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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Managed the organizing program for a bold, volunteer-led, climate justice-focused corporate campaign with frequent, complex nonviolent direct actions.Known as an exceptionally supportive manager, promoted a culture of learning, feedback, and good humor, even during challenging times.Championed internal capacity building and systems management: formalized HR policies, supported the development of a comprehensive financial policies handbook, systematized staff annual reviews… Show more Managed the organizing program for a bold, volunteer-led, climate justice-focused corporate campaign with frequent, complex nonviolent direct actions.Known as an exceptionally supportive manager, promoted a culture of learning, feedback, and good humor, even during challenging times.Championed internal capacity building and systems management: formalized HR policies, supported the development of a comprehensive financial policies handbook, systematized staff annual reviews, created on- and off-boarding procedures for staff. Show less

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Led the organizing program for climate justice direct action campaigns.Supported the organization to grow its staff from three to six employees.Piloted a co-supervision model with the other co-director-level staff member.Co-developed the annual budget and tracked organization-wide expenses throughout the year to ensure appropriate spending.

Philadelphia, Pa

Executed over 95 nonviolent direct actions in four years in a campaign pressuring the local utility company to purchase local solar.Supported volunteer teams to plan logistically challenging actions; for example, a five-county, two-week-long march, including food, safety marshalls, lodging, and outreach events.Developed recruitment, on-boarding, and leadership development plan for volunteers, including skills-based training series and location-based cohorts.

New York, New York, United States

Collaborated with the field organizer to increase CTZNWELL’s list by nearly 200% in eight weeks leading up to the election, supporting those in the wellness community to take political action.Converted 250 online supporters to host in-person community organizing meetings across the U.S.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Managed all social media accounts to promote the organizational mission. Adapted program reports into engaging stories for social media on all platforms.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Designed an innovative system to report analytics about engagement to other staff, and trained them in best practices to increase engagement.Trained program staff in uploading content to the website for greater reach.

Philadelphia, Pa

Promoted book through networking, email, and social media to increase engagement with the book and its topics.

Philadelphia, Pa

Recruited over 200 low-income Philadelphians to attend the People’s Climate March and developed a follow up plan for future organizing.