- One of 40 individuals nationwide to win year-long fellowship to pursue how communities around the world successfully organize to address the local, regional and national pressures they face.- Built relationships and partnered with community organizers in Spain, England, South Africa, the Philippines, Mexico and Peru to collaborate on campaigns that have won improved housing conditions, investments in public infurastructure, the protection of indigenous land from international mining corporations.

Dallas Area Interfaith is a non-partisan and non-profit alliance of congregations, schools, unions, and community groups in Dallas County representing over 50,000 adults. DAI is an affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), the nation’s first and largest community organizing network. We meet people face-to-face and build relationships that create the capacity in a community for leadership development, citizen-led action and strong relationships across the lines that often divide our communities.

The mission of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics is to "Envision a just and regenerative global economy; apply the concepts locally; then share the results for broad replication."As a Research and Writer for the Schumacher Center's Reinventing the Commons Program, I work to identify and develop educational resources on contemporary commons that can be used by activists around the country. The goal of this work is to connect diverse commoning efforts around the United States and advance their vision of building a new type of economy. Instead of privatizing gains and externalizing costs onto nature and society, commons seek to reinvent the very meaning of “the economy” by re-integrating it with living systems, local community, and social participation.

In May of 2019, I was asked by the Mayor and City Manager of Walla Walla to create and implement a neighborhood-based program dedicated to cultivating community throughout the City. From May through August of that year, I assembled and led a committee of community leaders in the development of a proposal for such a program. I presented this to the City Council in August and was then hired as the program's main coordinator to stay on and implement it. In the course of this process I have:- Led a committee of community leaders in the development of a city-wide model for neighborhood engagement, collective action, and disaster preparedness.- Presented both an initial proposal and evaluative updates to the Walla Walla City Council and other City Leadership. - Produced multiple bilingual and city-wide media campaigns composed of Op-Eds, magazine articles, radio interviews, in person presentations, and community outreach in collaboration with the City’s Communications Director.- Partnered the Washington 2020 Census, Mercy Corps Northwest, Community Development Block Grant Program, and other local initiatives/organizations to facilitate equitable outreach, host programs, encourage community engagement, and gather feedback. - Conducted both neighborhood-based and city-wide community organizing so as to bring interested neighbors together on an equitable basis, build sustainable relationships, and provide the logistical, financial, and general support needed to help neighbors address these issues together.- Led and adapted the program in response to the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. This included identifying COVID-19 specific neighborhood needs, coordinating and conducting virtual community outreach, and helping neighbors address these needs via virtual mental health workshops, childcare cooperatives, and neighborhood newsletters.

Organized voter registration drives, volunteer coordination, and logistical support.Coordinated with congressional campaign managers and Whitman clubs to host on campus events.Introduced the congressional candidate to the student body.Interviewed alongside the candidate for newspaper articles.Canvased constituents in Walla Walla.

Conducted in-depth research on potential major donors to the organization and create recommended potential asks. Remotely organizing members to undertake “nights of action” for the Water Campaign to have the Pennsylvania Attorney General prosecute water privatizing giant Veolia. Leading a team of interns to design and implement a new organizational system for Corporate Accountability’s materials inventory so as to promote greater efficiency.

Constructed 500+ living platforms and group shelters for refugees fleeing violence in the Middle EastConstructed temporary community shelters for over 800 refugeesCollaborated with German carpenters and architects to implement and carry out tasks on a daily basis