Ayize James Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Coordinated community-based research and evaluation consulting partnerships in the public policy, racial justice, affordable housing, and environmental justice fieldsStreamlined research partnership protocols, developing guides and templates for surveys, interviews, focus groups, and program evaluationsManaged evaluations for two consulting partnerships.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Assisted in project management for four community-engaged research teams focused on urban planning, public policy, housing, and economic development.Led in mixed-methods data collection and analysis, report-writing, facilitation and coordination with clients and at community meetings.Co-designed and developed RIA’s community-led research tools, including.

I was funded to conduct a two-year research project with faculty mentors at Macalester. My research project culminated in an honors thesis entitled: ““Abolition as Presence”: An EastBay CA Case Study of Black Food Geographies”, which is about where I’m from, and critiques theconcept of “food deserts” by engaging Black and Indigenous histories of food and.

Researched and designed educational resources about organic pest management, focused on land stewardship and integrative solutions to be used by 17 BIPOC farm teamsPromoted food literacy with educational materials about about local produce items to be distributed at food shelves

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Assistant taught “City Life: Segregation, Integration, Gentrification” with Dr. Dan Trudeau in facilitation, grading and curriculum developmentDesigned and taught unit focused on urban food justice including materials, lecture, discussion, and interactive activities

Saint Paul, MN

Designed and implemented DEI integration tools tailored to urban planning and municipal service work planning based on a Theory of Change framework and piloted on a project to mitigate charging burdensome wastewater utility billsResearched and presented best practices for racial equity in regional administration of urban planning, wastewater and.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area