“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”
-Dianne Feinstein

This event took place Thursday, March 17th

A special two hour Impact Collaborative, a hands-on working session, 8:30am-10:30am  with Vicki Lopez on how to become an effective advocate.

We will focus on the county budget, items that support women and girls, issues we most care about,  and how we can be the best advocate for them.

Our vision as The Women’s Fund  Miami-Dade  is to leverage resources and rewire systems so that our community becomes a place where women and girls can truly lead and thrive.

We hope you can join us because your voice makes a difference!

Major success story results from our Advocacy 101 Workshop with Vicki Lopez and our August Impact Collaborative!

Angelina Jackson’s video expresses it best, as does L.E.A.P. for Ladies’ Executive Director, Mahlia Lindquists’ quote: “The Women’s Fund Activism 101 presentation with Vicki Lopez was a game changer for LEAP. In our 13 years, we had never seemed to able to break the code on obtaining government funds, despite the fact that we are known in the community for the quality of our services. Just weeks after participating in Advocacy 101, we put Vicki’s candid and practical guidance into practice. As a result we were awarded funds from our county that, for us, are a game changer. We are optimistic that by leveraging the award from the county and following Vicki’s advice, we will also be able to garner support at the state level. The Women’s Fund Advocacy 101 is pure gold and is now required watching for LEAP’s entire staff. “

Many of our staff, Board and Impact Agents followed up on our Call To Action to support the County budget line items that support women and girls and all of them we approved, plus the rewarding of $200,000 to LEAP that was added after their testimony!

If you don’t automatically receive the link to the event upon RSVPing
please check your spam folder, or contact camila@womensfundmiami.org by March 14

Host

Vicki L. Lopez is the founder of VLL Consulting LLC, a consulting firm specializing in federal, state, and local government affairs across all industry sectors, public affairs and strategic communications, community relations, nonprofit consulting, advocacy training, fundraising, and leadership and board development. The firm also offers a variety of corporate and personal well-being practices including life/well-being coaching, Ayurveda consulting and instruction as well as and meditation instruction.

Ms. Lopez is a well-respected authority in government and community relations. Her expertise includes education, underserved communities, healthcare, affordable housing, and criminal and juvenile justice issues.

Ms. Lopez has considerable experience in the areas of public policy, research and analysis, media and public relations, public speaking, government and community relations, public affairs, advocacy, communications, consensus and team building, fundraising, finance, accounting, budgeting, strategic planning, training and development, management, and administration.

Ms. Lopez has been engaged in public service for the last 30 years. She is a former Lee County, Florida Commissioner and has also received several gubernatorial appointments from Florida Governors Bush, Crist and Scott and the Florida Senate specializing in education, prisoner reentry and criminal and juvenile justice reform. As a result, she has been invited throughout the country to participate and present her experience and expertise to a wide variety of audiences in different venues.

Ms. Lopez is also a Chopra Global Certified Primordial Sound Meditation and Perfect Health: Ayurvedic Lifestyle Instructor. She is also a Certified Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach. She works with individuals to identify their specific goals, strengths, and areas of opportunity and provide them with proven strategies and customized action plans that result in improved communications skills, increased self-esteem, enhanced relationships, better life/work balance, less stress, and expanded awareness. Her coaching practice helps individuals dramatically improve their outlook on life and work, while improving their leadership skills and unlocking their potential. She also works with corporations and businesses to provide a variety of corporate well-being practices in the workplace and conducts ayurvedic lifestyle and meditation instruction and workshops.

Ms. Lopez is an alumna of Leadership Florida, Leadership Miami and Leadership Lee County. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and serves as the Vice Chair of the Marketing and Membership Growth Committee. She is also an active member of the Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee and incoming Vice Chairman, where she serves as the Committee’s liaison to the Workforce Housing and Non-Profit Business Committees. Ms. Lopez also serves as the Sustainer Advisor on the Board of Directors of the Junior Leagues of Florida Statewide Public Affairs Committee. She is a graduate from the University of Notre Dame where she earned a BBA degree in Accounting.

Ms. Lopez is also a recognized motivational speaker who has been invited to speak on a number of topics in a variety of different settings. For further information, please contact her at 305-216-7794 (cell) or vllconsulting@icloud.com.

Special Guest Co-Hosts to be announced