Riley Dolan Email & Phone Number

Onalaska, Washington, United States

The Renew U.S. Campaign Manager training program is a paid 8-week opportunity for experienced progressive organizers to level-up their skills in campaign management.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Distributed Organizing - Work with leaders of key communities in Washington to build and develop teams consisting of community leaders and engaged activists.
• Leadership Development and Training - Develop leaders through skills training, developing support materials, and coaching.
• Driving Field Support and Volunteer Engagement - Generate grassroots engagement, mobilizing Fuse resources, and recruiting storytellers for ballot measures, local issues, and Federal issue campaigns. Recruiting and.
• Working with Partner Organizations - Build relationships with key organizations and leaders in a set of target locations and engage in coalition work as needed.
• Developing and Implementing Voter Contact Programs designed to scale including texting, phonebanking, canvassing, and utilizing other relational organizing tools.
• Adding Capacity to Ongoing Campaigns including fixing our upside down tax code, fighting climate change, and advocating for Racial Justice.

Olympia, Washington, United States

• Implement a statewide organizing effort to advance our legislative agenda of affordable & equitable higher education.
• Assist with & coordinate lobby days across campuses in the state
• Manage social media page, legislative newsletter, and website.

Olympia, Washington, United States

• Coordinate voter registration and Get Out The Vote (GOTV) initiatives across eight college campuses.
• Develop and execute a statewide voter registration and GOTV media campaign with $6000 budget.
• Develop and release weekly newsletter for voting related events, news, and resources.
• Manage social media pages to update followers on voting events and news.

Tacoma, Washington, United States

The Civic Voices Fellowship is with Fuse WA, the largest progressive organization in Washington state. The fellowship works to mobilize individuals throughout the Puget Sound and Southwest WA region who are looking to build power in their communities by building an engaged electorate through a program uniquely tailored to registering and mobilizing voters.

Cobán, Guatemala

• Prepared and executed lesson plans to build language and pronunciation proficiency, as well as planned cultural lessons on the U.S. to coincide with the language component.
• Continued independent research on the political memory of the Guatemalan Indigenous genocide in the 20th century by identifying and mapping monuments and memorials.
• Researched entrepreneurial opportunities in Cobán to design curriculum for an entrepreneur course.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Onboarded and managed five regional student interns to recruit students across multiple campuses to engage in the legislative process with weekly check-ins to guide their work.
• Onboarded and managed 20 campus liaisons to increase awareness for our mission across college campuses in Washington state.
• Organized (location, food, transportation, programming) the fall statewide conference for students to learn about the legislative process, financial aid and educational equity, and how to create a diverse sustainable.
• Gave monthly reports to granting organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and to partner organizations.
• Coordinated in-district meetings and town halls with key legislators and students, exceeding goals.
• Manage and maintain WA-SEN’s social media, communication tools, and online presence.

Tacoma, Washington, United States

• Recruited students for Vital Voices Symposium and Day of Action in Olympia in order to learn how to share personal experiences on financial aid and then put this into practice by talking with legislators. Recruited.
• Learned and share resources on the WA State Need Grant, such as statistics and personal narratives, in order to craft a convincing narrative for state legislators.

Tacoma, United States

• Led Lute Vote, a nonpartisan group that registers students to vote, by hiring and supervising a Data Manager and Volunteer Coordinator, partnering with the Washington Bus, and planning events for voter registration and.
• Coordinated lobbying initiatives and other political activism on a local, state, and federal scale. Participated in an initiative to increase funding for the WA State Need Grant, successfully getting an $18.5 million.
• Engaged with media to represent youth turnout, including a Seattle Times interview and writing an article in Forbes.
• Planned events with high profile people such as the WA Secretary of State, WA Governor, and U.S. Senate candidates.
• Ran ASPLU elections for Senate and Executive positions by coordinating advertising and voting events, increasing voter turnout on campus compared to previous years by 27.5%.
• Attended ASPLU Senate meetings and advise when legislation is related to Civic Engagement, as well as served as a resource for students on how to become politically engaged.

Tacoma, WA

• Promoted the Humanities program to prospective students through sharing my experiences and being a resource to prospective students with any questions they may have.
• Made presentations on Humanities research that I have conducted in order to share my findings and inspire other students to conduct research projects.

Guatemala And Tacoma, WA

• Paid research project that brings the wisdom of the Humanities disciplines to bear on enduring human questions & the contemporary problems of our time.
• Conducted research in Guatemala on the monuments that have been constructed to remember the 20th century indigenous genocide.
• Created a digital humanities project by mapping these memorial sites online with added descriptions.
• Featured presenter at PLU's 2018 Undergraduate Research Symposium and 2018 Northwest Honors Symposium.

Tacoma, WA

• Directed videos, wrote content, and produced for student-run live variety show "Late Knight", which was twice NW Emmy nominated.
• Wrote grant request for $2,500 to produce comedic video on advocating for increased WA State Need Grant funding.

Zona 10, Ciudad De Guatemala, Guatemala

• Assisted in recruitment of Locally Employed Staff: drafted vacancy announcements; screened job applications received and determined who met the minimum requirements; & conducted English and Computer tests for qualified.
• Researched, collected, and interpreted data for the Local Compensation Plan to ensure it complied with local labor laws.
• Drafted and translated Management Notices into Spanish for dissemination to all Embassy personnel.

Tacoma, Washington

• Planned and led Residence Hall Association (RHA) retreat/training of 6 other executive directors and Fall Residence Hall Council (RHC) training of 45 council members.
• Worked with the RHA executive board members to plan leadership development and training opportunities relevant to the roles of their coordinating RHC executives.
• Developed campus events such as PLU Rocks the Vote, Fall Block Party, Seahawks Viewing Party, and more by partnering with other organizations, resulting in events with a combined attendance of over 500 students.
• Coordinated and led monthly meetings with 11 RHC advisees to serve as a support system and encourage collaboration between halls and campus groups.

Tacoma, Washington

• Supervised team in cultivating community outreach and online marketing, raising $17,620 for our service project trip to Nicaragua, exceeding our goal by over 160%.
• Designed and wrote content for our crowdfunding website by clearly explaining our project’s international impact to potential donors.
• Partnered with Living Water International in Nicaragua to serve and gain a global perspective by constructing a well, leading hygiene information sessions, and building community connections.

Bachelor’S Degree, Majors: Political Science/Hispanic Studies Minors: Nonprofit Leadership/Peace Corps Prep, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi honor society, Mast Media: Late Knight TV show, Partners in Health Engage, Associated Students of.

Public Policy And International Affairs Fellowship Program

PPIA seeks out high-potential undergraduate students from universities across the country to participate in an intensive seven-week Junior.

International Development And Social Movements

Activities and Societies: Amnesty International Society

Education record

Activities and Societies: Valedictorian, Grant Writing Team Leader, Plant Guide Book Team Leader, Science Club President, Knowledge Bowl.

Junior Summer Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Fellow

Business Fundamentals