Brynne O'Neal Email & Phone Number

Oakland, California, United States

Oakland, Ca

• Designed and implemented advocacy strategy to combat US policies hurting refugees in Mexico, including op-eds, meetings with federal legislative staffers, coordination with NGOs, joining amicus briefs, public comments, and publishing research. • Wrote a FAQ on the Mexican asylum system for US lawyers and an analysis of data on Mexican asylum applications.• Co-led a global advocacy campaign using COVID-19 to advance refugee inclusion in national healthcare systems. Created a coalition, facilitated a consensus-driven design process, identified targets and influencers, developed a social media toolkit, wrote case studies, and met with leaders in multilateral institutions and refugee-led organizations to advance key policies. • Drafted materials to aid refugee advocates and advance the field, including advocacy skills trainings and white papers.• Developed media outreach strategy, tracked contacts, and connected journalists to relevant staff members for interviews.• Trained staff in Mexico and the US on use of social media, media outreach, and other tools to share fast-moving refugee policies and Asylum Access work with other advocates, policy makers, and the public. • Ran twitter account and wrote email updates to supporters to increase communication of AA work and advocacy points.

East Palo Alto, Ca

• Prepared motions, gathered exhibits, and wrote a brief for deportation defense and immigrants’ rights litigation.• Researched legal issues arising in immigration cases, including Privacy Act protections for immigrants.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Drafted proposal to the Uniform Law Commission on abuses associated with private probation, based on a previous fact-finding report, to convince them to write and promote a model law for state legislatures to adopt.• Used media reports and government contract databases to find the companies working with ICE on family separations.• Compiled and tracked ongoing litigation against private criminal justice entities.• Drafted a summary of instances of instigation of violence on Facebook.• Wrote memos on the draft business and human rights treaty and the surveillance aspects of Smart City projects.• Determined total lobbying expenditures by mountaintop mining companies against the EPA’s stream protection rule.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Researched and drafted memos on international law issues including Human Rights Council reform history and options, state obligations in the area of business and human rights, and procedures for interactions with human rights mechanisms.• Researched best practices and drafted US recommendations for changes to a draft UN agency policy.• Attended and wrote brief summaries of meetings of the Human Rights Council, Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on the UN Plan of Action for the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity.

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Conduct legal and policy research on issues of national security and constitutional rights and write concise memos to aid counsel in writing law review pieces, op-eds, and policy reports. • Locate and summarize case law relevant to emerging legal issues using Westlaw, Lexis Advance, and legal journals. • Ensure the citations in policy reports and articles are accurate and in correct Bluebook format.• Conduct original research and write articles on program issues for publication, including an article on the effects of surveillance on behavior for the Huffington Post.• Track pieces of legislation and coordinate advocacy efforts: research legislators who might be interested in reform initiatives, send urgent calls to action to staffers, and attend advocacy coalition meetings.• Manage the submission of amicus briefs to the Supreme Court, Appellate Courts, and District Courts: compile admissions paperwork for attorneys; research the formatting and submission rules for each court; format and cite-check the briefs; research case law for the arguments; consult with the clerk’s offices; and keep deadlines for each step in the process.• Draft and submit Freedom of Information Act requests to federal and municipal agencies. Follow up on requests, track all correspondence, and write administrative appeals and civil complaints as needed.• Create content for the Brennan Center website using Drupal.• Conducted review of police department policies related to body-worn cameras, determined the key factors in these policies, and designed a series of charts comparing 25 departmental and model policies in 12 different areas to be published online as a tool for police and advocates.• Managed logistical arrangements for a day-long Intelligence Oversight symposium: booked travel for panelists; compiled invitee lists; coordinated with VIP speakers; ensured all staff members were prepared to lead their panels; tracked budget.

Chicago

• Accepted into inaugural Chicago cohort for a competitive 11-month fellowship program and placed with the Illinois Mentoring Partnership to complete a capacity-building project.• Authored “State of Mentoring in Illinois” white paper on IL youth mentoring programs, distributed to over 600 people. o Researched and contacted mentoring programs throughout Illinois to collect survey data, resulting in an increased rate of responses in the final weeks of the survey. o Assessed youth mentoring landscape in IL and made recommendations for Illinois Mentoring Partnership activities. o Presented findings to funders, corporate partners, and mentoring programs to increase awareness of mentoring, gain support for IMP priorities, and encourage adherence to best practice benchmarks.• Analyzed constituent relationship and event management needs and designed multi-phase implementation and training schedule for a Salesforce.com and integrated payment processor system. New system enables comprehensive reporting on training, technical assistance, and quality assurance work and will save 30% a month in event ticketing costs.• Manage invitations and ticketing for monthly training events for 30-60 mentoring program staff members.• Write and design weekly email updates on mentoring-related opportunities for contact list of over 600 people.• Represent IMP at Thrive Chicago collective impact initiative meetings with the Mayor’s office and community programs.• Complete New Sector’s Social Change Leadership Curriculum, including change management, organizational strategy, issuebased problem solving, nonprofit finance and governance, social entrepreneurship, and nonprofit landscape.

Chicago

• Designed and manage new custom Salesforce implementation: interviewed staff to determine long-term needs, monitor data input to achieve and maintain donations database accuracy; develop and run reports to enable personalized marketing campaigns and to track performance of fundraising campaigns and events.• Researched, designed, and implemented a new process for prospect research and tracking.• Plan, organize, coordinate, promote, and facilitate all special events for attracting supporters and raising funds, including creating and monitoring detailed Project Plans to guide signature events.• Complete prospecting research of event attendees and sponsors, produce and analyze reports on attendee demographics to guide public relations and fundraising pitches.• Coordinator for Fall 2012 Event with 350 guests: created and monitored planning and execution timelines, tracked budget, managed ticketing, communicated with vendors and managed contracts, and recruited and managed over 40 volunteers.• Train and manage interns and volunteers to ensure high quality in data entry and events.• Proofread and contribute language for press releases, marketing, and other communications.

Chicago

• Coordinator for Silent and Live Auctions and Paddle Raise that brought in $33,000: double the proceeds of the previous year. Led research and solicitation of auction items, mobilized organizational network, led committee meetings, composed item descriptions, and organized auction logistics• Drafted press releases and organized PR campaign for Fall Event and March Wine Tasting and Silent Auction• Ongoing volunteer management ensuring quality control over data management and major mailings• Made recommendation to the CEO and implemented strategy to expand organizational online presence, driving new social media and fundraising resources to the organization• Comprehensive research to identify new prospective resources for the organization and composition of grant proposals, donation requests, and related correspondence

Worked on schoolwork, reading, and basic skills with K-12 students from public schools in Hyde Park area

Located and created materials and compiled the Editorial Office Procedures Manual; Designed and implemented new filing systems;Used email and the electronic editorial system to send reminders to authors and editors, to track and facilitate the editorial process for articles, and to research potential editors

Updated and expanded referral guides for services not provided by PPIL clinics; Researched online, called potential referrals and judged appropriateness of referrals

J.D.

Activities and Societies: Directed Research, Mwatana for Human Rights; International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Fencing Club OfficerDean's List