Sharifa E. Taylor, Mcp Bsph Email & Phone Number

94621, Oakland, California, United States

Member of the AB 32 Climate Change Scoping Plan Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) via California Air Resources Board (CARB) - May 2021 to June 2024-Co-chair of the AB 32 EJAC - Aug 2021 - Jan 2023-Directed CBE's community outreach strategy during the draft Scoping Plan process with our members statewide-Provided feedback around the oil refining and health impacts of the draft Scoping Plan-Planned and communicated meeting logistics to EJAC members as co-chair… Show more Member of the AB 32 Climate Change Scoping Plan Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) via California Air Resources Board (CARB) - May 2021 to June 2024-Co-chair of the AB 32 EJAC - Aug 2021 - Jan 2023-Directed CBE's community outreach strategy during the draft Scoping Plan process with our members statewide-Provided feedback around the oil refining and health impacts of the draft Scoping Plan-Planned and communicated meeting logistics to EJAC members as co-chair including site tours across the stateProject Manager for CBE's internal team working on the Oakland General Plan's Deeply Rooted partnership - since Jan 2023 to present (Phase I and Phase II)-Commented on administrative and public drafts of the Environmental Justice, Safety Elements, and Zoning code updates-Prepared members via workshop and group/individual meetings for commenting opportunities-Spoke before the Oakland City Council about language injustice issues in Phase I of the GP updateSpearheaded the 2024 East Oakland Diesel Truck Study-Trained over a hundred data collectors for 10 days of data collection in English and Spanish on how to identify diesel trucks by axel type-Wrote interview questions to capture qualitative information about participants since participant overlap from CBE's 2010 study-Interviewed English speaking participants about their experiences and perspectives on diesel trucking in Oakland-Trained interns on how to enter data, however, she entered the majority of the study dataPrepared English and Spanish language fact sheets about the toxic sites in East Oakland (i.e. the focus of our campaigns)Supported organizing staff with research requests as neededContributed to joint research and legal comment letters on a variety of topicsProvided insights to team members, especially, team leadership on unfamiliar topics so that we may sign off on ally organization comment letters Show less

Cleaned Zoom transcripts manually and using otter.ai softwareParticipated in weekly and biweekly research team meetings

Taught two discussion twenty student sections for the Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) course c10 "Environmental Issues"Developed a discussion section syllabus; created four discussion session plans and assignment prompts; and facilitated two weekly student discussion sectionsGraded weekly and end-of-semester written assignments, midterm, and final examsHosted weekly office hours for student consultationManaged bCourses and TopHat course webpages for ~50… Show more Taught two discussion twenty student sections for the Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) course c10 "Environmental Issues"Developed a discussion section syllabus; created four discussion session plans and assignment prompts; and facilitated two weekly student discussion sectionsGraded weekly and end-of-semester written assignments, midterm, and final examsHosted weekly office hours for student consultationManaged bCourses and TopHat course webpages for ~50 studentsTransitioned to online teaching mid-semester in response to COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place ordinances Show less

Berkeley, Ca

Participated in monthly Basic Needs Oversight Committee meetings where basic need provision programs like the food pantry, BearShare, and the Housing Security Deposit Fund were developed.Participated in weekly Rental Assistance Subcommittee meetings to develop more basic needs resources including the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.Sole student representative on the People's Park Commemorative and Open Space Committee.Planned state advocacy visits to Sacramento with EAVP team… Show more Participated in monthly Basic Needs Oversight Committee meetings where basic need provision programs like the food pantry, BearShare, and the Housing Security Deposit Fund were developed.Participated in weekly Rental Assistance Subcommittee meetings to develop more basic needs resources including the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.Sole student representative on the People's Park Commemorative and Open Space Committee.Planned state advocacy visits to Sacramento with EAVP team (visits were subsequently canceled due to CA stay-at-home order). Show less

Berkeley, Ca

Maintained bCourses website and provided initial grades for student assignmentsHosted office hours for student questions and assignment consultations

Berkeley, Ca

Developed and implemented a multidimensional outreach plan for the Transit Justice Project (TJP) including the development of the project's websiteCo-facilitated community meetings about transit-oriented development with community organizations including the Gray Panthers of BerkeleyConnected permanent project staff with vital community leaders involved in the transportation justice movement

Oakland, Ca

Entry of patient information into company databaseDissemination of field teams' daily agendaAssist optometrist/optician field team with vision screenings at health fairs, opportunity fairs, and extensive site visitsPromote company mission to public at promotional eventsManagement of electronic and physical patient files

Oakland, Ca

Quality improvement data analysisAdministrative tasks for the Adult Immunology Clinic (AIC) and Mobile Homlessness Clinic at Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital

Greater St. Louis Area

Presented to church communities about organ, eye, and tissue donationCollected surveys capturing presentation participants changed perception of organ donation and willingness to join the national donor registryEducated the public about organ donation at church health outreach events

St. Louis County, Missouri, United States

Tutored K-5th graders in language arts, mathematics, science, and history and helped with homework

Greater St. Louis

Door-to-door canvassing and telemarketingCompleted community needs assessment surveys with votersEntered data into the Voter Access Network (VAN)Planned, organized, and hosted outreach and civic engagement eventsMiscellaneous Administrative Tasks

Greater New Orleans Area

As a student STEM specialist, I assisted third through eighth graders in their homework assignments and led challenging STEM experiments.

Berkeley, Ca

Provided administrative support to the Richmond, CA cohort of the National Growth and Health Study (NGHS) - home health screening trainingNGHS Survey data entry and analysisCo-authored an unpublished research paper, "Stress, Obesity, and the Potential Role of Race", utilizing a subset of the NGHS data and presented the results to the UC Berkeley School of Public Health faculty

Greater St. Louis

Lead and created activities for residentsFacilitated social events, self-care activities, and leisure timeFacilitated communication with family members via social media and letter writingConnected nurses and other professionals with outside professionals

Master'S Degree, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning, 3.777

Activities and Societies: Member of College of Environmental Design Students of Color (CEDSOC): participated annually in applicant.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Public Health Sciences, Chemistry (Pre-Medicine), 3.30

Activities and Societies: National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE).

High School Diploma