Steve Hughes Email & Phone Number

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

Collaborated on projects including:* Regularly invited collaborator for movement-facing institutions in Europe, including the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and the Ulex Project. Work with these organizations has included designing and running multi-day trainings (online and off-line), writing, and designing multi-year research and curriculum design projects.* Coordinator of the planning committee for the Citizen Participation University. Held annually at the Civil College in Hungary, it is a week-long residential learning program focused on reflection and building critical analysis, as well as skill-building for European community organizers and practitioners of community development, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe.* Initiated and organized several two-way exchanges between political parties and social movements in the United States and Europe. Programs included delegations with meetings and public events between US and European-based movement leaders.* Edited the following publications:- Learning Sustainable Citizen Participation: A toolkit on democratic structures and fundraising strategies for grassroots citizen organizing in Europe - Making a Way Forward: Community organizing and the future of democracy in Europe- The Power of Organizing: Stories of community organizing campaigns across Europe * Periodically share my writings on Medium.* Co-authored the article "America Needs a Network of Rebel Cities to Stand up to Trump."

* Coordinating an internal strategic alignment process (in collaboration with the Grassroots Power Project) across a political organization with over 100 staff people operating in close to 20 US states. * Developing and supporting others in the development of strategic education curriculum aimed at clarifying the organizational role and form, theory of change, and strategic interventions for a third party political party movement in the United States.* Serving as a bridge between the WFP and like-minded political and organizing formations in other parts of the world through exchange programs and coordinated strategic education curriculum between countries.

* Hired to move fledgling network from "start up" phase to increasing level of sophistication through effective board management, program development, and fundraising.

* Worked with a small team of highly-respected US-based organizers and educators with decades of cumulative experience working in both the US and internationally.* Developed a practice of applied strategic accompaniment with organizations in both the United States and Europe with keen ability to make needs assessments and identify key leaders/stakeholders within organizations. Worked with a range of groups from community organizations, unions, and political parties.* Worked in dynamic team settings to develop and run strategic education curriculum aimed at supporting organizational transformation, deepening of power analysis, and applying long-term strategic thinking to the work of progressive movement power-building.

Portland, Oregon Area

*Oversaw development of new, grassroots political party and community organization in Oregon, USA. *Regular activities: fundraising and organizational development, management of staff, base-building, community and electoral organizing, issue-based organizing, lobbying, board development and affiliate relations, communications.*Built, worked in, and managed coalitions and multi-year issue campaigns.

Portland, Oregon Area

* Union organizer, with both external and internal organizing responsibilities. * Regularly conducted skill-building and consciousness growing trainings with union members.* Initiated project to involve more young people in the union called "Next Wave," and a project to create a "Green Caucus" of union members interested in environmental issues.* Regularly worked with partner community organizations.* Played leading role in developing "Faith Labor Breakfast" to bring union leaders together with members of the faith community in effort to increase mutual understanding.

Olympia, Washington

* Deeply involved in the organizing and mass mobilization against the 1999 ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle. Published in the compendium "Voices from the WTO." * Extensive experience working as community organizer, with focus on issues of community livability and equity.

*After successful completion of internship at the Center, was recruited by staff to join the board of the Labor Center.*Took leadership role in advocating for the Center during a critical time in which funding for its programing was threatened with significant cuts.

Olympia, Washington

*At age 23, ran an insurgent city council race against a three-term incumbent city council member. Advanced from primary to the general election and won 44% of the vote in the general election.*Ran a grassroots campaign that focused on knocking on doors, hosting community visioning sessions, and mobilizing volunteers.*Raised $7000, a respectable amount of money for the size of the race (the winning candidate for mayor that year raised $10,000).

Olympia, Washington

*Managed development one of the Center's flagship events, the Summer School for Union and Community Organizers.*Developed course curriculum for three day residential school with heavy focus on hands-on adult education aimed at a diverse group of participants.*Played key role in recruiting over 50 participants for the three day program.*Managed event logistics.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Economy

Activities and Societies: Latin American Solidarity Organization - Student Coordinator; Union of Student Workers - Student Coordinator.

Education record

American Field Service exchange student to Germany for 11 months. Recipient of the prestigious Congress-Bundestag scholarship, a direct.

Education record

Activities and Societies: International Club, Soccer Team