Experience

CHIRLA

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Community Education

  • Jul 2014 - Present

   Coordination, Supervision, Development and Evaluation of CHIRLA’s three organizing projects; Household Workers, Day Laborers & Immigrant Youth. Includes leadership development plans, political education curriculum and direct engagement of grassroots leaders into local, state and national worker rights and immigrant rights campaigns.  Development and Coordination of CHIRLA’s in-house Voter Education and Mobilization program. Includes state-wide as well as local CHIRLA campaign for voter education and providing technical assistance to groups newly involved in voter education programs. Creation of educational material, collective planning of local strategies, training members in tactics and message. Has led to registration of over 24,000 new citizen voters since Fall 2004.  Local and national coordination of grassroots and legislative components of the Campaign for Just and Humane Immigration Reform with CHIRLA’s grassroots members, faith-based, labor and community-based organizations. Includes planning of joint actions, press events, and community education.  Lead for CHIRLA’s Immigration Raids Rapid Response Network which consists of legal advocates and private attorneys who respond to high profile raids and/or collaboration of laws enforcement official and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Includes, initial legal intakes, disseminating agreed-upon legal strategy and developing political leadership of clients.  Co-lead for CHIRLA planning and evaluation processes including the annual Planning Retreats and 5-year Strategic Plan.  Active participation in fundraising for CHIRLA including seeking out grant opportunities, assisting with grant-writing and reporting, development and implementation of grassroots fundraising activities and CHIRLA’s Annual Gala. Show less

• Director of Organizing

  • Jan 2005 - Jun 2014

  2004- 2011 & 2012-2014  Coordination, Supervision, Development and Evaluation of CHIRLA’s three organizing projects; Household Workers, Day Laborers & Immigrant Youth. Includes leadership development plans, political education curriculum and direct engagement of grassroots leaders into local, state and national worker rights and immigrant rights campaigns.  Development and Coordination of CHIRLA’s in-house Voter Education and Mobilization program. Includes state-wide as well as local CHIRLA campaign for voter education and providing technical assistance to groups newly involved in voter education programs. Creation of educational material, collective planning of local strategies, training members in tactics and message. Has led to registration of over 24,000 new citizen voters since Fall 2004.  Local and national coordination of grassroots and legislative components of the Campaign for Just and Humane Immigration Reform with CHIRLA’s grassroots members, faith-based, labor and community-based organizations. Includes planning of joint actions, press events, and community education.  Lead for CHIRLA’s Immigration Raids Rapid Response Network which consists of legal advocates and private attorneys who respond to high profile raids and/or collaboration of laws enforcement official and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Includes, initial legal intakes, disseminating agreed-upon legal strategy and developing political leadership of clients.  Co-lead for CHIRLA planning and evaluation processes including the annual Planning Retreats and 5-year Strategic Plan.  Active participation in fundraising for CHIRLA including seeking out grant opportunities, assisting with grant-writing and reporting, development and implementation of grassroots fundraising activities and CHIRLA’s Annual Gala. Show less


SCOPE
• United States
• Public Health
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Community Organizer

  • 1999 - 2002