Missed our latest newsletter? Subscribe to get news from Minerva straight to your inbox! What grows after a hard season Dear Reader, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting this fall. Some of it came from work that took me back to earlier chapters of my life: Syria, where I lived for a while between…
The Goddess Speaks
Sara Veltkamp In 2008, I moved to Syria to study Arabic. I left in 2011. During the 13 years of war that followed, I watched from a distance, through headlines and messages from friends, and I didn’t expect to see it end in a way I could feel good about. Then, in December 2024, the ruling regime…
Women of all ages wrapped in colorful blankets gathered around the baby, caressing his pudgy arms and cooing in the universal language of infants. I was in the maternity ward of Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. I didn’t know who the child’s mother was, as each cared for the baby boy like he was her…
Summer has come and gone and something about September makes us want to get cozy, pick up a book, queue up a podcast, or sink into a good series. So, in the spirit of the season, we polled the Minerva team on our collective syllabus this fall. Here’s what we’re reading, watching, and listening to—no…
Throughout my time at Minerva Strategies, I’ve had the privilege of serving many wonderful clients across the social impact sector in global health, philanthropy, and more. Some client engagements are just a few months, and others span several years. But no duration holds a candle against Evergreen Treatment Services (ETS), whom Minerva has worked with…
Caroline Hall Missed our latest newsletter? Subscribe at the bottom of the page to get news from Minerva straight to your inbox! How are you filling the ocean? Dear Reader, Let’s face it folks: Things are not getting easier. Against a backdrop of national leadership that is inept, pugnacious, and cruel, Minerva and our clients are making…
Joy Portella At Minerva Strategies, we are honored to work with incredibly talented partners who augment the work we do with our clients. I had the privilege of speaking with M. Lopez, founder and lead website designer for Howle Creative, a Seattle-based web design studio specializing in custom WordPress and Squarespace websites, SEO, and AI-supported strategy for…
Dori Valerio It’s a new year and Minerva Strategies is excited to offer a new service to our clients: interim senior communications leadership. Read more to find out why this offering is critical to organizations in transition, how it can help build stronger teams and achieve your mission, and how to get started. Room at the top…
Although a SWOT analysis is a common tool in our sector, it can often feel limiting, considering most of our clients are nonprofits operating in the social impact space. Many times, what our clients need is not a “competitive threat assessment,” but rather to understand how they fit into and support a broader ecosystem of…
marissa lea gaston Missed our latest newsletter? Subscribe at the bottom of the page to get news from Minerva straight to your inbox! Devotion in Despair Dear Reader, The breakneck speed at which we started this year hasn’t slowed down for a second. Every day, it feels like there is a new crisis demanding our attention, labor, and…