About
Feminist Dialogue provides a space that inspires discussion around feminist topics unaddressed in generations past. A full-frontal feminist organization, our community hosts events that facilitate and encourage engagement with sometimes uncomfortable and always timely questions around race, individualism vs. communalism, abortion and reproductive justice, religion, dating, parenthood, and more. We seek diversity in perspective, experience, and thought, mindful that equality is dependent on empowerment through knowledge sharing, listening, and addressing difficult subjects with civility. / At the moment, our programming is held mostly in New York City and Washington, DC. Expansion is on the horizon, however.
Passionate about social justice, Claire Gould directs all Feminist Dialogue activities and growth in Washington, DC. She also serves as Communication Director for the D.C.-based Women's Information Network (WIN), a powerful professional network dedicated to empowering young, pro-choice, Democratic women. She’s a prolific blogger around the topics of publishing and women's issues. Perhaps you’ve read her work at Bibliofeminista … we love it!
Outside of her work with Feminist Dialogue, Claire works with Catholics for Choice, a pro-choice organization that affirms the capacity of women and men to make moral decisions about their lives and reproductive health, and was previously with Burness Communications, a firm dedicated to making real social change through communications and advocacy. At Burness, her work on the public health team focused on the social determinants of health. In other words, how access to healthy foods, a safe neighborhood, and a living wage can affect health and wellbeing.
Claire is a Master of Arts in Communication candidate at Johns Hopkins University.
Director of The Hive DC
Claire Gould
Allison Raygor leads our feminist brunch salon series, The Hive. She comes to Feminist Dialogue with an evident drive for challenging human rights abuses, supporting social justice initiatives, and promoting sustainable community development. Her dedication is evident in her work to end human trafficking, aluminum smelter plants, and mountain top removal in the United States, India, and throughout South America.
Allison loves a challenge and is always looking to build new skills. Just two months after learning the art of espresso making she was asked to manage an entire café. Volunteering with an award-wining Indian NGO, Allison’s pivotal contributions were quickly noticed, leading to many requests for continued consulting with the organization.
Allison is fluent in Spanish and conversational in Portuguese and French. She brings a diverse background to Feminist Dialogue having lived, studied, and traveled throughout South America, Europe, and India.
Director of The Hive NYC
Allison Raygor
Chelsea Davis
Chelsea Davis leads Feminist Dialogue’s outreach and partnership development team. When not at Feminist Dialogue, she is also the Coordinator of the Mass Incarceration and Public Health Initiative at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health; a faculty member of the Bard Prison Initiative; and Women’s Health Co-Chair of WIN.NYC.
Chelsea received her MPH in History and Ethics of Public Health and Medicine from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2012 after finishing her BA at Vanderbilt University. Her passion for feminism-informed global health is evident in her AmeriCorps tenure, research at Vanderbilt University Institute for Global Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Vera Institute of Justice.
Chelsea’s passion for social justice and women’s rights is illustrated through her advocacy, which began in high school with her term as Junior Commissioner on the Bergen County Commission of the Status of Women. Her dedication to these causes has extended to support for HIV/AIDS advocacy, the Vanderbilt Students for Nonviolence, various living wage campaigns, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Columbia University Justice Initiative.
Jillian Foster has been recognized as a thought leader in the feminist research and organizing community, advising many of the world’s leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and human rights institutions. A specialist in rigorous micro- and macro-level data analysis, Jillian emphasizes the need to disaggregate empirical data to better understand the nuances of aid effectiveness, programmatic impact, and individual lived experiences. Jillian has led client retention research with Mimoza Finance, a microfinance bank in northern India; evaluated programming for Saodat, a NGO in post-Soviet Tajikistan; spearheaded campaigns on the rights of native women and the international Arms Trade Treaty with Amnesty International; and developed coalitions within the gender-based violence, reproductive rights, and economic equality movements.
Jillian is a graduate of the University College London (University of London) where she completed a Master of Arts degree in Gender Studies. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from California Polytechnic State University, specializing in international economics, inequality research, and gender studies. Jillian is also a Master of Arts in Applied Quantitative Research candidate at New York University.
Founder
Jillian Foster
Leadership
Director of Outreach
Katie Long
For Dana Northcraft, issues surrounding feminism, in particular sexual and reproductive justice, have held lifelong interest. Her passion is evident in her many philanthropic endeavors and board positions.
Before attending law school, Dana served as a lobbyist and grassroots organizer for Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region. She is currently co-chair of the Women’s Health & Reproductive Rights Committee for the New York Women’s Bar Association and a member of the Sex & Law Committee for the New York City Bar Association, the Planned Parenthood of New York City Activist Council, and the Center for Reproductive Rights Young Professionals Alliance. Dana also enjoys event planning to raise money for the New York Abortion Access Fund, as well as other non-profit and political causes.
As an associate in the Asbestos Litigation Unit at Weitz & Luxenberg, Dana has represented the working class against corporate entities since 2010. For five years prior, Dana represented the interests of Chinese immigrant populations in personal injury, labor law, and premises liability litigation at Caesar & Napoli.
Dana’s passion for advancing women’s rights seamlessly extends to her legal work. Combining her legal knowledge and dedication to feminism, she worked for the CUNY general-counsel’s office and Legal Momentum (formerly the National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund). Dana holds a J.D. from the City University of New York School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She lives in New York City with her husband and one very large cat.
Executive Team
Dana Northcraft
Brynn Weinstein
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Director of Social Media
Morgan Richards
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Program Assistant
Maya Grodman
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Program Assistant
Cassandra Leveille
Founding Advisor Board Member
Elizabeth Kanter
