Tea Sefer Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, IL, US

Manages Cook County's oversight and implementation of talent solutions strategies and workforce development programs.

Oversaw staff management, scheduling, event booking, and communications strategies for a local venue in Logan Square.

Tea believes in creating sustainable and accountable organizing communities and thus founded Breathe with Tea, a trauma-informed and interdisciplinary coaching program for social justice advocates and changemakers looking to develop self- and community-care practices for the long-term fight for healing, justice, and joy in our communities.- Trained over.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Directed department in strategic planning, grant fulfillment, and cross-team building and managed a portfolio of international policy work including US foreign policy advocacy and lobbying.- Led policy department including supervision of 2 full-time mid-career professionals and interns, involving hiring, performance review, development of performance.

Oversaw key aspects of the Project’s day-to-day operations: coordinating essential budget and finance activities; overseeing the design, implementation, and operation of administrative systems; and ensuring overall operational effectiveness.- Managed complex client and constituent relationships and achieved multi-racial and multi-generational consensus.

New York, NY, US

Developed and implemented state legislative and grassroots strategies – including managing or consulting on all advocacy related GLSEN activity. Build and facilitate internal and external presentations and trainings.- Developed strategy and managed advocacy and policy campaigns in 15 states through legislative and regulatory channels – including execution.

New York, NY, US

• Managed and facilitated all grassroots organizing programs on state and federal level, including digital organizing and online policy action center and on-the-ground traditional organizing campaigns during legislative.
• Designed and implemented a volunteer engagement and growth program that increased volunteer attendance of trainings and achievement of organizing objectives by 37% in 18 months- Evaluated constituent engagement.

Managed state policy campaigns and represented physicians and abortion providers in state legislative and ballot measure campaigns. - Represented the voices of patients and abortion providers and communicate organizational priorities in meetings with state coalition partners in ballot measure campaigns in North Dakota and Tennessee- Convened four state.

Chicago, US

Facilitated patch through calls to target Congressional districts for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

Chicago, Illinois, US

- Provided job counseling and interview practice to refugees and recent asylees to encourage self-sufficiency.- Interviewed new clients (5/week) about their work history and experience.- Wrote resumes and cover letters for clients, counseling them on how to present their skills.- Searched for and applied clients to jobs found on the Internet- Created.

US

- Worked with Chicago Public School’s (CPS) officials to amend District-Wide Non-Discrimination Policy to include “gender identity/expression” that would protect 240,000 students and countless adults who work in contract with the CPS system from transphobia and gender based discrimination.- Member of the Youth Committee, the “ASK” Public Policy Committee.

Chicago, IL, US

- Devised and performed in Fast Forward (2008), Collaboraction’s 9th Annual Sketchbook Festival (2009), and Queertopia (2010)- Trained as a peer sexual health educator by The Broadway Youth Center (2008)- Performed in the 10th Anniversary of The Laramie Project in honor of Matthew Shepard (2008)- Performed in Beyond Media Education’s Comprehensive Sexual.

Chicago, Illinois, US

- Advocated for comprehensive sex health education in local, state-wide, and national high schools through lobbying and advocacy in the Illinois and National Congresses with Advocates for Youth and other young people.- Maintained social media groups for the Council.- Researched information about local, statewide, and nationwide elected officials and their.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Arts, International Studies, Women'S, Gender, And Sexuality Studies