• Founder of program that has built relationships with 100 businesses, non-profits and government agencies to provide over 900 Brooklyn teens with successful, semester-long professional mentor and work experiences.• Training principals, teachers and guidance counselors in the science and art of building and institutionalizing internship programs.• Parlaying intern experience to paid employment and to college admission credentials.• Raising over $200,000 in private… Show more • Founder of program that has built relationships with 100 businesses, non-profits and government agencies to provide over 900 Brooklyn teens with successful, semester-long professional mentor and work experiences.• Training principals, teachers and guidance counselors in the science and art of building and institutionalizing internship programs.• Parlaying intern experience to paid employment and to college admission credentials.• Raising over $200,000 in private funds--supplementing government budget to provide scholarships, student employment and college admission. Show less

* Trained ministers and lay leaders in Harlem and the South Bronx to build ecumenical civic organizations and take action on issues of policing, jobs, housing, and education.

* Built student-action organizations on three urban college campuses to address local issues and to strengthen state-wide voter-registration, environmental and political reform campaigns.* Helped direct metro-area fund-raising and citizen lobbying campaign with over 80 employees.