About Us

Party For Change is a New York–based event platform reimagining what civic engagement can look and feel like.

We produce music, movement, and cultural gatherings that transform collective energy into measurable support for nonprofit causes.

By connecting DJs, teachers, creatives, and community members to organizations doing critical work, we make it easy and joyful to show up for the world. Our events are rooted in the belief that celebration and solidarity are not opposites — they are powerful partners.

We believe small actions compound.
We believe gathering is powerful.
We believe culture can move people in ways institutions cannot.
We believe younger generations are not disengaged — they are searching for forms of engagement that feel real.

We are here for the people who want to care deeply without losing themselves.
For the people who believe nightlife, wellness, creativity, politics, philosophy, sustainability, and community do not need to exist in separate worlds.
For the people who know another way of living together is possible.

This is not just about parties.
It is about participation.
It is about remembering that we belong to one another.
It is about rebuilding social connection in a time designed to fragment it.
It is about creating moments that make people feel alive enough to imagine something better.

We are building spaces where joy and impact strengthen one another.
Where community becomes tangible.
Where showing up matters.

Come for the party.
Stay for the movement.

  • Have you ever looked ahead to an empty weekend calendar, or read about a social, environmental, or political crisis and thought:

    “What am I going to do?”

    Us too.

    Party For Change was founded by Cate Daniels, a yoga instructor, storyteller, and community-builder, who was tired of feeling like her energy was being pulled in too many directions to make a meaningful difference anywhere. She wanted to use her professional skills, support causes she cared about, and still show up fully for her friends and community. But like so many people, she felt limited by time, capacity, and the reality of being just one person trying to care about a lot of things at once.

    Cate studied Sustainability and International Relations and spent time working on nonprofit and social impact campaigns. Many of those efforts relied on guilt and urgency to motivate action, and she saw how often that led to burnout, overwhelm, and disconnection instead of sustained engagement. To stay grounded and motivated, she turned to the spaces that helped her stay hopeful: movement, music, social gatherings, and community experiences that made people feel alive and connected.

    And then a question started to form:

    What if the things that bring us joy could also create impact?

    What if the things that make us want to fight for a better world are actually part of that fight?

    She started talking to her community about a different kind of answer to the question, “What are we going to do?”

    We’re going to show up for each other. Together.

    We’re going to make it realistic and accessible to turn the idea of joy as resistance into real-world experiences.

    We’re going to create a platform where anyone who cares about an issue can offer the skills they already have, and turn that into meaningful community impact.

    As those conversations grew, people started raising their hands.

    “I want to DJ for a fundraiser.”

    “I can teach a tarot workshop.”

    “I host trivia nights! I want to be involved.”

    It became clear very quickly:

    People care. A lot.

    They just need accessible ways to act on that care.

    Party For Change exists to help turn compassion into action — through community, creativity, and joy.

    So now, when we ask ourselves,

    “What are we going to do?”

    We have an answer.

    We’re going to show up.

    We’re going to build community.

    We’re going to make saving the world a party.

  • Party For Change creates joyful experiences that reconnect people to their power to shape the world around them. Through music, movement, conversation, wellness, and culture, we bring together local communities, impactful nonprofits, artists, and businesses to make giving, gathering, and taking action feel human again.

    We believe younger generations want to show up differently: not through guilt or obligation, but through connection, creativity, and collective momentum. Our mission is to turn joy into impact by making community engagement accessible, inspiring, and woven into everyday life.

    Party For Change mobilizes communities through experiences that create tangible support for nonprofits while rebuilding social connection and civic participation at the local level.

    By partnering with mission-driven organizations, artists, wellness leaders, venues, and small businesses, we:

    • Raise funds and awareness for urgent social and environmental causes

    • Create accessible entry points into activism and community engagement

    • Support local creative and small-business ecosystems

    • Help younger generations reconnect with collective action in ways that feel energizing rather than exhausting

    • Build spaces where joy, culture, and impact strengthen one another instead of competing

  • We envision a future where social impact is not separate from culture, nightlife, wellness, creativity, or community, but embedded within it.

    A future where attending an event can support mutual aid. Where local businesses thrive alongside grassroots organizations. Where people see themselves not as passive consumers of the world’s problems, but as active participants in building something better.

    Party For Change exists to help redefine what modern civic engagement looks like for a new generation: collaborative, hopeful, emotionally connected, and powered by shared experience.

    • Cate Daniels: CEO and Founder

    • Shiara Rigau: Director of Operations and Impact

    • Jackson Garske: Director of Community and Partnerships