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• Plan and supervise events for all of YES, Inc. programs, campaigns, and fundraisers.
• Formalize creative ways to build community within and outside of YES, Inc. due to all events being virtual
• Manage administrative logistics of event planning, including creating event budgets, contacting speakers and overseeing invitations.
• Work closely with Marketing and Communications Manager to promote events.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Provide virtual weekly counseling services to meet students’ socioemotional IEP goals.
• Co-facilitate virtual weekly socioemotional learning activities in a group setting.
• Navigate conversations with faculty and staff to share student progress and collaborate on interventions.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Responsible for creating a sense of community through organizing activities for 500 first-year students.
• Develop supportive relationships with 31 residents by hosting weekly 2-hour “office hours” sessions.
• Attend weekly staff development meetings; manage 6 duty shifts per semester.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Provide weekly individual therapeutic and case management focused sessions with adults who are currently or were formerly incarcerated.
• Complete comprehensive reentry plans with clients to address their various goals and needs.
• Collaborate with colleagues to share resources and problem-solve barriers clients face.
• Communicate effectively with legal partners, community agencies, and families on behalf of clients.

Greater New York City Area

• Screen court paperwork to identify eligible individuals between the ages of 16-24 with violent and non-violent felony offenses.
• Conduct mental health and risk assessments to determine appropriate CASES services for defendants.
• Advocate to judges and prosecutors for clients release into appropriate CASES program.
• Provide written and verbal updates to the Court on program compliance and monitoring court obligations for participants.
• Attend weekly team meetings to discuss… Show more
• Attend weekly team meetings to discuss participants compliance with court mandates.

• Attend weekly meetings to discuss issues women face on Bowdoin’s campus
• Brainstorm and organize activities to address issues women face on Bowdoin’s campus
• Work to help diverse women feel included in the Women’s Resource Center Space

Bowdoin College

• Responsible for the physical and mental safety of firs-years and upperclassmen; serve as liaison between academic and social advisors.
• Serve as guide to first years by introducing them to resources and facilitating integration into Bowdoin’s community.
• Host four weekend duty nights from 10pm to 2am; attend and develop weekly staff development meetings and facilitate floor meetings

New York, New York

• Developed daily compilations of news articles relating to mass incarceration and criminal justice reform to produce daily email blasts.
• Maintained website and collected updates for sub-organization, Law Enforcement Leaders Program.
• Conducted in-depth vetting and recruitment of members for Law Enforcement Leaders Program.
• Researched and input 2,000+ contacts to assist in updating the Justice Program's mailing database.
• Co-organized and presented a talk on the "Impact of Parental… Show more
• Co-organized and presented a talk on the "Impact of Parental Incarceration on Children" to audience of interns and staff. Show less

Greater New York City Area

• Responsible for the administrative duties of Legal Outreach’s Summer Law Institute at Fordham School of Law
• Works with two law school students to manage a class of 27 incoming 9th grade students
• Created and taught four academic skill lesson plans for the students
• Responsible for contacting a booking guest speakers and field trips in the law field
• Organized and updated student blog

• Selected as sophomore student fellow; maintain and establish connections between Bowdoin College and nearby organizations.
• Send out weekly email blasts to Bowdoin students about volunteer opportunities.
• Hold office hours to assist students with time management; create schedules and connect students to volunteer organizations.

New York, NY

• Created an interactive online map of secure detention arrests in NYC; researched and graphed the demographic disparities, by zip code, of race in NYC children vs. race of NYC children in juvenile detention.
• Attended testimonies, conferences, and meetings about the use of solitary confinement for juveniles.
• Assisted the Juvenile Justice Policy Associate and Youth Development Staff on a daily basis with various assignments ranging from entering data in Excel, creating graphs/charts, and… Show more
• Assisted the Juvenile Justice Policy Associate and Youth Development Staff on a daily basis with various assignments ranging from entering data in Excel, creating graphs/charts, and summarizing studies and various.
• Attended Ella Baker Policy Institute Training for one week in Tennessee for CDF Freedom Schools.
• Created a Freedom School Binder for potential donors to read in order to gain a concise understanding of Freedom Schools. Show less

Neighborhood Housing Services Of NYC

• Selected as one of five out of a pool of 200 applicants in NYC for a Bank of America summer leadership development program.
• Attended a week-long leadership summit in Washington, D.C. to enhance team leadership skills and character.
• Assisted research development team at Neighborhood Housing Services by researching housing effects of Hurricane Sandy.
• Organized materials for the Community Impact Observation Project, developed volunteer teams; entered numerical and observational data… Show more
• Organized materials for the Community Impact Observation Project, developed volunteer teams; entered numerical and observational data into Excel from surveys and neighborhood observations. Show less

• Participated in weekly meetings to build activist, leadership and oral persuasive skills.
• Worked with 20 teen activists to present workshops across NYC to educate minors of their right to confidential healthcare.
• Helped to create, publish, and execute various campaigns to increase safety in schools.

School Of Social Policy And Practice (Sp2), Master Of Social Work

Activities and Societies: Association of Black Social Workers (President) Phi Alpha Honor Society

Psychology

Activities and Societies: Obvious Dance Team, Residential Life, Bowdoin Mckeen Center Fellow

Advanced Regents Diploma

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society,Dance Team, New York Civil Liberties Union Youth Leader, Sponsors for Educational.