Melodie KG:
the owner and Principal of Orange Cap Consultation.
Facilitating justice, one relationship at a time.
Melodie KG leads Orange Cap Consultation, a one-person consulting outfit committed to advancing equity through trauma-informed facilitation, nonprofit capacity-building, and inclusive community engagement design.
I work alongside nonprofits, government agencies, philanthropies, and corporate initiatives to confront systemic harm, uplift marginalized voices, and co-create pathways toward justice and belonging. My work is rooted in building authentic relationships that lead to lasting, community-centered change.
I do this work to help transform how institutions engage with communities—through care-centered facilitation, intentional relationship-building, and strategies rooted in justice.
Orange Cap Offerings
Keynotes &
Speaking Engagements
I inspire audiences in the public sector trying to do good in the world. I speak on systems change, harm reduction, social justice, and sex work.
Nonprofit Problem Solving
From fundraising strategy to messaging, to Board Development, I am here to guide your learning while you grow or sustain your nonprofit or community-based programs.
Meeting Facilitation & Engagement Design
Trauma-informed meeting and public working group facilitation that seek community-driven outcomes through authentic engagement design.
Writing & Copy Editing
I am a published author across various nonfiction and technical platforms, including journals, anthologies, public studies, and online newspaper publications.
Orange Cap celebrates the human experience. We apply the following principles in our work:
Healing-Centered Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction is a term first used in the context of drug use, to describe the practice of keeping people alive through mutual aid and resource-sharing. Orange Cap embodies healing-centered harm reductive practices, as outlined by Reframe Health & Justice, and embeds them across domains of social justice.
Targeted Universalism
Targeted Universalism is an evolving approach to social sector work, emphasizing universal goals with targeted approaches to accomplishing those goals. Using the approaches of targeted universalism, Orange Cap helps organizations create equitable, results-driven programming and internal tools.
Anti-Racism
DEI work is about more than learning terms and avoiding microaggressions— it’s a continual practice of engaging in self-reflection and requires discomfort.
Keynote & Workshop topics
For Service Providers & Community-based organizations:
Accessing Institutional Funding: grant writing &
fundraising strategyOvercoming Barriers to Success in Higher Education
Harm Reduction as an Ethical Framework for Service Delivery
Utilizing Lived Experience for positive change
For Institutional Funders and administrators:
Caring for the Caregivers: Harm Reduction in Practice
Reducing the Harms in Philanthropy
Harm Reduction as an Ethical Framework for Service Delivery
Facilitation & Engagement Design
Facilitation of public working groups, such as:
WA State Department of Commerce Permanent Supportive Housing Workgroup. 2023.
King County Office of the Executive, Public Safety Advisory Committee. 2021-2022.
Racial Equity in 9-1-1 Communications, King County Sheriff’s Office, Valley Com 9-1-1,” BDS Planning & Urban Design. 2021.
Community Engagement Design & Analysis, including:
City of Burien, Equitable Community Engagement Training (Co-facilitator). BDS Planning & Urban Design. 2022.
City of Burien, WA, Community Connector Program Design, Project Manager & Engagement Design. 2022.
City of Lynnwood, WA, Public Safety & Equity Survey & Report, Project Manager & Engagement Design, BDS Plannign & Urban Design. 2021-2022
WA Department of Commerce, Homeless Service Providers Workforce Needs Study, BDS Planning & Urban Design. 2022-2023.
WA Department of Commerce, Homeless Service Providers Workforce Needs Study, BDS Planning & Urban Design. 2022-2023.