Tawana Jacobs
Area of Expertise/Interest
Communications, Policy Research and Advocacy, Women and girls
Job Category
Communications, Project/Program Management, Public Relations, Writing/Editing
As InterAction's Associate Director of Public Relations, she manages the website and the organization's online presence, ensuring accurate representation of InterAction and the broader alliance of member organizations. Tawana also develops and implements organizational and project-based communications strategies, manages media relations activities and directs conferences and events.
February 23, 2011
From InterAction's AidBuzz Blog: The battle lines have been drawn over the federal government’s 2011 spending bill. With negotiations scheduled to begin next week in Congress, one side recognizes the need for budget cuts but takes great issue with the depth and severity of the reductions included in the spending bill passed by the House of Representatives early Saturday that slashes $61 billion from this...
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December 16, 2011
“Country ownership” has become a popular term used in discussions about the future of U.S. foreign assistance. But its definition shifts depending on who you’re talking to. InterAction’s just released policy paper, “Country Ownership: Moving from Rhetoric to Action,” provides a clear and easy to understand definition that all who care about international development should...
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August 15, 2011
The future of the NGO community is unclear as policymakers consider cutting the foreign aid portion of the federal budget. With the current state of affairs, NGOs must consider a new approach to gain support from policymakers and donors. Arlene Corbin Lewis, Communications Associate Director for Government Relations and Advocacy at Habitat for Humanity International, moderated the “Is the NGO Brand at Risk” workshop...
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August 15, 2011
What is the development community doing to advance one of the most underserved populations in the world? The presenters at Friday's Transforming and Advancing Disability Civil Society through Knowledge Dissemination, Organizational Development and Legal Mechanisms Workshop provided an at times stunning look into efforts that are being carried out and the work that still needs to be done regarding disability...
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August 15, 2011
In this workshop session moderated by Hannah Poole of Pact, panelists Valerie Traore of NIYEL, Kolleen Bouchane of RESULTS, Laura Roper of (Oxfam and LYV Consulting, and Olga Yakimakho of Pact spoke about their wide-ranging experiences in implementing advocacy programs in Senegal, El Salvador, Belarus, and globally. Judy Beals of Oxfam concluded with a conceptual mapping of Oxfam campaigns in various enabling...
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Working Groups are a central part of the way InterAction supports and aids its members. Working Groups are first and foremost a place for member agencies to share information that is important to them in several ways:
- by providing a way for member organizations to share information about field-based issues, concerns, and topics;
- by serving as a place for members to receive training and to share best practices with each other; and
- by offering a space for members to develop new products and materials on a given topic.
Working Groups are member driven and supported by InterAction staff (with the exception of a few non-staffed working groups). Members identify an interest, issue area, or need around which they feel their collective voices will clarify or strengthen responses. Depending on the number of member organizations interested, a meeting or consultation is planned to explore the topic and allow members to share their issues and concerns. Such consultations or exploratory meetings may lead to the formation of an on-going Working Group.
InterAction's current working groups are described below. For more information on a specific working group, contact the group's staff contact.
| Group | Description | Staff Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Transparency |
This group currently only functions as an email list and is for those interested in transparency/open data efforts by NGOs and the U.S. government. |
Laia Grino |
| HPPC--SYRIA |
this is a working for Syria |
Abby Bruell |
| SIT--Transparency |
SIT--ransparency |
Laia Grino |
| Shelter and Settlements Working Group |
InterAction Shelter And Settlements Working Group |
Mohamed Hilmi |
| Allen-test-group |
this is a test group |
Allen Abtahi |
| InterAction Business Council |
Promoting and leveraging corporate and NGO partnerships for sustainable and inclusive international development and economic growth. |
Luisa Cordoba |
| HPPC--Humanitarian Policy and Partnerships Working Group |
HPPC--Humanitarian Policy and Partnerships Working Group |
Abby Bruell |
| SIT--Aid Effectiveness-Members |
SIT--Aid Effectiveness-Members |
Kimberly Darter |
| HPPC--Horn of Africa |
HPPC--Horn of Africa |
Lucy de los Reyes |