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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Community Partnerships: Develop and implement an annual giving and wealth redistribution plan that aligns with company values for relationship building & fundraising to amplify the work of historically marginalized communities in Western North Carolina.Equitable Talent Acquisition & Hiring: Implement a long-term talent partner recruitment model with a cohort of regional organizations with the goal to break down barriers to employment access and develop local qualified talent pools.

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Project Management: Oversee annual grant cycle (application to distribution) and co-lead collective decision making processes with membership. Community Engagement + Network Building: Event operations lead for annual signature event honoring grantees and community leaders, 300+ attendees spanning across Western North Carolina region. Manage multilingual membership base of 70+ active members and institutional partners; coordinate monthly meetings. Strategic Planning + Impact Evaluation: Design and implement “Ripple Effect Mapping” (REM) to measure and document CoThinkk’s impact, a participatory evaluation method that engages key community stakeholders to visually map the chain of impacts resulting from a complex initiative.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Designed and developed a participatory evaluation process with leaders of Tzedek Social Justice Fund; facilitate a series of Ripple Effect Mapping (REM) sessions to evaluate the impact of Tzedek’s 2020 Impact Grants.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Developed and facilitated a Human Centered Design research process with a coalition of organizations (We Think Next, Atrium YMCA and Druid Hills Residents) to identify community-based solutions to health related issues in the Druid Hills community.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Project Coordinator at host site CoThinkk, a racial equity giving circle grounded in social change trust-based philanthropy that addresses the most critical issues impacting communities of color in Western North Carolina.

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Co-developed a Participatory Action Research project to understand community ownership and prevent displacement in Emma Community, a neighborhood & community-led organization.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Worked in collaboration with Greensboro Housing Coalition and members in the Cottage Grove community to conduct a year-long health related needs and assets assessment using geographic random stratified sampling technique.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Employed by Guilford College to lead tours for prospective students.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Conducted research for ongoing social justice campaigns, researched Durham city investments• Wrote a resolution for the Durham City Council. • Helped build coalitions for action work, and planned chapter meetings.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Created new curriculum on local African American slave waterman history for group of 3rd and 4th graders. • Organized and planned camp programs specializing in environmental ecology.• Led eco-tours for the public at Wilmington’s Greenfield Lake, represented Cape Fear River Watch at exhibits.

Major: Community And Justice Studies, Justice And Policy Studies

Activities and Societies: Minors: Environmental Studies and Women, Gender & Sexualities Studies

Visual And Performing Arts

Multiculturalism And Human Rights, Arabic Language

• Studied Modern Standard Arabic, human rights issues and cultural identities in Rabat, Morocco. • Conducted a month long independent.