Aimee Samara Krouskop Email & Phone Number

Port Townsend, WA, US

I am a lead author of an openly-licensed textbook and course materials designed for introductory courses in social change. My focus is on content and pedagogy that has an equity lens, amplifies inclusion, and is decolonizing. I am also a contributing author for an Introduction to Sociology textbook, providing international content, and I'm providing.

Portland, Oregon Area

SamaraConsulting.infoHelping advance the visions of socially and environmentally vigilant professionals with education, travel, facilitation, and and public participation endeavors.

Offering engaging and interactive Sociology instruction: online, face-to-face, hybrid, and study abroad. All grounded in my professional and field experiences. * Social Change* Peace and Conflict* Race and Ethnic Relations* Diversity in the US* Social Problems* Sociology of Aging* Sociology of Family* Intro to Sociology* Intro to Women's StudiesStudy.

The Global Earth Repair Summit 2022 convened a wide cross-section of restoration practitioners and thinkers to share practical information, synthesize new ideas, collaborate, and to scale up local efforts. This international gathering continues to support the grass-roots, locally-managed restoration mass movement to regreen our planet and recarbonize our.

​I provided ongoing outreach, business, editing, and design consulting for this organization that produces published works, presentations, workshops, and educational websites on the topics of psychology, healing, and spirituality. Significant project was website Overcoming Suicidal Pain.

Alongside a team, I designed and led Art of Hosting Leadership Workshops. Intensive three-day events that trained leaders to develop meetings and practices for working better together amidst times of rapid change and high complexity.

​I supported the 19th Annual Grantmakers For Education Conference of this organization dedicated to improving outcomes for all learners by serving as a trusted partner for all education philanthropists as they adapt to the changes impacting our world. The conference created a robust learning environment for funders working independently, collaboratively.

Portland, Oregon Area

The Human Rights Commission advocates for and takes positive action toward eliminating discrimination, racism, and bigotry, strengthening inter-group relationships, and fostering greater understanding, inclusion and justice for those who live, work, study, worship, travel, and play in the City of Portland.

Portland, Oregon, United States

I led field outreach and listening events for the city to address implementation of Portland’s Protected Sick Time Ordinance, engaging with businesses, organizations and employees. My approach was to partner with more than twenty local business and service associations, then 1) connect employers to the technical help they needed to understand their.

• Designed and managed a program for cooperation and information sharing among UN, NGO, government agencies, and community leaders to create a more coordinated response and protection of victims afterthe earthquake in.
• Needs assessment for coordination and collaboration
• Cooperative strategic planning with emergency response stakeholders: community leaders; private, government, and nonprofit organizations to address various community and agency needs.
• Facilitation and mediation for strategic planning, conflict resolution, and relationship building among stakeholders
• Design and launch of cloud based collaboration tool to assess and respond to a complex set of unmet needs across multiple sectors and locations* Partnering with funders/supporters (ECHO and UNDP Peru) and regularly.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Re-designed the company's system for coordinating with a training vendor, affecting hundreds of employees across multiple departments. Accomplishments included: * Streamlining the intranet interface with vendor.
• Designing the logistical systems and change communications to maximize educational access, satisfaction, and longevity.

Urabá And Bogota, Colombia

• Provided international presence for civilian populations in conflict zones, including hundreds of internally displaced persons, targeted and threatened in Colombia, S.A. This strategy provides safe space for civilians.

Conducted participatory investigation of the social, cultural and economic impacts of a Fair Trade relationship upon indigenous artisan communities in Guatemala. Through interviews I investigated the partnerships between local micro enterprises and the first fair trade organization in the U.S. Report: “Benefit, Myth and Irony; The Sustainability of Fair.

Houston, Texas Area

* Comprehensively researched issues of human rights, health, welfare and immigration policy. * Instrument and pilot design. * Organized a multi-site team of lead investigators at the Texas/Mexico border with project coordination tasks.* Trained and managed university students for data entry* Maintained budgeting and expense reports; managed large SPSS.

Houston, Texas Area

* Designed and implemented outreach and fundraising strategy for this international Fair Trade organization taking full charge of donor events and annual donation appeal.* Tripled volunteer base; conducted volunteer trainings and management. * Established and managed the agency’s first internship program, and co-designed their first educational travel.

Ma, Sociology

Year-Long Program, Advanced Facilitation

Advanced Certificate In Cooperation And Conflict Resolution, In Process

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Sociology