Meg’s farewell as Co-Director of Window Seat

Dearest Window Seat Community,

It is with mixed emotions that I share the news of my departure from Window Seat Media, with my last day being July 1, 2025. This decision, made collaboratively, is a necessary step for the organization to navigate its current financial challenges and ensure the continuity of its vital programmatic commitments to our community.

My time at Window Seat has been incredibly rewarding. I am immensely proud of the work we have accomplished together, particularly the Pride Storytelling Project and the Community Roots collection of oral history projects, which have firmly established Window Seat's place in our community since 2016.

I want to express my deepest gratitude to all of you—our dedicated donors, volunteers, partners, and every individual who believes in our mission. Your support has been, and remains, the driving force behind everything we do.

I am especially thankful for the opportunity to have worked alongside Elaine, our Board, cohort members past and present, and our broader community partners and supporters. Your belief in my talent was evident from the start, enabling impactful programs like Brave Practice, our Playback Theatre community engagement program that ran for three years! I have learned so much and will cherish the experiences and relationships I've built here.

I remain a firm believer in Window Seat's mission and the incredible work Elaine and the Pride Storytelling Project cohort are doing. Our impact is undeniable, with thousands engaging with us every year.

Your Recurring Investment is the Key to this Nonprofit’s Future

Window Seat's monthly expenses average around $10,000. Imagine the power of your collective support:

• If just 2,000 people—the number who watch our most popular social media videos—all pledged $5 a month, we could be covering all our monthly expenses.
• If the 1,000+ people who follow our newsletter all gave $10 a month—the cost of your favorite coffee and less than a dozen eggs—Window Seat could weather the storm until some kind of tides turn.

Because as we know, tides wax but they also wane. For the security of the programs you love, there must be a shift away from unreliable grant funds towards community-driven funding. Please hear me when I say that the continued existence of these vital community resources—and the survival of the nonprofit sector as a whole— depends on your recurring support. We are a canary in the coal mine. Losing one of only two staff members is a casualty of a poisoned system. No one else is going to step up if the community doesn't do it. Your financial investment is profoundly needed and felt deeply.

Thank you once again for everything. I look forward to seeing Window Seat's continued success from a new perspective.

With heartfelt appreciation,

Meg Rosenberg
Former Co-Director and "Community Weaver" of Window Seat Media

Now “Community Weaver” of Gossamer Strategies, LLC

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