Ashley Reid Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Va, Us

United States

Supports the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives and culture at MBA. Works with the DEI team and employee resource group EMBRACE to deepen the understanding and embodiment of equity and inclusion. - Manages monthly EMBRACE meetings and all DEI observances and celebrations for the organization.- Produces a monthly newsletter covering observances and important DEI-related topics, tools, and updates.- Creates events and workshop opportunities for MBA employees around various DEI-related topics and company culture.- Consults MBA members in building a DEI culture within their respective workplaces.

United States

Offers Spiritual Direction to clients seeking clarity around their faith, their identity, and their purpose in life.Utilizes various coaching techniques to help clients reconnect with their power and build the courage to show up authentically in the world.Offers divination services to assist clients in understanding their life circumstances and how to navigate & grow from it.Creates written content through blogs, devotional series, and articles that address faith and social justice, and healing justice. I've been published in Chimes Magazine and the Our Bible App. Facilitates free community restoration circles virtually as a way to provide refuge and rest from the hardships of the world.Designs and leads various guided meditations for inner and spiritual wellbeing.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Kindred strives to create an active network of caregivers and school staff who connect with one another in a vibrant community to exchange ideas, share resources, and drive each other’s belief and motivation to eliminate educational inequity in the communities where they reside.Assesses the readiness of potential national partners to engage in equitable practices, which may include schools, districts, and non-profit organizations in the education sector, and strategizes a plan to suit the partnership needs in their journey.Adaptive content design: this includes amending and creating programming content, such as dialogue or equitable action groups, to fit the needs of our national partnerships and promote growth.Communication and partnership maintenance: managing the recruitment process for new participants in our work, facilitating ongoing communication among participants and with our points of contact, and managing the collection and entry of data connected to our national work

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Guided dialogue with groups of 10-15 participants around topics including equity & inequity, racism, white supremacy, identity, and transformation personally & communally. Participants committed to 10 sessions throughout the semester.Co-designed the development of equity committees, supporting caregiver and/or staff alumni to lead the committee in taking actions that advance education and racial equity at the school.Used the information gained from multiple conversations with caregivers, observation of school events and conversations with the school leadership, to develop a strategy for accomplishing the identified goals of Kindred’s partnership with the school.Coached school leadership to align Kindred’s work with their leadership styles & strategy for incorporating staff & family voices into the school’s policies and practices.

Center for the Positive Development of Urban ChildrenThe English Language Learners (ELL) Cultural Competency Program is the only program in the State of NJ to offer training, resources, and coaching to educators on the subject of cultural competency and cultural learning to enhance teacher pedagogy & increase student success.Co-facilitated conversations around personal bias and cultural empowerment & immersion. Served as the tech lead for all virtual training and workshops.Assisted in writing funding reports and program publications consisting of data collection and analysis.Managed all data collection, and creates spreadsheets, graphs & charts for analysis.Provided copywriting and grant report writing assistance in creating funder reports, and program publications highlighting the program focus and success over 2-3 years. Publication is 70+ pages and distributed to over 300 people.Organized all invoices and bills, orders all office and program supplies, and manages communication between mentors, program participants, and interdepartmental needs.

San Francisco Bay Area

Advocated and organized among faith communities in Marin County to create an immigration task force as a way to respond and stand in solidarity with the immigrant community amidst crisis. The Marin Network of Accompanying Congregations was created, and convenes 9-10 congregations that have assisted at least 5 individuals and families seeking asylum, or impacted by detainment and deportation.Administered the creation and programming for the Love Lives in Marin initiative, which focuses on creating inclusive and radical community by addressing social issues in Marin County, CA. Since its August 2017 launch, Love Lives in Marin has held over 9 events tackling issues of racism, religious discrimination, and community social ethics. The initiative continues to uplift community embodying love in the face of hate. www.LoveLivesInMarin.org. Optimized office operations through processing financial transactions, leading migration to a cloud-based database enhancing supporter engagement, leading migration to a new website, and supply management.Enhanced communications by increasing social media engagement, initiating blogging, and altering newsletter production through new templates and content.

Chapel Hill, Nc

Successfully reorganized the office data management system to optimize the program’s capacity to serve its clients. Responsibilities included managing 10-12 caseloads, processing new residents, administering medical treatment and assistance, and connecting clients to local resources. Encouraged a healthy environment for change by co-facilitating a life skills group with clients that focused on navigating grief and trauma with healthy coping skills. The group increased camaraderie amongst clients, and deepened support in their recovery

Campo De Criptana, Castilla - La Mancha, Spain

• Taught adults and parents in the community basic English conversation skills through lesson planning and oralexercises• Assisted in the classroom teaching Science and English with children ages three to five years old, and Grades 1st-6th • Developed curriculum with the English teachers to create new and engaging lessons for the students• Supported students in assignment completion, practicing English grammar/pronunciation, and basic conversation skills

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Increased programming optimization by creating a department manual to instruct processes for financial transactions and accounting, customer service best practices, and communications internal and external. Outcomes included processing 40+ applications monthly for Girl Scout teen awards and program grant requests to their respective panels, and creating communication pieces such as letters to Girl Scout members and an e-newsletter serving more than 1,000 readers.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed program materials, supplies, and logistics for various external events and seminars, and internal department inventory• Aided development of a new leadership onboarding program with federal client by researching best practices, developing templates and evaluation assessments, supporting sessions/events, and documenting notes for internal & external meetings • Updated contact and user information in Salesforce database to help streamline internal and external communication outlets, and reports • Communicated through phone, email, and WebEx with Federal Senior Executives and Executive Coaches regarding program logistics, content, and projects/tasks.

Winston Salem, Nc

• Orchestrated the tasks of the project including, arranging and leading meetings internally and externally, creating agendas, managing deadlines, delegating tasks, and monitoring team work ethic• Developed relationships with the executive board, defined expectations and needs of its museum patrons to recommend options for a shuttle system. The results gave the organization a realistic and doable perspective of the project and are being considered for implementation.

Trevose, Pa

• Enhanced the company’s ability to engage customers through improved communications/sales tools and easier-to-use web searches of the product database by using keywords and direct descriptions to increase awareness• Produced thirty plus high quality productions including shooting video, editing and webinar production

• Responsible for managing and increasing social media exposure and increasing SEO • Transitioned social media followers into customers• Assisted in creating press releases, and company multimedia

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Print Journalism

Master Of Arts In Management

Master Of Divinity - Mdiv, Theology/Theological Studies

Activities and Societies: Presidential Scholar

Certificate In Spiritual Direction, Religious Education