The Connecticut Project
Mercedes MacAlpine is an experienced professional currently serving as the Coordinator of Grant Strategy at The Connecticut Project since April 2022, where responsibilities include developing funding strategies and addressing gaps in equity and justice work. Prior to this role, Mercedes demonstrated artistic talent as a dancer for the Connecticut Sun's Solar Power Dance Team, while also contributing to various organizations, including serving as a Library Aide at the New Haven Free Public Library and a Barista at G Cafe Bakery. Mercedes has a solid background in program management and public service through positions such as Program Associate at the Perrin Family Foundation and Public Ally with Public Allies. An alumnus of Amherst College with a B.A. in Black Studies, Mercedes furthered education at the University of Connecticut, obtaining a Master of Public Administration.
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The Connecticut Project
The Connecticut Project brings together people, ideas, and resources to improve systems and generate real world outcomes so that all our neighbors can achieve self-directed and prosperous lives. We work for a just, thriving, and optimistic Connecticut where race, income, geography, and other circumstances no longer predetermine opportunity. Through funding, convening, program creation, and advocacy, we nurture ideas and approaches that simultaneously advance genuine outcomes for individuals and families and transform the systems of support that surround them.