Organizations Served
Consulting & Training Provided:
Childhood Lead Action Project - Provided fund development, staff training and marketing services (2017 to March 2019)
RI Coalition Against Gun Violence – Served as grassroots outreach coordinator during the 2018 legislative session
Cranston Citywide Campaign – Served as field coordinator for 3 candidates running as a team for seats on the Cranston City Council (2018)
RI Chapter of the American College of Nurse-Midwives - served as lobbyist/organizer during multiple legislative sessions (spanning 1988-2020)
RI Department of Health – Consultation and technical assistance to grantees advocating for public health advances in local communities (2012)
Environmental Justice League of RI – Served as a mentor/coach to organization’s director (2012)
FairVote RI – Provided organizational and fund development training to the RI chapter of a national electoral reform organization (November 2008 – May 2009)
Direct Rights for Action and Equality (DARE) – Provided board and fund development training to organization. (August – October 2007)
Guatemalan American Association of RI – Provided board development training (July 2007)
The Blessing Way – Providing board development training to faith-based group that offers services, spiritual support and transitional housing to members of the community who are returning to Providence neighborhoods after periods of incarceration or substance abuse treatment. (2007)
East Bay Community Action Program - Head Start – Evaluated current recruitment and outreach system and recommended strategies to increase enrollment. (January – April 2005)
Rhode Island Public Housing Tenants Association – Organized successful legislative campaign to prevent anti-tenant legislation from being enacted. (April – June 2003)
Ad-hoc Community Organizers Network – Presented workshops on running effective meetings and community organizing to representatives from 3 grassroots organizations. ( 2003)
Rhode Island Parents for Progress – Provided training and consultation to the executive director and board of directors including coaching, organizational development, program design, fund development, board development. (2000 to 2002)
Housing Action Coalition – mentored community organizer who coordinated a successful legislative campaign during the 2002 legislative session for funding for affordable housing in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Latino Political Action Committee – Facilitated strategic planning retreat. (July 1999)
Coalition Against Poverty, Fall River, MA – Provided organizational development assistance to this grassroots organization. (1997)
Contract for Kid’s Campaign, Providence, RI – Provided training and consultation to community organizer working on school reform efforts in Providence. (Summer 1995)
Oasis International, Providence, RI – Presented 4 workshops/trainings on organizational development issues. (July 1995)
Mayor’s Drug Free Community Partnership, New Bedford, MA – Provided planning and evaluations services (1995)
School of Nurse-Midwifery, University of Rhode Island – Developed and staffed a community advisory committee for the Midwifery Program. (February – June 1995)
Coalition for Consumer Justice, Rhode Island – Provided training to the community organizer (September 1994 – January 1995)
Expansion Arts Program, Rhode Island – Provided organizational development assistance to minority arts organizations. (October 1994 – July 1995)
Rhode Island Substance Abuse Prevention Taskforce Association – Presented workshops on legislative advocacy and coalition building. (1993 – 1995)
GET-UP (Grassroots Empowerment Training and Unity Project), New Bedford, MA – conducted several workshops on legislative advocacy and running effective meetings for community participants (1993 – 1996)
Rhode Island Women’s Political Caucus – Lobbied for divorce reform legislation during the 1992 legislative session (1992)
Greater Elmwood Neighborhood Services and Rhode Island Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, Providence, RI – Coordinated educational and legislative campaign for the passage of comprehensive childhood lead poisoning prevention legislation (1991)