Experience

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  Grassroots Solutions

  • Social Justice Advocate and Consultant

    • Aug 2007 - Present

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  Hamtramck Muslim Women's Leadership Project

  • Executive Director

    • Sep 2012 - Present

    Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) funded project to empower Muslim women in the Hamtramck Community.

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  Asian Pacific Islander American Vote-Michigan

  • Greater Detroit Area

  • Interim Project Coordinator

    • Apr 2012 - Jul 2012
    • Greater Detroit Area

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  Hamtramck Community Initiative

  • Hamtramck, MI

  • Executive Director/Site Director Hamtramck DOJ Weed & Seed

    • Jun 2010 - May 2012
    • Hamtramck, MI

    Executive Director/Site Director, Hamtramck Community Initiative (HCI) Department of Justice Weed & Seed Strategy, an innovative, comprehensive, multi-agency approach to law enforcement, crime prevention, and community revitalization; Successfully implemented the Citizens’ Patrol; Engaged community stakeholders to double participation in Neighborhood Watch groups to provide complete citywide coverage including the Senior Citizen Housing complex; Effectively developed partnerships and collaborations across sectors that achieved unanimous support for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 2011 Anti-Gang Strategy Grant Application; Successfully authored and was awarded a grant to implement the Hamtramck Muslim Women’s Leadership Project to discreetly educate women about domestic violence;Provided comprehensive support to the HCI Board of Directors and 25 member Weed & Seed Steering Committee

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  Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership

  • Greater Detroit Area

  • Community Organizer

    • Oct 2009 - Jul 2010
    • Greater Detroit Area

    Coordinated efforts as liaison to diverse community groups to bring together grassroots community organizers involved in urban gardening, alternative education, arts and media, and faith based initiatives to produce a broadsheet to dynamically represent the spirit of Detroiters preparing to host the 2010 United States Social Forum.

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  Asian Pacific Islander American Vote-Michigan

  • Greater Detroit Area

  • Census Project State CO-Coordinator

    • Jan 2010 - Jun 2010
    • Greater Detroit Area

    State CO-Coordinator, Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Vote-Michigan AND American Citizens for Justice: Michigan Nonprofit Association 2010 Census-Nonprofits Count! Grant; Effectively collaborated with Asian community leaders, US Census Bureau Asian Partnership Specialists and volunteers to implement the grant throughout the diverse Asian population; creatively engaged groups to create 83 unique events providing increased awareness to over 9,300 Asian American citizens; Successfully authored two (Detroit) City Connect Grants to reach the hard-to-count Hmong population; Coordinated events at churches, mosques, temples, and gurdwaras to effectively deliver spiritually sensitive messages across Asian faith-based sectors.

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  Jewish Community Relations Council

  • Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

  • Program Coordinator

    • Apr 2008 - Apr 2009
    • Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

    Successfully facilitated cross-cultural dialogue between the Jewish, Hispanic/Latino and African American communities in collaboration with The Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion and the Michigan Anti-Defamation League.

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  Archdiocese of Detroit

  • Sacred Heart Major Seminary

  • Events Coordinator

    • Feb 2007 - Jul 2007
    • Sacred Heart Major Seminary

    Coordination services for Cardinal Adam Maida’s Gala 2007.

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  Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc.

  • Engineer

    • Feb 1997 - Jul 2006

    * Project Coordinator/Liaison: $80 million George W. Kuhn Retention Basin Expansion Project to reduce combined sewer overflows to the Clinton River through the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit. Effectively coordinated communication and technical report preparation between four major multidisciplinary (civil, structural, hydraulic) engineering consulting firms and 14 Southeast Michigan communities.* Review Engineer: Evaluated commercial, industrial and residential sites for the City of Novi and Macomb Township. Reviews included evaluation of site specific grading, legal descriptions, easements, utilities, paving and structure elevations. Coordinated reviews and inspections with field inspectors, woodlands and wetlands consultants, city and township officials, landowners and developers for timely turnaround of permits.* Quality Management: Prepared and presented effective companywide training with the Board of Directors in a variety of quality management and improvement topics and ISO certification topics; served on Steering Committee to oversee implementation and execution of Strategic Planning Quality Management action items.

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  Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc.

  • Madison Heights, Michigan

  • Environmental Specialist

    • Feb 1981 - Oct 1983
    • Madison Heights, Michigan

    Environmental Specialist: Effectively coordinated, researched, and prepared technical reports for numerous environmental projects including environmental impact statements as well as reports for state and federal agencies. careful attention to report requirements and governmental expectations resulted in thorough, concise, and accurate reports.