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Michigan, United States

Topeka, Kansas Area

Mission: organize moderate to low income families in Shawnee County KS to fight for justice. We recruit and train grassroots community leaders to identify community problems, proven solutions, and advocate until those solutions are in place.This role included: - creating communication campaigns for social media accounts, within member congregations, and managing relationships with media outlets- content creation for social media and website (topekajump.com) - coalition building across diverse organizations by identifying shared interests- facilitating leadership development training 1 on 1 and in larger events with 50-100 people- managing two issue campaigns while organizing up to 14 different teams at any given time- developing relationships with local business and other potential funders - developing relationships with local public officials- communicating regularly with approximately 35 key volunteers- planning, executing, promoting and managing logistics for quarterly events attended by 250 people- planning, executing, promoting and managing logistics for annual event attended by over 1000 people.-detailed tracking of membership engagement and strategizing around developing more consistent participation of membership- public speaking, creation of training materials and other organizational tools

Lansing, Michigan

Research Assistant for the MSU Center for Community and Economic Development. Researched emerging issues in community and economic development, coordinated cooperative events between community members and academics, assisted a Professor in planning a new class on structural abandonment, and performed community outreach to Public High School Students, connecting them to Michigan State University.

East Lansing, Mi

Oversaw 40 undergraduate residents, connected Residents to resources regarding academics, career services, social opportunities, physical health, and mental health, oversaw 400 undergraduate Residents when on duty, composed incident reports, planned events for up to 100 people, built a cohesive floor community of 40 residents, practiced cross cultural communication, social awareness and emotional intelligence while interacting with a diverse body of students.

East Lansing, Mi

Assisted in course scheduling, check in and check out for freshmen students at the Academic Orientation Program (AOP).

Lansing, Michigan Area

Lansing, Michigan Area

Reviewed grant proposals for community development projects in the city of Lansing and gave funding recommendations to the Mayor and City Council.

East Lansing, Mi

Greenville, Michigan

Bachelor’S Degree, Social Relations And Policy

High School