Blake Turpin Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Provide direct assistance to community members looking to access SNAP or other food resources via email, phone, and in-person events.- Inform best practices and hold state agency accountable for providing crucial services in an equitable and efficient manner through direct conversations and testimony that uplift insights gained from community conversations and program monitoring.- Advocate for food equity and access through partnership building, coalition building, and education.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Assisted in the development of a multi-year grassroots campaign advocacy strategy on renter’s tax credit through legislative tracking, researching existing policies and proposals, and developing campaign resources and materials to educate grassroots volunteers and diverse stakeholders. - Provided assistance to grassroots volunteers lobbying for global health, global nutrition, and tax credit legislation, through education materials, presentations, and technical and logistical support

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Informed the organization's policy recommendations and advocacy regarding child nutrition programs; created policy analysis and field report regarding child nutrition programs at the federal, state, and local levels in MA.- Researched and analyzed relevant state and federal laws and policies; wrote testimony on behalf of college hunger, child nutrition, and Farm to School bills in the state legislature.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

- Assisted in the creation and filing of compassionate release motions for incarcerated clients during the COVID-19 pandemic.- Tracked relevant, successful compassionate release motions.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Helped candidate win election through door-to-door canvassing, phone banking, fundraising, data entry, and miscellaneous administrative tasks.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Contributed to the development of a prediction software regarding police killings in the United States through research, data entry, and coordination of findings

Knoxville, Tennessee

Assisted candidate's campaign through door-to-door canvassing, phone banking, fundraising, data entry, and miscellaneous tasks for the campaign.

Bachelor'S Degree, Sociology - Criminology And Criminal Justice Concentration, 3.92

Activities and Societies: Minors: Political Science, Philosophy, Africana Studies, Spanish Awards: Phi Beta Kappa; Summa Cum Laude; Haslam.

Applied And Professional Ethics

Explored philosophical theories of ethics, especially as they relate to the fields of immigration, personhood, and citizenship

Us-Uk Fulbright Commission, Social Justice, Arts, And Activism

Explored the relationship between arts and social justice activism; engaged in sessions regarding how communities have responded.