Experience

Kinship Community Food Center (A Community of Generosity)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director (Food, Community, Justice, Mission Year Internship)

  • Feb 2013 - Present

  Milwaukee Mission Kinship Community Food Center engages thousands of volunteers and community residents to end hunger, isolation and poverty. Our innovative programs nourish health, belonging and economic opportunity. Our work is structured by three mission pillars: NOURISHMENT- nourishing food security and wellness BELONGING- fostering kinship and community engagement PROSPERITY- creating stability & economic opportunity Community Food Center Programs *Shop- healthy… Show more Mission Kinship Community Food Center engages thousands of volunteers and community residents to end hunger, isolation and poverty. Our innovative programs nourish health, belonging and economic opportunity. Our work is structured by three mission pillars: NOURISHMENT- nourishing food security and wellness BELONGING- fostering kinship and community engagement PROSPERITY- creating stability & economic opportunity Community Food Center Programs *Shop- healthy food in an educational shopping experience with chef demos, homemade breakfast, juice bar, and thrift store *Feast- cooking collaborative meals paired with trainings on economic opportunity, justice, wellness, and community action *Grow- urban agriculture and service learning on our 27,000 square foot vegetable farm *Form- Community engagement, service and training for volunteers and neighborhood residents in spiritual formation, social justice, and civic action *Stride- social workers providing resource referrals and crisis assistance alongside a team of neighbors and volunteers walking together in social support *Mission Year- a residential service and spiritual formation mission-year for young adults Kinship CFC is a community coalition with a rich tradition of serving the hungry for almost forty years! We are a member of Hunger Task Force's local network serving the northeast side. We distribute over 300,000 pounds of food to approximately 14,000 people per year. Show less



Vincent Noth- Speaker

• Trainer/Speaker (Inspiring Audiences Around Theology, Community, Poverty, Wellness, Justice)

  • Apr 1997 - Present

  Greater Milwaukee Area I inspire audiences to re-imagine how they conceive of service with the marginalized, journeying with individuals and groups from service to justice and solidarity. Talks can be as short as a lunch and learn to a half day workshop. Contact me at vincent@riverwestfoodpantry.org



Educational Society for Malopolska (MTO)

• Development Consultant

  • Feb 2011 - Sep 2011

  Poland Design and coordination of performance measures for 800 youth participating in Public Achievement programs in Poland, Moldova, Bulgaria and Azerbaijan



Peace Corps

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Community and Organizational Development Volunteer

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2011

  Moldova Capacity building, strategic planning, grant writing, project design and implementation in youth development, civic education, inclusive education for disabled, mass-media and human rights. • Diversified organizations financial portfolio securing numerous grants from foundations, non-governmental organizations and individual donors • Speaker/lecturer: TEDx Chisinau 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dqPizREf8w) and Cahul State University, “Roma”-rights and summer democracy… Show more Capacity building, strategic planning, grant writing, project design and implementation in youth development, civic education, inclusive education for disabled, mass-media and human rights. • Diversified organizations financial portfolio securing numerous grants from foundations, non-governmental organizations and individual donors • Speaker/lecturer: TEDx Chisinau 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dqPizREf8w) and Cahul State University, “Roma”-rights and summer democracy camps • Coordinator/trainer for schools, non-profits and local public administrations in 18 Moldovan communities to launch a participative civic education network creating two participative civic education curriculums and training 20 local leaders and 18 Peace Corps volunteers • Produced 7 hours of local television, partnering with Prut TV, Cahul State University, the College of Pedagogy as well as 10 high schools to promote and televise independent community programming • Conducted disability assessments of 17 severely disabled children in 13 rural Moldovan villages, working with churches in London and Moldovan social assistants to bring wheelchairs and supplies • Trained debate coaches at 7 high schools, trained the civic education programs Public Achievement and the Village, co-lead parent-teacher meetings at A. Donici primary school, Show less



Eastbrook Church

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Family Ministries Pastor (Retreat Speaker, Worship Leader, Team Building)

  • Aug 2002 - Sep 2008

  Milwaukee Staff and volunteer training, oversight and development of programs and curricula for adolescents and their families. • Increased size and diversified training of the Youth and Family staff • Streamlined administrative controls including volunteer recruitment, youth scholarships for low income families, office management, mailings etc. • Created and facilitated spiritual direction and curriculum for Eastbrook pastoral staff, teacher and trainer for Sunday services, adult classes at… Show more Staff and volunteer training, oversight and development of programs and curricula for adolescents and their families. • Increased size and diversified training of the Youth and Family staff • Streamlined administrative controls including volunteer recruitment, youth scholarships for low income families, office management, mailings etc. • Created and facilitated spiritual direction and curriculum for Eastbrook pastoral staff, teacher and trainer for Sunday services, adult classes at the Eastbrook Spiritual Formation Institute and Wednesday and Sunday youth services, regular retreat speaker for Southeastern Wisconsin churches • Core team member, building a local conference into the Connect Training Regional Conference for Southeastern WI providing affordable training for youth pastors and lay ministry leaders Program planning and implementation, community outreach and volunteer development experience: • Crafted numerous curriculums for youth, volunteer and parent instruction • Provided counseling and coaching of teenagers and parents, creating group therapy and conflict resolution program for troubled students and their parents • Recruited and trained students and volunteer mentors into 4 youth bands regularly leading Sunday worship and teen outreaches and pioneered a bi-annual worship camp to teach students music, songwriting and sound recording • Co-Created an annual wilderness spiritual education program • Lead and trained teams of students and volunteer mentors to partnering with Yucatan churches Show less



Summit Educational Association

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Programs

  • Dec 2000 - Aug 2002

  Milwaukee Parent and community relations, monthly newsletter, events, recruitment and training of mentors and tutors, development and oversight of current and new mentoring and tutoring programs, mentor, camp leader and guide for youth programs. Leadership and training experience: • Increased Summit’s impact through strategic planning opening new downtown offices and doubling capacity by opening a downtown mid-week program • Strengthened and increased all volunteer coordination and training,… Show more Parent and community relations, monthly newsletter, events, recruitment and training of mentors and tutors, development and oversight of current and new mentoring and tutoring programs, mentor, camp leader and guide for youth programs. Leadership and training experience: • Increased Summit’s impact through strategic planning opening new downtown offices and doubling capacity by opening a downtown mid-week program • Strengthened and increased all volunteer coordination and training, training 55 – 80 mentors three times annually on: building effective long term one-on-one mentoring and tutoring relationships, empowering students to set goals, understanding generational poverty, being a positive role model, giving character talks • Prepared materials securing new corporate donor as well oversaw quarterly reporting to the Summit Board of Directors compiling and presenting all program tracking and statistics for foundations, benefactors and donors Program planning and implementation, community outreach and volunteer development experience: • Lead parent and community relations meetings • Pioneered and published Summit’s monthly newsletter (including photos, articles, layout, printing and mailing) • Energized Summit’s Saturday morning and Wednesday evening tutoring/ mentoring programs (one-on-one tutoring/mentoring, character talks and sports) • Piloted Summit’s summer day camp programs (teaching math and literature, guest speakers, character talks, sports, and field trips) • Created a new character talk curriculum for ages 3rd – 8th grades Show less