Jackson

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

• Campus Organizer MoPIRG/The National Association of Public Interest Research Groups
  2005-2007 St. Louis Community College at Meramec
  • Directed the flagship Missouri chapter of a nationwide, student-run, student-funded, 501 (c)(4), political advocacy organization. Recruited, trained, and coordinated more than 150 student volunteers. Developed and supervised leadership program, teaching students how to design and implement campaign plans, conduct research, build coalitions, work with media, mobilize grassroots support, and organize events.
  • Partnered with campus and community groups, including regional and statewide non-profits, local, state and federal elected officials, government agencies, academic departments, student governments, and area shelters and pantries to orchestrate citywide service events, press conferences, large events, voter registration drives, a candidate forum, environmental expos, and a campus sustainability panel.
  • Established media relationships, pitched stories, organized press conferences, assembled press packets, drafted news advisories and releases. Generated coverage from regional and national print and broadcast media, ranging from the Wall Street Journal to local radio and television affiliates.
  • Planned and directed successful campaigns—initiated a campus-wide computer power-management policy; facilitated a fundraising program that provided 1100 metro and bus passes for the women and children at the Women’s Safe House; helped to pass “College Student Relief Act of 2007”; ran a successful voter mobilization drive to increase youth voter turnout in the 2006 mid-term elections.
  • Produced biannual chapter reports, weekly listserv emails, promotional campaign and organizational materials, letters to the editor, and opinion-editorials. Oversaw and edited student-produced materials

Employment History

• Student Assistant 2001-2004 University of Illinois—Music Library
• Student Archivist 2000 Southern Illinois University—Morris Library
• Assistant Producer 1999-2000 WSIL-TV—News Department

EDUCATION

• B.A. History with Distinction
  2006 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  Major: Latin American History, Major GPA—3.81/4.0; GPA—3.64/4.0
  Minor: Anthropology
  Senior Honors Thesis: Constructing Parinacota: Reconciling tradition and modernity in the Chilean altiplano
• Study Abroad Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
  Fall 2003
• Study Abroad Universidad de Occidente, Mazatlán, México; Rotary Youth Exchange
  2000-2001
• Spanish-level 4 (advanced professional) Latin-level 1 (elementary reading skills)

VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS

• Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club, developed weekly programs and initiated week-long world culture exhibition, 2004;
• Esperanza Cultural Center, Peñalolen, Santiago, Chile, worked with at-risk youth in Chilean shantytown on reading skills and creative expression, 2003;
• Edison Middle School Big Buddy program, mentored local teen for two years in the Champaign community, 2002-2004;
• Student Peace Action at the University of Illinois, Coordinator/Vice President, organized events to educate the university community about foreign policy and social justice issues, 2001-2004.

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