Olivia Blocker Email & Phone Number

Liverpool, GB

Greater Chicago Area

• I am in leadership with the Final 5 Campaign - a campaign to close the last 5 youth prisons in Illinois.Manage the Youth Leadership team, including:
• Developing campaign work and decision-making structure;
• Developing and monitoring Youth Leaders’ work plans;
• Developing political education opportunities;
• Developing life and workplace skill development opportunities;
• Coordinating with CFJC team to submit bi-weekly hoursManage the Youth Cohort, including:

• Oversee and coordinate funded research/service projects on the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS, with a particular focus on Black/African American LGBTQ populations.
• Oversee an interdisciplinary team of researchers and project staff to ensure timely and accurate enrollment of research participants, data collection, and for implementing targeted interventions.
• Develop and facilitate professional presentations about our research and the implications for African American LGBTQ populations
• Implement intervention for participants, including education around HIV/AIDS, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), harm reduction, and light case management.
• Manage confidentiality with participants in the research study
• Exceptional knowledge of recruitment technique and strategies

Conducted interviews with research participants aged 13 – 25 about their experiences with homelessness and housing instability.

University Of Chicago

• Conduct outreach and engage with partner organizations to develop resource materials for research participants
• Develop multiple code books with the research team to maintain consistency in qualitative coding methods among staff
• Code transcripts from interviews and focus groups in collaboration with the research team using HyperRESEARCH
• Conduct literature reviews

Chicago, IL

• Implement education programs for youth and adults in the areas of adolescent sexual health, rights, and identities
• Develop and revise curriculum for both youth and adults on topics ranging from gender identity, and sexually transmitted infections to advocacy, and activism.
• Facilitated health advocacy programming – in concert with health care providers and youth – focusing on the improving health care systems for youth
• Developed a birth justice toolkit for young parents detailing information about their rights and ways to navigate complex health systems
• Developed resources for the parents of adolescents to discuss their sexual health
• Designed a presentation and facilitated a community event about incarcerated women and their reproductive health

Chicago, IL

• Met with clients on a weekly basis to assess their needs and refer them to community services
• Supported and advocated for clients in their search for housing, employment, and resources
• Provided emotional support to clients through motivational interviewing, active listening and harm reduction techniques
• Connected landlords and property managers with the Low-Income Housing Trust Fund subsidy program for clients
• Completed case notes in agency database
• Distributed emergency food to walk-ins

Masters Of Science, Strategic Communications

Master'S Degree, Public Administration And Social Service Professions, 3.8

Activities and Societies: Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy (GPHAP)

Certificate, Data Analysis And Visualization

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: The Sexual Assault Center of McGill Students' Society (SACOMSS); Players' Theatre; Tuesday Night Cafe Theatre

International Baccalaureate Diploma