Dillon Michael James Epperson Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Reported directly to the President; the Director of Compliance and Diversity; the Director of External Affairs; and the Director of Strategic Student Initiatives.
• Provided administrative support and research pertaining to the President’s directive related to policy, outreach, student enrichment, and development.
• Created extensive filing and archiving systems for legal investigations pertaining to Title IX while updating and filing the college’s compliance database.
• Prepared reports for and in conjunction with various college agencies including the editing, formatting and/or distributing materials such as memorandums, advocacy letters, briefing papers, agendas, and web content.

Greater New York City Area

• Held meetings with LGBTQI leaders, grassroots organizations, national representatives, and international systems dedicated to promoting the development of LGBTQ rights.
• Assisted the Director of CUNY’s LGBTQ Program, on transgender and gender non-binary issues, sexual orientation identity development, leadership theory, networking, service learning, bystander training, self-care, and.
• Visited conferences throughout the state and nation on diversity, inclusion, and LGBTQ issues.

Greater New York City Area

• Reported to the Director of the CIHR to coordinate internal and external outreach to facilitate the Center’s programmatic initiatives.
• Organized panel discussions and events related to The Dark Side of Human Rights to educate the institution and the public about international human rights violations.
• Formulated independent and collaborative research to examine how human rights are and can be undermined by the indeterminacies of human rights discourse, by their cooptation by powerful actors, and by their misuse as a.

Greater New York City Area

• Maintained rigorous contact with the Director on the academic, professional, and personal development of appointed mentees while fostering such development.
• Recruited onboarding, and assisted with the supervision of interns; assisted with recruiting and hiring of other mentors; and conducted mock-hiring processes for other staff as needed.
• Co-facilitated dialogue sessions with men of color with a focus on practicing and perpetuating healthy masculinities while deconstructing toxic ones. * Represented the UMI at the 2017 National Black Male Retreat in Mt..

Greater New York City Area

• Attended monthly site visits to Otisville Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
• Worked alongside the incarcerated to foster their personal growth and academic development.
• Facilitated transition/reentry efforts and enrollment of the formerly incarcerated into a City University for higher education.

Greater New York City Area

• Collected and extracted extensive research on the assigned committee and its agendas.
• Developed weekly drafts and conceptualized resolutions while debating international and domestic issues.
• Represented John Jay at the 2017 and 2018 National Model United Nations in New York: * 2017 Won Distinguished Delegation Award (Second Place) as a team and an individual Sub-committee Position Paper Award for research.

Greater New York City Area

• Attended monthly visits to gender justice organizations and established a community network.
• Conducted research and facilitated programs related to gender justice, LGBTQ rights, reproductive justice, and anti-violence campaigns.
• Held workshops on matters of LGBTQ rights, immigration rights, activism, and social justice.

Greater New York City Area

• Received intensive mentoring from professors, staff, and peer success coaches.
• Ensured academic and career development.
• Accessed a network and utilized leadership opportunities on and off-campus.
• Attended ongoing coaching sessions to prepare for internships, jobs, scholarships, and other special opportunities.