Katy Kopnitsky is a learner first and always, and they are also a community organizer, facilitator, educator, and worker in the social sector who loves helping organizations align their operations and development with their vision and their values.
Katy’s background includes a BS in Psychology from the University of PIttsburgh, 14 years of experience within legal offices, grassroots organizations, non profit organizations, and city administrations in operations, development and fundraising, writing and communications, facilitation, project management, program development and administration, and thousands of hours of specialized training in the areas of trauma-informed care and healing centered engagement for youth and adults, anti-oppressive facilitation and group support, mediation and conflict transformation, and embodied practices.
Katy’s home, heart, and community work are all anchored in Philadelphia. They love working with teams who are concerned not just with what they hope to achieve together, but also with how to work together in alignment with their values.
How do you re-generate? Moving my body, spending time with my chosen family, and my absolute favorite – hot baths!
What is your superpower? My favorite real life superpower is one we all share – the capacity to learn!
What is your favorite part of making transformational change in systems, organizations and people? I love the way people light up when they realize that we can remake the world together anytime, starting right where we are, with our conscious effort, attention, and imagination. What a gift!
What is the question your life seeks to answer? What’s possible when we show up as our whole selves, with and for each other, and take our dreams seriously?
Favorite place on the planet? The beach, any beach! Being near the ocean reminds me that I’m small in a way that never feels diminishing, but feels just right. Just one of billions of beating hearts on this pale blue dot!
