Eriq Vargas Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego Country Estates, California, United States

Project Manager for the AMEA Campaign - working to reduce stigma of mental health and substance use in African, Middle Eastern and Asian refugee and immigrant communities in San Diego by implementing youth through direct engagement and education strategies. The overall campaign's goals are to promote change in community norms and beliefs, encourage help-seeking behavior, and permanently enhance the behavioral health services ecosystem within San Diego County.

Organized, designed, and developed workshops for events, organized community demonstrations, and engaged in community-building and education/awareness efforts and networking for coalition building.

San Diego, California, United States

Community Outreach Chair and Co-President of Chapman University student social justice-based organization. Founder of graduate student organization for political education, advocacy, activism, and community organizing on USD campus. Managed, facilitated, and coordinated student action and mobilization for a campaign targeting campus policy change. Navigated institutional bureaucracy, marketed and fundraised for events, conducted outreach, networked and coalition building, ally and asset power-mapping and development. Coordinated events (2-4 each month) and a campus demonstration with high-level speakers and experts in person and on zoom for topics such as apartheid, colonialism, and ethnic cleansing, international law, refugees and forced displacement

San Diego, California, United States

Led a campaign to drive policy changes in National City, San Diego, by mobilizing residents, developing them as leaders, and building their capacity to harness the narrative potency of their experiences for them to recognize their influence in effecting change. Facilitated political educational programming and leadership development for members and residents for self-empowerment. Liasioned and advocated to key stakeholders in local city and county government to successfully push for policy that brings improvements on identified issues This has created a platform for residents to self-advocate for beneficial local policy reforms.

San Diego, California, United States

Hebron, Palestine

A 6-week internship where I corresponded with Palestine-based actors, organizations, and government representatives through interviews and meetings. Auscultated first-person experiences and stories, and gained personal experience of life under occupation and apartheid. Collected data for future formative research, planned advocacy, and organizing programming in the US. Conducted outreach, networked, and communicated with over a dozen stakeholders; built relationships, trust, and community

Panther Village

Acted as first-in-line housing representative for students. Also organized, facilitated, budgeted, and managed over a dozen events for 100+ residents living in the community. Other responsibilities included typical office duties

Masters Of Arts, Peace And Justice

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science