Sol (Seeding Our Liberation) Coordinator
CurrentCreated environmental justice leadership development and political education programs, including but not limited to OPAL’s Seeding Our Liberation (SOL) and Youth Environmental Justice Alliance (YEJA) programs;Through political education and trainings, encouraged community members to engage in other areas of OPAL’s programming and campaigns, such as community organizing opportunities;Collaborated with the Programs Team and other OPAL staff in order to support in the ongoing development of trainings and workshops in their respective bodies of work; Worked with agencies, coalition partners, and other key stakeholders in order to develop culturally specific trainings, to train community partners, agency staff, and others in the community who request trainings; Collaborated with the Programs Team to create campaign training materials, to attend meetings as a guest trainer, and to coordinate community outreach efforts that are central to campaign and program strategy as well as rollout; Upheld and advanced OPAL’s mission through extensive community and digital outreach; base building by outreaching to community members who have not previously attended OPAL workshops and trainings;Engaged in overall organizational planning processes, including yearly goals & strategic planning.