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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Manage campaign efforts to reduce military spending, promote nuclear disarmament, and advance peaceful conflict resolution
• Create grassroots advocacy strategies for constituent engagement
• Analyze and monitor new and existing federal policies and legislative measures
• Develop, promote, and implement new or revised policies and legislative strategies designed to reduce military spending
• Advance relationships with government officials, partner organizations, and coalitions to influence federal policies
• Prepare policy and advocacy materials, including issue briefs, legislative recommendations, sign-on letters, letters, press statements, opinion editorials, action alerts, and talking points

Frankfurt Am Main, Hesse, Germany

Researcher within Coercion in Peacebuilding project, where my master's research investigates United Nations and African Union institutional approaches to peace formation and challenges to the "local turn" in peacebuilding.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Negotiated merger with Aegis Trust and established STAND branches in the U.K. and France
• Recruited, hired, and mentored student leadership team and interns for U.S., U.K., and France
• Directed programs, campaigns, and national communications strategy, including website redesign
• Planned and executed twenty leadership retreats and conferences
• Managed organizational budget and ensured effective utilization of financial resources
• Led grassroots fundraising, donor outreach, and development efforts

Kigali, Rwanda

• Collaborated with Rwandan staff to draft program schedule for four-week learning and action program
• Assisted with pre-delegation preparation and logistics, including leading conference calls
• Coordinated in-country logistics, including housing, travel, service projects, and site visits
• Led human rights workshops, group meetings, and debriefs

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Legislative Intern, The Honorable Bill Keating (D-MA), January - July 2014Communications Intern, The Honorable Bill Foster (D-IL), October - December 2013
• Compiled daily news briefs for the office using relevant district, state, and national news sources
• Assisted Communications Director in drafting and editing press releases, op-eds, and remarks for the Congressman
• Researched legislation for Legislative staff, attending briefings and hearings as necessary
• Developed and edited various form letters in response to constituent correspondence
• Fulfilled various day-to-day operations, including fielding phone calls, greeting constituents, and leading U.S. Capitol tours

Amherst, Massachusetts

• Analyzed intersections of ethnic, economic, and political identity in Burundi and Rwanda
• Researched independently using academic journal databases, books, and primary data
• Prepared weekly literature reviews for hour-long presentations to seminar professors
• Wrote and presented a final report on research findings to seminar professors and assistants

Northampton, MA

• Chaired the Diversity Committee, a group of approximately 50 students representing each house on campus and social justice organizations on campus
• Planned and executed four campus-wide conversations, on sexuality and gender; class; race; and power and resistance at Smith College
• Created and publicized an open list of demands following a series of hate crimes on campus, offering all members of the Smith community to air their grievances and demand institutional change
• Expanded the breadth of the Committee, advocating for a yearly social justice training for members and instituting working groups to work on student demands and social justice issues on campus

International Masters, Security, Intelligence, And Strategic Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Government, African Studies

Activities and Societies: Student Government Association, Diversity Committee, Pi Sigma Alpha, STAND, Organization Resources Committee

Rwanda: Post-Genocide Reconstruction And Peacebuilding