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I'm an artist, mutual aid practitioner, and community organizer who has spent the past eight years mobilizing Twin Cities residents for electoral campaigns, issue campaigns, various groups and local causes alike — centering youth organizing, education, environmental / climate justice, housing justice, and more.I received my B.A. in Political Science and B.S. in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management (ESPM) from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - College of Liberal Arts and College of Food, Ag, Natural Resource Sciences, respectively. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I am currently serving in the following roles / capacities: • Core Team Organizer & Studio Steward, Spill Paint Not Oil Art Collective — Spill Paint is a loose art action collective of local artists and community members who gather regularly at a shared studio space for art builds, creating and deploying artwork for climate justice movements and campaigns.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Formerly:• Program Director & other roles, Minnesota Youth Collective - non-profit organization (2018-2023)• Coordinating Committee Member, Minneapolis United for Rent Control - grassroots coalition (2022-23)• Mutual Aid Practitioner, St. Paul Camps Support - mutual aid collective & fund for unhoused neighbors (2020-22)• Campus Coordinator on Robin Wonsley Worlobah's historic campaign for MPLS City Council (2021).• Co-founder and Co-chair of the Students for Bernie at UMN student group (2020).• Student Researcher at the University of Minnesota — Dept. of Political Science (DURP, 2021), City of Hopkins, Climate Change Adaptation Team (2020), Trees Are The Answer!, Minneapolis Tree Advisory Committee (2019).
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Graphic Designer, Communications TeamOmar Fateh For Minneapolis Mayor Sep 2024 - Present- MN State Senator Omar Fateh's campaign for Mayor of Minneapolis: FatehForMayor.com- Campaign core team & Communications Team- Campaign Logo design, digital graphic design and illustration
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Literature & Graphic Designer For CampaignsElectoral Campaigns Feb 2024 - Present- Omar Fateh for Mayor of Minneapolis (2025)- Erica Zweifel for Mayor of Northfield (2024 General Election)- Ned Carroll for MN State House, 42A (2024 General Election)- Paul Cumings for South St. Paul School Board (2024 General Election)- Isabel Rolfes for MN State House, 61A (Primary Race)
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Director Of Community Outreach & EngagementEast Phillips Neighborhood Institute Jan 2024 - Present- Building upon a historic environmental justice victory, working to realize the community’s vision of an Indoor Urban Farm (not toxic harm), and implementing a novel community ownership & governance model.- Lead and oversee a Community Outreach Team of 30+ member-volunteers, including representatives from partner organizations, community leaders, and East Phillips residents.- Spearhead EPNI's community outreach efforts in East Phillips / Little Earth, engaging constituents, residents & stakeholders through popular education and bi-monthly office hours.- Ensuring that community members are kept up-to-date on project developments and their dreams & desires are reflected in the planning process through large monthly Community Meetings.- Convening the Community Advisory Group and holding intake meetings with prospective tenants.
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Studio Steward & Organizer, Core TeamSpill Paint, Not Oil! - Art Action Collective Jun 2022 - Present- Local Art Collective hosting weekly art builds. Steward of shared studio space, upkeep & organizing.- Mutual Aid & Fundraising spokes lead - using patch/print sales to support on-the-ground organizing.- Focused on creating movement artwork for environmental justice actions and campaigns- screen printing posters, patches, shirts, rally/protest signage and creation of larger drop banners
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Canvasser / Field OrganizerGreta Callahan For Minneapolis School Board Aug 2024 - Nov 2024- Organized to elect Greta Callahan to the Minneapolis School Board, representing District 6.- Door-knocking apartments & blocks in various neighborhoods across Southwest, Minneapolis.- Daily canvassing, visibility, and get-out-the-vote efforts in the week leading up to Election Day.
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Cohort MemberThe Paper Lantern Project May 2024 - Sep 2024- The Paper Lantern Project is an emerging AAPI Gender & Reproductive Justice Mutual Aid Fund and Arts Movement in Minnesota.- Forming new narratives through the arts and offering care-centered support through economic and cultural liberation. - Contributing member of the first-ever PLP cohort (Summer 2024).- One of 19 AAPI contributors of PLP's first publication & debut zine: ‘Cut Fruit: Creative Offerings, Stories, & Art from Future Ancestors’ www.thepaperlanternproject.com
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Printmaker & Banner ArtistMinneapolis Federation Of Teachers Feb 2024 - Jul 2024- Artist for the MFT ESP Local 59 Union. Created "Invest In MPS!" placards, patches, and postcards- Worked with Contract Negotiation Team to ideate slogans for banners during mediation / escalation.- Hand-painted numerous banners for actions, informational pickets, rallies, and events: "Solidarity Forever", "Stop The Decline, So MPS Can Shine!", "3 + 2 Just Won't Do!", "Keep Music & Arts in MPS", "Solidarity Forever", "ESP Make Schools Happen! / One Job Should Be Enough!". "Union Pride - Moving Further Together" -
MemberPaper Moon Cooperative Nov 2023 - May 2024
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Sea Change Lab Cohort, Winter 2024The Sead Project Feb 2024 - Apr 2024Minneapolis, Mn, Us- Cohort aimed at growing social empowerment and leadership development through storytelling.- 10 emergent Southeast Asian artists & change makers, aged 18-25 from around the country.- Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, cross-generational approach through arts & advocacy. -
Art Shanty Project 2024 & 2025 ArtistArt Shanty Projects Nov 2023 - Feb 2024Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us- Each winter, Art Shanty Projects hosts an immersive art program on a frozen Bdé Umáŋ / Lake Harriet.- Artists embrace the challenges and opportunities of winter and the ephemeral nature of a frozen winter landscape to create a temporary vibrant and colorful public art community- 2024 & 2025 Project: 'A Poem for Entangled Living': an interactive installation on ice. -
Graphic DesignerSierra Club Oct 2023 - Nov 2023Oakland, Ca, Us- Documented public testimony and rally at the Army Corps public comment meeting in Bismarck, ND.- Created a suite of graphics to mobilize and generate public comment regarding the Environmental Impact Statement on the Dakota Access Pipeline - Lake Oahe crossing. -
Campaign Literature / Graphic Designer & Communications Team StafferAurin Chowdhury For Ward 12 Minneapolis City Council Aug 2023 - Nov 2023- Designed second pass campaign literature booklet to be left at voters' doors across Ward 12.- Designed of early voting mailer sent to residents of Ward 12.- Designed targeted issue mailer on public safety & climate action, sent to select universe of voters.- Designed refreshed campaign literature booklet & final letter to residents. kitchen cabinet member.
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Program DirectorMinnesota Youth Collective May 2022 - Aug 2023St. Paul, Mn, Us- Create and manage execution of a Program Plan aligned with staff and organizational mission.- Supervise + support Program Team Staff (12 person dept.), Oversee creation of MNYC's Voter Guide.- Manage and mentor 19 fellows in 2022 & 2023 cohorts of 10-week Policy Fellowship Program - Utilize data tools and databases to track + achieve programmatic projects, initiatives, and goals. -
Community Engagement OrganizerMinnesota Youth Collective Jun 2021 - May 2022St. Paul, Mn, Us- Led MNYC’s Mutual Aid organizing work with the St. Paul Camps Support collective.- Assisted in the 2021 Organizing Fellowship, helping to train 6 Campus + 4 EA Fellows.- Base-Building and Electoral Work: issue campaigns, programmatic events, mobilization.- Assisted with digital content creation and social media graphics. Union member, OPEIU Local 12. -
Lead Campus Organizer | University Of Minnesota, Twin CitiesMinnesota Youth Collective Sep 2019 - Jun 2021St. Paul, Mn, Us- Tasked with coalition building and outreach across the UMN, Twin Cities campuses.- Virtual organizing: GOTV text banking, working with 7 SW1501 students on an UMN admin accountability campaign regarding COVID response, cost of tuition, quality of online classes.- Pre-Pandemic: mobilizing, organizing, empowering young people to turn out in elections. Hosting events, class presentations, campus-wide canvassing, dorm tabling, 1:1 interviews. -
Co-Chair 2019-21 | Mnyc At Umtc Student GroupMinnesota Youth Collective Sep 2019 - May 2021St. Paul, Mn, Us- Serving as Co-Chair of MNYC's on-campus UMN Student Group | 2019-2021- I represent MNYC in engaging with students about the issues that matter most to them.- Civic-engagement, event planning, connecting with student activists, organizers, UMN staff. -
Transitional InternMinnesota Youth Collective Aug 2019 - Aug 2019St. Paul, Mn, Us- Helped prepare a new office for MNYC's transition, co-leading creative design and painting. -
Organizing Fellowship Cohort | Summer 2019Minnesota Youth Collective May 2019 - Aug 2019St. Paul, Mn, Us- I was one of 11 fellows in this intensive summer fellowship on political organizing, events; workshops. I worked on the 'Democracy Done Right' team + 'At What Cost?' issue campaign.- Designed/planned sticker/social media campaigns to educate / raise awareness about voting accessibility + financial barriers MN's Transgender folx have in the name change process.- Events: fellowship showcase - Lake Monster, exhibited art at the 'Broke AF' campaign's mixer 'exploring what "home" means to a generation with limited resources' - Q.arma Gallery. -
Coordinating Committee MemberMinneapolis United For Rent Control (Murc) Jan 2022 - Jul 2023- Grassroots coalition, weekly planning meetings organizing to implement strong Rent Control in MPLS!- Applying grassroots pressure on Minneapolis City Council members to support strong rent control.- Planning and hosting community events to increase awareness about the urgent need for rent control.- Learn more and get plugged in: linktr.ee/MplsUnited4RentControl
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Mutual Aid Collective Member, Hub & Fund StewardSt. Paul Camps Support Oct 2020 - Aug 2022- @StpCampSupport: a mutual aid collective supporting needs of encampments & residents.- Liaison for MNYC & SPCS - Steward of the Mutual Aid Hub and Social Media manager.- Run the Mutual Aid Fund, which has redistributed $40,000+ directly to our unhoused neighbors!- Tasked with Fundraising, Supply Intake, Itemization/Sorting, Hub Organization, Redistribution.
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Transition TeamRobin For Minneapolis - City Council, Ward 2 Nov 2021 - Jan 2022- Meeting with core transition team post-election, in preparation for inauguration day.- Observer and campaign representative at the historic Ward 2 City Council recount.- Tracking Ward 2 boundary changes at Charter Commission & Redistricting Group meetings.
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Campus CoordinatorRobin For Minneapolis - City Council, Ward 2 Sep 2021 - Nov 2021- Organized to elect the 1st Independent Black Socialist Council-member in MN history.- Coordinated Campus Team to mobilize UMN students, won campus precincts by a landslide.- Comprehensive Campus GOTV plan: events, knocking every dorm, final knock + drags.- Designed campus specific literature & engaged students daily on issues impacting them.
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Field Team CanvasserRobin For Minneapolis - City Council, Ward 2 Apr 2021 - Nov 2021- Heal, Build, and Rise Up: Robin Wonsley Worlobah is running to represent Ward 2 as the very first Black Democratic Socialist City Council member in Minneapolis. (robinformpls.com)- Canvassed individually across Como, Cooper, Longfellow, Seward, Prospect Park & beyond.- Engaging voters about Robin's historic campaign and rent control in Minneapolis.
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Research Assistant - Distinguished Undergraduate Research Program (Durp)Department Of Political Science At The University Of Minnesota Jan 2021 - May 2021Minneapolis, Mn, Us- Worked in the Tanisha M. Fazal Lab, comprised of 9 Research Assistants.- Produced a Write-Up on The Eritrean–Ethiopian War / Badme Border Conflict of 1998-2000.- A large, ongoing historical data collection and coding effort on global wartime medicine. -
City Partner, Student ResearcherHopkins' Climate Change Adaptation And Urban Forests Team Sep 2020 - Dec 2020St Paul, Minnesota, Us- Team of 6 UMN CFANS capstone students working on a comprehensive research report.- Goal: prepare & expand Hopkins' urban forest canopy to adapt to climate change / effects.- Presented research to project partners: Hopkins City Planners + MN DNR. Proposed key recommendations for partners: best practices and species to prepare city for climate change. -
Student Group Co-Founder & Co-Chair | Students For Bernie At UmnBernie Sanders For President Sep 2019 - Sep 2020Burlington, Vermont, Us- Co-Founder and Co-Chair | 2019-2020 Students for Bernie UMTC chapter.- UMTC student group organizing for Bernie Sanders' grassroots Presidential bid. - Won all 11/11 UMN precincts, averaging 63.5% of the total vote on/off Minneapolis campus.- Increasing youth voter participation in progressive politics. Weekly meeting, campus / interstate (MN, IL, IA, WI) GOTV, event planning, student engagement, outreach/social media. -
Summer Organizing Trainee | S4B 2020Bernie Sanders For President Aug 2019 - Aug 2019Burlington, Vermont, Us- S4B Campus Corps Training graduate. Organizing training modules with campaign staff.- Political Education + My Bernie Story, Friend to Friend Organizing, Campus Canvassing, Organizing Events + Recruitment 101, Creating Organizing Plans. - Slack, Bern, track / report. -
Strike Circle Communications LeadSunrise Movement At Umtc (Strike Circle) Feb 2020 - May 2020Washington, Dc, Us- Co-founded Sunrise Movement at UMN-TC (strike circle / student group)- Tasked with social media management, digital design, signal boosting events and initiatives -
Communications / Outreach Team MemberUmn Climate Strike (Mn Youth Climate Strike At Umn) Dec 2019 - May 2020- Signal boosting student group events / initiatives on campus (strikes, resolutions, meetings, rep group in coalition building with other groups, video media campaigns, etc).- Aided campaign to get 2 Campus-wide Referenda onto ballot, online GOTV for measures:- 1). Divestment from Fossil Fuels & 2). Declaration of a Climate Emergency -
Digital/Tech Services | Makerspace - Rcl, RosevilleRamsey County Jan 2019 - May 2020Saint Paul, Mn, Us- Set up & ran a weekly all-day Saturday 'Adult Makerspace' program at RCL Roseville. - Hands-on learning: software + technology to create artwork (Silhouette cameo, tinkercad).- Teaching library patrons to 3D-print, design/craft vinyl stickers, and use Virtual Reality. -
Researcher & Policy AdvocateTrees Are The Answer! Jan 2019 - May 2019St Paul, Minnesota, Us- Team of 5 UMN students who aimed to amend the Minneapolis Urban Forest Canopy Policy.- Goal: tackling neighborhood tree disparities by adding equity provision with future metrics.- Met City Hall staff. Successfully lobbied Minneapolis Tree Advisory Commission (MTAC) to mobilize on the issue (urban canopy equity), address City Council / Parks & Rec Board. -
Umtc Campus Organizing Fellow | Fall 2018Minnesota Youth Collective Sep 2018 - Dec 2018St. Paul, Mn, Us- Mobilized and engaged college students and young voters ahead of the Fall 2018 midterms.- Designed GOTV themed stickers for mass production in a multi-campus sticker campaign.- Fieldwork: classroom/auditorium presentations, volunteer recruitment, dorm/event tabling, canvassing, candidate door-knocks. Utilized tracking/reporting systems. Election Night GOTV. -
Featured Artist - Solo ExhibitionPizza Luce Sep 2017 - Oct 2017Minneapolis, Mn, Us- Month-long 18 piece art installation and exhibition at local pizzeria, Pizza Lucé - Selby Ave.- Featured work: framed series of wildlife/nature prints. Medium: watercolor / photography.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Sean Lim
What company does Sean Lim work for?
Sean Lim works for Fresh Energy
What is Sean Lim's role at the current company?
Sean Lim's current role is Community Outreach Director, Community Organizer & Mutual Aid Practitioner.
What schools did Sean Lim attend?
Sean Lim attended University Of Minnesota, University Of Minnesota.
What skills is Sean Lim known for?
Sean Lim has skills like Organizing, Voter Education, Social Justice, Digital Media, Environmental Science, Political Science, Illustration, Social Media, Environmental Issues, Environmental Awareness, Community Organizing, Grassroots Organizing.
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Sean Lim's colleagues are Allen Gleckner, Steve Merino, Ken Paulman, J. Drake Hamilton, Jillian Theuer, Mike Schowalter, Sam Friesen.
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