ABOUT

Jax Gil is a consultant with over a decade of experience supporting grassroots social justice movements through facilitation, nonprofit management, communications, strategy development, culture shift, and community building. Jax also has experience in local government, the arts, and policy advocacy. She is currently a facilitator, curriculum developer, coach, and organizational advisor with Resource Organizing Project, an organization focused on building the grassroots resource mobilizer field in New England.

Before returning to consulting, Jax worked as Communications Manager with GreenRoots, a bilingual and bicultural environmental justice organization. She previously co-directed Resource Redistribution at Resist, a small Boston-based foundation that funds community organizing groups across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. At Resist, she co-led a shift from board-led grant-making to grantee-led grant-making, empowering groups to deepen their connections with one another and their understanding of movement funding landscapes.  

Jax has also worked as a communications manager at HowlRound Theater Commons, a digital publication for theater-makers worldwide with a readership of over 40K monthly, as well as for the City of Providence and more. Jax has supported the development of the regional social movement landscape through involvement with local groups employing transformative strategies, like the Boston Ujima Project and Mijente, a political home for Latinx and Chicanx people seeking racial, economic, gender, and climate justice.

Jax is a proud Colombian-American and speaks both English and Spanish. Jax lives in Boston with her dog Benji.