LeadAR is an18-month leadership program that aims to bridge the gaps between rural and urban communities in Arkansas. LeadAR equips business and community leaders with the tools to drive change through equitable, empowering and sustainable strategies. We will address significant issues facing our neighbors and develop innovative ideas for lasting change. National and international study tours enable participants to learn how issues in these areas intersect with and impact decisions in the United States and in the State.

Helping you find your voice, amplify your voice & connect your voice to the issues that matter to you.

Centering lived experiences to support civic engagement and political empowerment in rural south Arkansas

The American Connection Corps (ACC) is a program of Lead For America, a national nonprofit organization focused on building a leadership force of moral, dynamic, and locally-rooted leaders committed to serving the communities they call home in every corner of this country. ACC is Lead For America’s boots-on-the-ground service corps, aimed at activating local leaders in rural and emerging communities to tackle critical, bi-partisan challenges to advance economic prosperity. Through ACC, Lead For America ensures that national service opportunities are indeed available in “every corner of this country.”

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In her role with Ruralorganizing.org Education Fund, she was Deputy Director, Strategic Operations. The job was a mix of HR, operations, development and strategic thinking about shifting the narrative to transformational policy opportunities for rural advocates and practitioners, including countering rural equals white.

Actively identify and recruit new supporters from the Midwest and the South to join Turnout2020, the national phone banking campaign. We use the distributed organizing model to call over 12 million inconsistent Democratic swing state voters to urge them to take action.

* Identify, secure and manage Field Office in the battleground state of Michigan* Oversee Field Office budget of $60,000 for the Election 2020 cycle, including cataloging expenses, ensuring campaign finance reporting compliance, and planning* Maintain safe and healthy work environment by following and enforcing COVID-19 standards and procedures* Oversee high-level HR duties that included attracting talent, scheduling and conducting onboarding, and improving organizational processes, and engaging the general public * Developed and implemented operational policies and procedures, including time off requests and canvassers returning and picking up materials

Field organizer assigned to the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire (Dover, Rochester, Somersworth). Member of the team that pushed Amy to third place in the First in the Nation Primary, after an expected fifth place finish, out-distancing two high-profile candidates by several points.• Tracked and accurately recorded voter outreach metrics and collaboratively adjusted strategy based on outcomes and deliverables• Delivered volunteer recruitment pitch immediately before Principal’s stump speech to venue capacity crowds of undecided and committed voters, including during critical Get Out The Vote events• Used direct voter contact methods to identify, recruit and engage voters to support campaign

* Participant in the shared training initiative of the Democratic National Committee and the Association of State Democratic Committees* Three-week, six-part course covering critical aspects of grassroots campaigning: Technology, Digital tools and content, Communications and Messaging, and Fundraising

Series of coaching and foundational background webinars to strengthen outreach to hard-to-count communities for Census 2020 using digital tools deployed through a strategic planning framework

Provide solutions to neighbors in crisis and help community organizations navigate bureaucracy and craft community development strategies

* Cohort of 45 participants selected from nearly 600 applicants for the Inaugural Staff Academy, an initiative to recruit, train, and connect paid career opportunities for new leaders that reflect the base of the Democratic Party – people who identify as women, transgender or non-binary, LGBTQIA, and as people of color* Intensive eight-week program guiding participants through soft and hard skills of campaigns, including collaboration within and connectivity of the campaign infrastructure, phases of developing and implementing a fundraising plan, and managing a finance department* Participated in weekly interactive online sessions culminating in an in-person training for a week* Worked with VAN, Google Drive, and Slack

• Initiated and facilitated communications and outreach strategies for family recruitment and enrollment for two campuses in rural county• Developed and implemented outreach plan to community-based organizations build organizational credibility and recruit applicants• Guided 50+ family units through goal-setting sessions and recognition of small successes as meaningful improvements and motivation • Monitored and entered data into paper and electronic filing systems for 50+ students regarding health appointments, family updates, achievements & challenges

• Initiated and designed Affordable Care Act enrollment and health fair attracting more than 200 attendees and assisting approximately 40 percent of attendees with health insurance enrollment and identifying three attendees with undiagnosed critical health conditions • Assisted over 1,200 consumers with enrollment in Qualified Health Plans and the Arkansas Health Marketplace through online web portals, in-person assistance, and by telephone• Conducted internal education and awareness sessions on the Affordable Care Act and its impact on operations for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Southwest• Facilitated consumer communications with Arkansas Department of Human Services, the Federal Marketplace and Qualified Health Plans

Don't believe the hype, believe the truth. I do not practice being a spin doctor or covering up a negative situation or overhyping an issue. Working with a variety of clients and their partners we can achieve the desired results using ethical standards and best practices.Some of my work has included managing community outreach and notification for a public utility company, identifying supporters for a large scale real estate development company, and serving as the Mayor's representative on a public health board.

• Secured $33m in city government appropriations for newly constructed library and recreation center by galvanizing community members to call and send petitions to District Council and Mayor• Selected to serve as citizen representative to evaluate and provide insight on expanding access to hospital and health-related facilities in Washington, DC's Ward 7 and Ward 8, two under-invested wards of the City greatly impacted by health inequities• Identified, secured, and stewarded the relationship between the DC Department of Housing and Community Development and Habitat for Humanity DC to design and build an affordable and ground-breaking energy efficient duplex using the internationally recognized Passive House techniques• Identified and secured in-kind technical assistance services valued at over $12,000 from the Urban Land Institute to support establishing a community-centered sustainable environmental justice organization

I took my role as founding board member very seriously. It was critically important for the organization to get focused and get early wins.I identified and secured in-kind technical assistance services valued at over $12,000 from the Urban Land Institute, an international land use and economic development think tank. The technical assistance helped us to narrow our scope of work and map out a five-year plan.As chair of the communications committee I organized my three-person volunteer team to create the initial website, including text, images, digital media and programming elements.

I am a three-time elected District of Columbia official representing over 2,000 residents on policy development and implementation for quality-of-life and community economic development regulations. As an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, I love to connect people and their passion for good government and civic engagement! I am not just an elected official; I am a connector and communicator. Accomplishments include:* Connected District of Columbia government with Habitat for Humanity of DC and Parsons The New School for Design to build the first passive house in the District. Here is an example of the media coverage, http://tinyurl.com/cfne3ya* Activated over 100 residents to call and email the District of Columbia Mayor and Council to protect $33 million funding to complete construction for my neighborhood's library and recreation center* Build and maintain relationships with local media outlets, including The Washington Post, WAMU (88.5), WPFW 89.3, and The Washington City Paper

Michael had high name recognition that was double-edged. Positively, he is the son of the first African American Chairman of the national Democratic Party. Negatively, this was his third run for elected office in the District. There was a lot was riding on this race. Key responsibilities:* Manage campaign operations and a five-person staff leading to a winning campaign in a six-way race, keeping incumbent below 50%* Administer Election Day operations, including collecting voting data, poll worker assignment, and other essential logistics* Cultivating grassroots and media relationships leading to key media coverage and interviews

Most of the activities with the APTA involved therapists in private practice. I was able to help therapists working in the public sector, particularly those working in schools and hospitals, gain a higher profile in the organization. Working at APTA I learned that cultivating relationships and being an honest broker are the rules of the game. I was able to craft and implement a legislative strategy and tactics that secured support for priority legislation from Chairpersons of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus after no success in previous legislative cycles.I also wrote and coordinated a bipartisan Congressional letter from the Democratic and Republican Co-chairs of the Congressional Youth Sports Caucus to 435 Members of Congress in advance of the bipartisan Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game.

Crafting legislation is fraught with twists and turns, valleys and peaks. The U.S. House of Representatives is a fast-paced environment, that, with little notice, can turn on a dime.I moved across the Capitol Rotunda from the U.S. Senate to the U.S. House. During this time I worked on several high-profile issues, including the new Medicare Prescription Drug benefit, the reauthorization of the Telecom Act of 1995, and the bipartisan education reform law No Child Left Behind. Key accomplishments included securing Congressman Ross' role as a leader on health care and protecting key relationships with Arkansas residents.

I cut my eyeteeth in politics, government and constituent services with the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate and only the second woman to win a U.S. Senate seat from Arkansas. I was charged with writing constituent response letters about Social Security, immigration and other issues. While the legislative correspondent job can be tedious, the work product lasts. Letters that I wrote years ago responding to the Elian Gonzalez immigration crisis and to myths about the retirement, Social Security, and voting rights were still being used. I gained legislative analyst duties and became a junior legislative assistant. In this role, I initiated and coordinated Sen. Lincoln as lead Democratic sponsor on legislation (S.Con.Res. 130) creating a task force to study commemorating African-American slave labor in the U.S. Capitol’s construction.