Giovanny Valencia Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Greater Boston Area

Greater Boston Area

Joined JPNDC in 2014 as the Senior Community Organizer and was promoted to be the director of the department in 2017.Supervised organizing staff and volunteers, to develop community-planning activities, leadership development and civic engagement.Directed the community process for ten affordable housing projects in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury, which resulted.

Greater Boston Area

• Managed teams of volunteers in neighborhoods across Boston, in coordination with district office coordinators and campaign managers.
• Planned, strategized and coordinated campaign events, including canvassing and phone banks, to reach and engage the Latino community in Boston.
• Developed and executed social media content for Spanish-speaking community in Boston
• Participated in translation and editing of campaign materials

Greater Boston Area

• Built and organized teams of parents and community members in different neighborhoods of Boston, to take action and advocate for improving quality in every public school.
• Recruited, trained and coached parent leaders to empower and support them in the process of becoming effective leaders in their own communities.
• Developed and maintained strategic relationships with stakeholders and district leaders, in order to facilitate the mission of the organization.
• Engaged members to advocate for Stand’s statewide legislative priorities around education.
• Presented workshops, trainings, strategy meetings and coaching sessions to members and parents at community meetings and conferences.

West Roxbury, MA

• Performed various tasks related to maintaining a high quality produce department, including providing excellent customer service and selecting and organizing produce in the aisle.
• Responsible for closing the department at the end of the day.

Greater Boston Area

Bogota, Colombia

• Directed project focused on carrying electricity to rural zones in southern Bogota.
• Designed various construction projects to build retaining structures to prevent landslides above populated zones in the mountainous regions of southern Bogota.

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

• Taught four different classes in the areas of urban theory and architectural design to students in their 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year of college.

Bogota, Colombia

Led and participated in community meetings as an architectural consultant to empower communities to take initiative in their own community development projects such as schools, parks, streets, community centers and bridges.Managed office staff and supported the legislative work of a Deputy Member of the Assembly

Bogota, Colombia

• Offered academic and administrative support to the faculty in the Master in Urban Planning program.

Master'S Program, Urban Affairs

Bachelor’S Degree, Architecture, Architect

Activities and Societies: La Salle University School of LeadershipAssistant to the School of Leadership

Community Fellow - Organizing, People, Power And Change, (Community Organization And Advocacy)