Reproductive freedom Marches, Planned Parenthood advocacy and organizing for bodily autonomyWomen’s movement organizing Organizing for women’s rights and political participation.Protest and public accountability Community organizing and public accountability
RACIAL JUSTICE · CAPITAL REGION
Black Lives Matter, 518 AID and Darryl Mount
Christine has helped organize Black Lives Matter actions and mobilize communities against systemic inequality in Warren County and the surrounding region, including Fort Edward demonstrations and work with 518 AID. Demands for accountability following Darryl Mount Jr.'s death also shaped regional organizing in Saratoga Springs.
The Saratoga article documents the wider movement; it does not independently establish Christine's participation in that specific event.REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
Women's marches and Planned Parenthood
Women's-rights organizing, reproductive-freedom advocacy and public speaking, including the January 2020 Women's March in Glens Falls. Christine's message focused on sustained participation: volunteer, organize and vote.
Immigrant-rights solidarity, rapid-response organizing, legal-observer education, community defense and know-your-rights training. This includes support for the Dignity Not Detention campaign to end New York immigration-detention contracts and advocacy connected to the New York for All Act.
ECONOMIC JUSTICE
“This Is What Inequality Looks Like”
Issue organizing and public speaking in Warren County addressing inequality, dignity, community investment and accountability. This work connects public speaking with community demands for meaningful public investment and accountability.
WOMEN’S VOTING RIGHTS / 1920–2020
A century of the 19th Amendment
Learn about the centennial, the unequal access that followed ratification and how Christine's women's-movement advocacy connects to continuing political participation.
Women’s rights · January 18, 2020 · Glens Falls, New York
Opening the Women’s March: “This is what equality looks like.”
Christine delivered opening remarks at the 2020 Women’s March at Crandall Park pond in Glens Falls, speaking about inequality and the realities facing survivors. She addressed the crowd with a megaphone, calling attention to the need for equality and action.
Opening remarks · Glens Falls Women’s March · January 18, 2020 Christine speaks about women’s rights and inequality. Photograph: Kathleen Phalen-Tomaselli / The Post-Star. Read the original coverage.
Civil liberties · Community defense · Survivor advocacy
Rights must mean something in practice.
Bread & Roses connects public advocacy with practical support, including immigrant-rights education, legal-observer participation, rapid-response organizing, and support for people navigating difficult institutions.
Immigration, asylum and community support
Christine's advocacy includes assisting Haitian immigrants with asylum declarations, organizing against detention and deportation, and connecting community members with information and support. Her work includes support for Dignity Not Detention, a statewide campaign to end the use of New York facilities for immigration detention, alongside rapid-response and know-your-rights organizing. The focus is dignity, informed choices and protecting people's rights.
Survivor-centered organizing and accountability
Work concerning domestic and sexual violence, reproductive freedom and human rights is part of the broader organizing practice. Public education, organizing and institutional accountability are presented without exposing survivors' private information.
One speech, one event An anniversary vigil addressing election accountability and threats to democratic government.Movement context Community members gather for public action.Community action Demonstration organizing and community participation.
Christine's remarks demanded accountability from elected officials, including a call for Rep. Elise Stefanik to resign, and affirmed that voters determine the outcome of American elections. The speech called for election accountability and public responsibility.
Policy advocacy, public action and community defense
Organizing is not limited to demonstrations. It also means educating neighbors, coordinating public pressure, supporting community members, and bringing concrete requests to elected officials.
Working Families Guarantee & Tax the Rich
Christine’s WFP and economic-justice organizing includes advocacy around the Working Families Guarantee and Tax the Rich agenda, connecting affordability demands with public services and legislative priorities.
#StopStefanik and constituent organizing
Through the #StopStefanik coalition, Christine helped coordinate local actions and working groups focused on constituent outreach, media engagement, letters to the editor and holding elected officials accountable.
Climate and environmental justice
Albany-area organizing has included climate and environmental advocacy, community events and mobilization connected to public officials. This work sits alongside the broader fight for affordable, healthy communities.
Child Victims Act and survivors’ rights
Survivor-centered advocacy related to New York’s Child Victims Act, which expanded access to legal remedies for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Immigration Rights & Rapid Response
Immigrant-rights education, know-your-rights resources, rapid-response organizing, legal-observer participation, and assistance with Haitian asylum declarations are part of Christine’s broader community-defense work.
SWWPA and public demonstrations
As a SWWPA co-chair, Christine helped organize more than 50 actions and events, coordinating speakers, volunteers, venues, permits, safety, press and community partners.
Training & Public Education
Field-lead education and a multi-part Protesting 101 series are examples of turning experience into practical organizing tools and community learning.
Advocating for reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy.
Social Movements & Advocacy
The movement work belongs together: civil rights, reproductive freedom, racial justice, immigration, survivor advocacy, democracy, economic justice, rapid response and know-your-rights education.
Women’s voting rights: centennial feature and reporting January 6 accountability speech
Black Lives Matter, 518 AID and Darryl Mount
Christine has helped organize Black Lives Matter actions and mobilize communities against systemic inequality in Warren County and the surrounding region, including Fort Edward demonstrations and work with 518 AID. Demands for accountability following Darryl Mount Jr.'s death also shaped regional organizing in Saratoga Springs.
Women's marches and Planned Parenthood
Women's-rights organizing, reproductive-freedom advocacy and public speaking, including the January 2020 Women's March in Glens Falls. Christine's message focused on sustained participation: volunteer, organize and vote.
2020 Women's March coverageRapid response and know your rights
Immigrant-rights solidarity, rapid-response organizing, legal-observer education, community defense and know-your-rights training. This includes support for the Dignity Not Detention campaign to end New York immigration-detention contracts and advocacy connected to the New York for All Act.
“This Is What Inequality Looks Like”
Issue organizing and public speaking in Warren County addressing inequality, dignity, community investment and accountability. This work connects public speaking with community demands for meaningful public investment and accountability.
A century of the 19th Amendment
Learn about the centennial, the unequal access that followed ratification and how Christine's women's-movement advocacy connects to continuing political participation.
Read the centennial feature and news coverage