Sarah Newman
Research Manager, Social Action & Advocacy
Sarah Newman, who joined Participant in 2007, is responsible for researching and managing all of Participant’s social action campaigns. She also regularly writes blog posts and articles for sites such as the Huffington Post, Alternet and Change.
Prior to her arrival at Participant, Sarah worked for multiple organizations as a community organizer, researcher and outreach director. From 2001 to 2004, she served as the Outreach Director for California Interfaith Power and Light, a statewide interfaith global warming campaign. She joined the group from its inception and oversaw the development of the organization's programming, outreach, membership, working groups, website content, events and educational materials. During the 2004 presidential campaign, she created and ran Greens for Kerry, a national campaign to mobilize registered Greens voters to support John Kerry. This grassroots organization was featured in major media outlets including the New York Times, CNN and Minnesota Public Radio and succeeded in gaining support for Kerry in swing-states. Before moving to California, she worked as a community organizer in Milwaukee, where she focused on welfare reform and public transportation issues. She was involved in union activities in college and participated in Union Summer, organizing the hotel industry in Hilton Head, SC and poultry workers in North Carolina.
She received her Bachelor's degree in history from Barnard College and a Masters degree in Public Health from UCLA. Sarah also studied at the University of Sydney, Pardes Institute in Jerusalem and lived in East and Southern Africa for 1.5 years.
