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France

France

Through this work, EMM will focus on activities in June 2023 including Pride marches, Pride services, and World Refugee Day (June 20), as well as foster new partnerships involving Episcopal congregations, forced migrants, U.S.-based resettlement agencies, community groups, and more. Episcopal Migration Ministries will also be conducting a thorough review of all its materials and procedures to ensure that they are fully inclusive of LGBTQ+ forced migrants.

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Department of International Development, Community, and Environment (IDCE)

I provide consulting services to nonprofit organizations, foundations, and government agencies. My focus is on research, report writing, communications, community organizing, advocacy, fundraising, program design, meeting design and facilitation, organizational development, grantmaking, and evaluation. Partial list of clients and activities during this period:· Interaction Institute for Social Change: Content management for the LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund and other clients· Neighborhood Funders Group: Position paper to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the 5th anniversary of the Gulf Oil Spill for the NOLA Collaborative Funders Network· Lighthouse Louisiana: Fundraising· LGBTI Freedom & Asylum Network (FAN): Coordinating a national effort to help LGBTI and close ally faith leaders to improve and expand their work for LGBTI asylum-seekers, asylees and refugees· Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration (ORAM): Senior Researcher and Community Liaison focusing on LGBT refugees worldwide· U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR): Grant proposal review focused on programs for survivors of trauma, technical assistance, refugee school impact, elderly refugees, ethnic community self-help, preferred communities, and supplemental services· Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace (Centris): Research on the creation and dissemination of knowledge relevant to social justice philanthropy, evaluation methodologies, and profiles of social justice grantmakers

Oakland, California, United States

National And International

Integrity USA is a ministry for justice in and through the Episcopal Church, and a witness to God's unconditional love for all people, with a special focus on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

Consulting services to nonprofit organizations, foundations, and government agencies. My focus is on research, report writing, communications, community organizing, advocacy, fundraising, program design, meeting design and facilitation, organizational development, grantmaking, and evaluation. Partial list of clients and activities during this period:· Asian American Justice Center: Meeting planning, research, and writing on adult English language learning and communications; Evaluation· Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP): Retreat facilitation· Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF): Technical assistance to CBOs focused on disability and integration; Research on the impacts of the Gulf Oil Spill on Asian American communities· Building Resources to Develop Global Equity (BRIDGE): Meeting planning and facilitation· Caring to Change: Writing about promotion of the "common good" through philanthropy· National Conference of State Legislatures: Meeting design, facilitation and follow-up linking immigrant community leaders and state legislators in Minnesota· National Council of Asian Pacific Americans: Coordination and drafting of their 2008 political platform· ReachOut USA: Fundraising focused on programs for people with disabilities· Refugee Council USA: Category III Member· St. Anna's Episcopal Church: Fundraising· Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC): Training; Strategic planning· Urban Institute Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy: Research on staff leadership diversity in California's nonprofit sector· Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace (Ford Foundation and Community Foundation for Northern Ireland): Research on evaluation methodologies for social justice philanthropy; Profiles of social justice grantmakers

The Rights Working Group (RWG) was a coalition of over 250 organizations working to ensure that the US government fulfills its commitments to liberty and justice. Member groups spanned the gamut in terms of size, and focused on civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, and immigrant rights.Led RWG while the coalition worked to protect due process rights for immigrants as part of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.Managed staff and consultants focused on lobbying, advocacy, community organizing, financial management, evaluation, and communicationsRaised over $500,000 from foundation sources

Organizational Development:* Established headquarters in Washington, DC* Built infrastructure in financial management, human resources, and technology that prepared APIASF to become the home of Gates Millennium Scholars' Asian Pacific Islander American program* Drafted and revised core documents of the organization incl. annual budgets, personnel policy manual, and finance and accounting manual* Staged national board meetings* Hired and supervised staff and consultantsFundraising:* Raised over $1.5 million, 50% over the goal for the fiscal year, from corporate sourcesProgramming:* Developed and implemented a process for on-line scholarship application and review* Organized and staged events with the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders* Led communication efforts, including website redesign

Fundraising & Grantmaking:*Raised $6 million+ from gov't, foundations & corporations*Led programs granting $1 million+ in 15 states*Established satellite office in CATraining & Technical Assistance:Led T&TA programs in org dev't, leadership & advocacy for 180+ grassroots orgs and multiethnic coalitions promoting integrationAdvocacy on Refugees/Immigrants, Education & Health:*Served as Vice Chair and Chair of Finance Committee, Refugee Council USA*Led advocacy training to help community leaders communicate with Congress & the Admin. Worked with NCSL to expand the model for state legislators*Advocated with Congress, Dept of State, United Nations, etc.Communications:*Led the production of publications based on indep. research & Census data*Led all communications efforts (website, press, etc.)Succession Planning:Worked with the board to carry out an orderly transfer of leadership to a member of the Southeast Asian American community

Conducted research and produced planning reports that structured the development of the Cambodian Defenders Project (a human rights legal aid group in Cambodia) into an independent nongovernmental organization (NGO).

Led fundraising and program development efforts for the Cambodian Community of Massachusetts, an organization dedicated to representing and serving the Cambodian community of Boston's North Shore.

Tutored students and graded assignments for Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and Introduction to Human Evolution.

Phd, Cultural Anthropology

Focus areas: Organizational development, intercultural relations, refugee integration, medical anthropology and psychological.

Ba, Clinical Psychology, Asian Studies

Thai Studies