Founder of @YuluPR + @ImpactCommsInst. Tweets are my own, unless they’re retweets #ImpactCommunications #Communications #Bcorp #PR #PublicRelations #impact

Vancouver // New York City
Joined December 2008
Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
Global warming is the biggest threat of our time & trees are one of our natural weapons to capture carbon. What if they could help faster? We @living_carbon are excited to unveil that photosynthesis-enhanced trees can grow faster and capture more carbon. Here's how we did it 🧵
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
Reproductive freedom in America is under assault. Join us on Monday, June 13 at 10am PT, for an animated panel discussion with expert communicators Michael Kaye and Amanda Brinkman. Register: bit.ly/3x8QAHZ
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Join us on Tuesday, March 15, for our next Impact Council: a conversation with esteemed communicator Eric Hollister Williams, Director, Global PR & Communications at @patagonia, moderated by Sean Greenwood, @benandjerrys's Grand Poobah of PR. Register: ow.ly/o6Sp50IhnUA
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barge has made the @nytimes [ screw you @cbcnewsbc for trying to have me cancelled ]
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
We're on the hunt for a Senior Account Manager, Administrative Intern and Visual Storyteller. Think you'd be a fit for our team of social impact communicators? Let's connect. #PRjobs #PRjobsCAN #YVRPR #communications #yvrjobs #vancouverjobs ow.ly/tZGH50GqY28
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
Reason 22/31 you should register for the #EarnedMediaMastery summit: "How Stories Can Serve as a Catalyst for Positive, Systemic Change" from Melissa Orozco (@604pr), Founder of @YuluPR & @ImpactRelations. hubs.ly/H0VJ3gl0
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
📢@CECweb + @EPA are launching the #EJ4Climate grant program! US$2 mil to fund projects that work w/ underserved communities across North America & develop community-based solutions to climate change-related threats🌎 Proposals due Nov. 14 👉cec.org/EJ4Climate
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Canada is a world leader in cleantech, but women are still significantly underrepresented. This #EarthDay, MaRS and @RBC are launching the RBC Women in Cleantech Accelerator, a 12-month program that will connect and support women entrepreneurs. Learn more and apply today.

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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
Proud to work alongside @audible_ca & @get_proof to launch the #Indigenous Writers’ Circle – a #mentorship program for emerging writers who identify as First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis. Apply here: ow.ly/5aDU50E9Bds #AudibleWritersCircle @TanyaTalaga @TorontoStar
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
Time to Vote came together through @LeviStraussCo, @patagonia, @PayPal, and other companies. It's a movement that's still going. Check it out at maketimetovote.org #ImpactRelations
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Read The Lincoln Project's latest statement:
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
People want you to think that everything is always about left vs right. It’s not. It’s about insiders vs outsiders. “What the insiders fear is not the end of democracy, but the end of their control over it...” -@DavidSacks
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
Eye opening stats on the impacts of #COVID19 on #womenshealth. Proud to be working with @BCWomensFdn and @ComSavings to spread awareness for this important campaign. #AlsoMe
Today is the launch of Spotlight on Women’s Mental Health, our next piece in the Unmasking Gender Inequity series revealing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s health in BC. Read more + learn how you can get involved in our #AlsoMe campaign: bcwomensfoundation.org/alsom…
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
We are thrilled to announce the awardees of the $10M Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge, created in partnership with @CNTR4growth and @RockefellerFdn. #DataDrivesImpact A thread 👇 data.org/eight-awardees-anno…
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
Social purpose company @ComSavings leads with its purpose in this campaign to raise awareness of unequal impact of COVID on women’s health. For compelling statistics & resources go to bit.ly/36fkr51 #AlsoMe @SocialPurposeIn @BCWomensFdn
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
Biden said, "We must reject the culture where facts themselves are manipulated -- and even manufactured.” A bit later, he added this:
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
Trump gave the order. #NeverForget
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
Today marks Carbon Engineering’s 11th anniversary! We have grown from an R&D start-up to a company leading the commercialization of Direct Air Capture technology. We are grateful to all the team members, partners, suppliers and supporters who are part of the journey with us.
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Melissa Orozco // Impact Communications retweeted
We are thrilled to announce that Yulu PR has registered as a #BenefitCompany, joining 30 impact-driven organizations in rolling out #BC’s newly enacted legislation, embedding #publicbenefit into its corporate filings. #benefitcorp #socent ow.ly/BfyT50BOG3q
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