Social Change Agency

Metropolitan Group integrates strategic and creative services to help our clients and the communities they serve build a just and sustainable world.

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We are a full-service social change agency that crafts and integrates strategic and creative services. We build the capacity of change agents to leverage their power of voice, and we design, implement and evaluate direct efforts to create change.
We do this through three practice areas:

Strategic Communication
Intercultural Engagement
Organizational Strategy & Innovation

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We work exclusively with clients who advance social change, predominantly in the following interconnected areas:

Social Justice

Advancing human rights, equity and civic space

Environment & Sustainability

Advancing environmental health, justice and sustainability

Public Health

Advancing well-being and health equity

Creative Expression

Advancing arts, creativity and the powerful connections they foster

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Client Stories Driving social change

Oregon Health Authority

Building a movement to fight Big Tobacco

U.S. Forest Service

Improving lives and livelihoods for the next 100 years

Arts Midwest

Reimagining arts and culture, and what it can mean for society

First Nations Development Institute & Echo Hawk Consulting

Reclaiming the narrative about Native peoples in the United States

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Supporting and advancing leadership to build a Culture of Health

NASA Earth Science Division

Tackling global challenges

Folger Shakespeare Library

Engaging the nation with the relevance of shared stories

Sierra Club

Building healthy communities powered with 100% clean, renewable energy

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Impacto Social Metropolitan Group

Our sister company in Mexico—Impacto Social Metropolitan Group (ISMG)—advances our commitment to global social justice. ISMG advances two key goals. First, it enables us to help build capacity and support the work of visionary civil society organizations across Mexico and the region. Second, it brings valuable perspective and expertise to benefit our clients in the United States and around the world.

Our two teams work closely in partnership to advance social change.

Learn more about ISMG in Mexico

Meet Our Team

Yvonne Tengwall

executive vice president of operations and human resources

Yvonne Tengwall, Metropolitan Group’s Executive Vice President of Operations and Human Resources, has been named a principal and will join the ownership group and the governing board effective January 1, 2021.

Yvonne has played a significant role in the redesign of MG’s operations, business planning, systems improvement, team recruitment, professional development, culture building, JEDI journey, social impact certification and organizational sustainability.