extraordinary outdoor marketplace in Delhi. Here, shoppers Learn more

Devaki Jain Talks with MEV Movement Makers About the Importance and Value of Gender Analysis

As we highlighted yesterday, we spent part of our first day in India with Devaki Jain. In this clip, she shares with Learn more

Last Girl

As you might recall, on our first day in India, we had the tremendous opportunity to sit in circle with iconic feminist Learn more

Reflections from Convening 3

In just a few weeks, the Movement Makers will be meeting again. This next convening – quite different than the international exchange Learn more

Convening 3: Kolkata, India – Final Day. We Came As Pilgrims, We Left Inspired.

“To other countries I may go as a tourist, but to India I come as a pilgrim.” -Martin Luther King, 1959. Early Learn more

Convening 3: Kolkata, India – Day 8 – Cool Men Don’t Buy Sex

On our last full day in Kolkata, several members of Move to End Violence were invited to join a press conference and Learn more

Day 7: Convening 3 – Kolkata, India.

We started Day 7 with a roundtable discussion, exchanging ideas with allied advocates, including Indrani Singha, Sarafaraz Ahmed Khan and Roop Learn more

Convening 3: Kolkata, India — Day 6/7 — Saving Our Daughters

Two nights ago, our host organization Apne Aap brought us to a neighborhood in South Kolkata called Sonagachi. We left our cars Learn more

Convening 3: Jaipur, India – MEV in Tilonia

MEV Cohort visits the old campus of Barefoot College (photo upper left). MEV Cohort members, staff and faculty with luminary activist Aruna Learn more

Convening 3: Jaipur, India – Day 5 – Illuminating Equality

Today we were joined by beloved cohort member Patti Tototzintle of Casa de Esperanza. We faced a long day of travel, with Learn more

Convening 3: Jaipur, India – Day 4 — Collective Power

Kavita Srivastava, Secretary of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Ruchira Gupta, Apne Aap witH MEV Pilot Cohort On Friday evening, Learn more