Will Bloom Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Chicago, IL

New York City

New York City

Greater New York City Area

Helped build the largest grassroots political organization in New Jersey history, yielding over 350k voters for a Senate special election primary with projected turnout of fewer than 200kTurned out over 75,000 voters in Union County, dramatically exceeding expectations in an off-year October special Wednesday electionRecruited and trained two fellows and.

Greater Chicago Area

Organized with workers in Chicago's Hyatt Hotels to convince management to agree to worker safety provisionsConducted surveys with housekeepers in Chicago Hyatts on workplace safetyLed team of 3 other organizers to draft a report based on 200 surveysOne of two OBB organizers trusted to help train the other 16 OBB organizers during the summer-long program

Evanston, IL

Helped plan Living Wage Conference, featuring a speech by Barbara Ehrenreich to a packed, 600-person auditoriumOrganized to stop hours cuts for subcontracted employees at NorthwesternHelped start NU's Real Food Coalition, a student-worker alliance to move campus dining toward food that is humane, local, fair, and organic

Evanston

One of four members of a team that organized 240 food service workers at NUPersonally worked closely with 4 worker leaders to organize their shopOrganizing drive resulted in new collective bargaining agreement considered a huge win; changes between old contract and new constituted one of the biggest increases for a contract in higher ed food service history

Evanston, Illinois

Helped start campaign to get Northwestern administration to institute policy ensuring all employees and subcontracted employees at NU be paid a living wage.One of 10 organizers spearheading campaignOrganized a drive that acquired 1,000 signatures in one month and turned out 400 people to a rallyBegan outreach to alumni, donors, and trustees

Evanston, IL

Assisted in teaching of Jody Kretzmann's Introduction to Community DevelopmentOrganized and led discussion section of 12 students Set up community engagement opportunities for studentsGraded all assignments by students in my sectionAveraged over 5/6 in all categories on student evaluations

Greater Chicago Area

Conducted research on upcoming contract negotiations and wrote strategy memos for staff researchers and organizers

Greater Chicago Area

Organized in Chicago's 26th Ward to persuade Chicago Aldermen to vote to close loopholes in city living wage lawsSuccessfully organized canvassing shifts that gathered over 1,000 signatures in the ward as well as a delegation to the local alderman in which he agreed to support usRecruited volunteers to help move the union forward, engaging in activities.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

As most experienced political organizer on 3-person field staff, helped train colleagues on canvassing and phonebankingRecruited intern to join campaignWith very limited field staff, consistently exceeded 1,000 voter contacts per day, regularly making the top 10 list of DCCC campaigns nationwide

Evanston

Conducted voter registration and GOTV efforts among Northwestern StudentsQuadrupled on-campus voter registration and voter turnout in 2010 primaries.

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

Assisted in data entry, filing and office workCoordinated mass mailings of up to 5000 peopleTrained a staff of 3

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), American Studies And Political Science, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Northwestern Living Wage Campaign; Roosevelt Institute--Co-Director of Center for Poverty and Urban Issues