Kavelle Christie

Kavelle Christie is the Associate Director of the Women’s Health Program at Community Catalyst, based in the Boston office. She joined Community Catalyst in January of 2020, after serving as Public Policy and Engagement Specialist, and previously as Community Organizer, for Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. In that role, she lobbied at the Rhode Island statehouse, co-managed a RI reproductive health and rights coalition of more than 20 community organizations, expanded PPSNE’s advocacy agency to include reproductive intersectionality and managed a Black Maternal Health Campaign in RI alongside community partners. Previously, she was campaign manager for Marcia Ranglin-Vassell’s successful campaign for RI state representative, served as field organizer for electoral campaigns in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania and worked in public relations and the news media in Kingston, Jamaica. She is pursuing a Master’s in Global Health from the University of Manchester, UK.

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