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New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

Conducts weekly intakes by phone with up to 20 prospective new clients that require gathering detailed information about intimate partner violence, connecting clients with attorneys, and following up to ensure client needs are met.Empowers clients experiencing domestic violence, poverty, and immigration-related legal challenges to access a wide range of resources through facilitating connections with social services, counseling, and legal organizations in New York City.Manages a caseload of 7-12 domestic violence related family law and immigration cases at a time, with duties such as legal writing, client communication, and drafting and filing immigration applications, uncontested divorces, and crime victim compensation claims.

Groveland, California, United States

Claremont, California, United States

Conducted outreach to community members and other religious organizations to coordinate large and small scale religious events for undergrad and graduate students in all seven colleges in the Claremont College consortium.Managed social media accounts for Nishmat in order to reach target audiences with informational content and event invitations. Worked closely with other student religious leaders to plan and execute biweekly Shabbat prayer services for up to 45 attendees, led attendees in prayer and song, and coordinated food and drinks for Shabbat events.

Groveland, California, United States

Remote

Coordinated fundraising and outreach for Jewish Youth for Community Action’s annual fundraising gala, with the end result of assisting the organization in fundraising $25,000 total.Assisted in developing fundraising and outreach toolkits for community members. Organized and executed weekly meetings with 20 volunteers to sell gala tickets to community members.

Berkeley, California, United States

Chosen for selective, paid summer internship program and assigned to Jewish Youth for CommunityAction (JYCA) to coordinate and develop new curriculum for their Summer Organizing Academy. Innovated program delivery model from in-person to COVID-19 virtual platforms.Assisted in curriculum development for and facilitated 20 social justice organizing sessions on topics including prison abolition and white supremacy for 30 youth participants.

Berkeley, California, United States

Prepared and executed outdoor activities and educational lesson plans for groups of children age 3-12.Attended daily meetings to communicate campers’ needs, progress and program benchmarks.Tended to camper's physical, emotional, and social needs.