The Lafayette Practice consists of long-time collaborators, senior executives, academics, researchers, financial experts, philanthropic advisors, economists, data analysts and geographers with decades of combined years of US and international leadership. RESOLVE to discover solutions and make changes that will transcend the complexities of operational, financial and political obstacles. PLAN and p
lan well to inform fully your plans with the insight that data, deep listening and strategy brings. ACT with the support of a process that will carry you, your team and your vison forward. SECURE the path, the tools for learning, the team, the capacity and the infrastructure to realize authentically the vision and to fulfill completely the mission you steward. The Lafayette Practice is a diverse, richly talented and experienced team. The Lafayette Practice leverages its extensive networks and deep expertise to help our clients identify and embrace approaches that strengthen their infrastructures, define or redefine operations, and develop actionable plans to make real change. Our impact has been in community and economic development, grassroots organizing, advocacy, communications, media and crisis relations, resource mobilization, democracy building, philanthropy and organizational advancement. Our work is carried out in a manner that is both internally and externally consistent with organizational values, cultural/political environments and privacy and security concerns. We synthesize field knowledge, system analysis and data to drive the catalytic change needed to thrive in the complex and change oriented ecology of today’s politics, funding and opportunities.
