History

Background on the Communications Consortium Media Center

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

-- Anthropologist and feminist Margaret Mead.

CCMC was created in 1988 in Washington DC by a handful of veteran nonprofit communications and media specialists who understood that effective communications strategies are essential to the task of turning ideas into public policy.

They also realized that many nonprofit organizations do not have the capacity to put successful strategies for policy change into action.

Taking a cue from public interest law firms and their tremendous victories on behalf of the environment and civil rights, CCMC’s founders created a public interest communications organization as a new way to mobilize resources in the service of important issues.

Time and again, CCMC's Work has proven that with a clear mission and the right strategic communications skills, even small volunteer organizations can succeed in making their cases to the public and to policymakers -- particularly when they collaborate with other like-minded groups.

Since the beginning, CCMC has been supported primarily by large donors and foundation grants for long-term, multi-year projects. Working both domestically and worldwide, CCMC has developed and implemented dozens of creative, successful communications campaigns that resulted in impressive policy victories.

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