Senior Legislative Assistant to Senator Stephanie Hansen (10th District)

Legislative Assistant to Senator Stephanie Hansen (SD10, Middletown) Secretary to Senator Kyle Evans Gay (SD5) and Senator Sarah McBride (SD1)

*Planning and attending trainings on topics surrounding youth abortion access + advocacy, including: Abortion 101; Mutual Aid and Money; Mutual Aid and Support Networks; Self-Managed Abortion; a two part Making Abortion Accessible series with sessions on Activism and Care Work and on Abortion Storytelling *Advocating for youth abortion access*Founding member of the collective

*Distributed 3,000 condoms across campus across the Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018*, Fall 2019, and Spring 2020 semesters. The campaign sends participants a box of 500 condoms each semester that they are selected. *I was accidentally sent two boxes this semester, but was still able to distribute all of them.

Senator Sturgeon was re-elected with 56.58% of the vote and a total of 10,762 votes.

Representative Wilson-Anton won her primary for re-election with 67.67% of the vote, 1,059 votes.

1) Information Gathering on Climate Mitigation Planning, Stakeholders, and Research in Delaware project for Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU): The research project centered the collection, categorization, and presentation of information relevant to sustainable energy and energy efficiency in Delaware, particularly in the building, electricity, and clean transportation. I focused on the first component of the project: local government plans and incentives for renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean transportation and GHG reduction practices.I created excel spreadsheets detailing the contents of every local government comprehensive plan; local government adopted plans; adopted regulations; planned and implemented projects; and relevant authorities, boards, commissions, and councils. I then coded the information for ease of identification for Dr. Phil Barnes’ final reporting.2) DelDOT Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) project3) Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA)’s Downtown Development District (DDD) GIS Story Map Project

*Conducted policy research for the candidate’s policy development and for issue-based organization endorsement surveys*Ran social media pages (Facebook and Twitter) for the candidate and created digital content for those pages*Phone-banked and text-banked for voter outreach and engagement*Staffed fundraiser and community engagement events*Canvassed to spread the candidate’s message and persuade voters

*Staffed committee meetings and drafted meeting minutes*Conducted research and wrote policy memos for Senators and Senate staff*Worked as a member of the policy team to advance and implement policy*Planned the launch of and staffed Senator Lockman and Rep. Shupe’s Arts and Culture Caucus *Attended virtual meetings on policy topics and wrote summary memos to circulate to the policy staff of both caucuses*Managed pages of the Senate COVID website to provide the most up-to-date information to legislators, their staff, and the publicAssistantship through University of Delaware Insitute for Public Administration

*Coordinated volunteer outreach and canvassing programs*Phone-banked for volunteer and voter outreach and engagement*Cut canvassing turfs and directed canvassing shifts*Trained volunteers to canvass and phone-bankMadinah won her primary by 43 votes.

Employee of the month, June 2016

*Conducted federal and state campaign finance research and compiled donor contribution history*Staffed campaign events*Fundraised by contacting past and potential donors

*Conducted research on areas of sexual health and reproduction to create fact sheets, training materials, classroom activity materials*Solidified knowledge of state and federal policies impacting reproductive health issues and sexual health education*Aided in the facilitation of professional trainings and Be Proud! Be Responsible and Making Proud Choices classroom sessions*Contacted outside organizations to update sexual health provider resource lists*Staffed organization events, including the annual Champagne and Chocolate Festival fundraiser

*Compiled research, wrote memos, and attended meetings on behalf of Legislative Correspondents*Fielded inquiries from and drafted correspondence to constituents*Developed a working knowledge of the day to day operations of a congressional office*Attended briefings to expand my knowledge of various policy areas

*Planned and attended campaign events and fundraisers*Managed social media accounts*Compiled a list of potential donors based on previous donors to State Representative campaigns*Canvassed and phone-banked to secure support from voters*Participated in campaign strategy meetings

Public Policy Fellow at the University of Delaware's Center for Community Research and Service working with the Kids Count Program*Compiled and contributed to the annual Legislative Wrap-Up, composed of legislation from the past session of the DE General Assembly that affects children and their families*Compiled and contributed to the annual Legislative Calendar, created to target facts about issues affecting youth in Delaware to state legislators*Created a graphic presentation of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Advisory Board's Delaware Adolescent Sexual Health State Plan for addressing adolescent pregnancy and STI prevention

*Phone-banked to encourage voters to lobby their legislators in support of SB5 to codify Roe v. Wade in Delaware*Solidified familiarity with locations of Delaware’s House and Senate districts by identifying and compiling the districts of Planned Parenthood donors to encourage them to contact their legislators*Increased knowledge of the legislative process through tracking the progression of SB5

Special election, SD10