Volunteer Work
Co-Lead; February 2020-Present
"BWB is a grassroots, socially innovative, community leadership program whose goal is to unlock the creativity of local communities to solve problems."
- Co-founded the first chapter of Burners Without Borders serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
- We are launching several major projects this year benefiting the homeless:
- Building tiny homes to give to the homeless.
- Building and distributing care packages for the homeless.
- Fundraising events.
- Direct action including protesting and supporting policy impacting people who are homeless at the city and county levelfrom San Francisco to Auburn.
CEO, President, Treasurer; 2018-2019
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Led a transition committee to move the organization to C-Suite.
- Launched meetings to develop new roles and expectations.
- Led a committee to rewrite the charter and bylaws.
- Passed the changes under a consensus model.
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Threw two all-ages queer dance parties for high schoolers in the reddest county in the state.
- Overcame incredible opposition.
- Had hundreds of attendees.
- Went a long way towards building community and preventing harm.
- Did all of this for free by seeking donations and new funding sources.
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Launched a weekly Queer Pizza Party
- Fed dozens of hungry queer students every week.
- Recruited countless new members to join the organization.
- Built strong community ties between previously unknown groups on campus.
- Did all of this for free by seeking donations and new funding sources.
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Launched a weekly Queer Movie Night
- A weekly exploration of significant queer films for the general public.
- Provided food and drinks for attendees.
- This was also an honors project for Queer Film as part of my LGBT Studies degree.
- Did all of this for free by seeking donations and new funding sources.
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Launched a weekly Intersectional Privilege Event
- Created a weekly event where tables were set up by different identity groups.
- Each group offered a food item for free to marginalized members of that group.
- Privileged members were invited to pay for the item.
- My table had coffee; this was free except for straight people who were invited to pay.
- This simple event effectively communicated the extreme complexity of what duties people still have dispite also having marginalized identities. For example, gay men are still men and therefore benefit from sexism despite being marginalized on the basis of identity. So they get free coffee from the sexuality table but pay for lemon bars at the gender table.
- As treasurer I also managed complex and diverse revenue sources as well as developing new ones and navigating equally complex financial restrictions imposed by the college.
Treasurer; 2019
- Managed the finances of the organization for three semesters.
- Developed new funding sources.
- Navigated complex restrictions.
- Developed partnerships with other campus organizations.
Development, Programming, Communications; May 2018-Present
"Comfort & Joy is a welcoming community that advances queer values in San Francisco and at Burning Man by building community and creating spaces celebrating art and creative expression."
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In San Francisco:
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Development Committee
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Crystal Ball Research Subcommittee
- Conduct regular surveys of the membership and audience.
- Conduct case study interviews.
- Measure KPIs for impacted populations.
- Provide feedback to the board.
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Programming Committee
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Large Public Events
- Record and produce all events for SoundCloud, as well as managing the SoundCloud.
- Build and manage lighting rigs for stage shows.
- Build and curate all fog machines and hazers.
- Build and manage power grids for street festivals in San Francisco.
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Small Workshops: created and led a series of original workshops in SF.
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Communications Committee
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Website Subcommittee
- Founder and chair of the new website committe.
- We are working hard on launching a new, modern website!
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Big Queer Tent Subcommittee
- Founding member.
- Working on improving diversity and inclusivity in the organization and the audience.
- The team collaborates to produce weekly Facebook posts around relevant issues.
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At Burning Man:
Canvassing and Community Organizing; 2018 Midterm Election Cycle
- Knocked on hundreds of doors in Reno and Sparks, giving out information about where to vote, creating plans with voters including arranging transportation.
- We successfully flipped a senate district and governorship which had both been red for about twenty years.
Many Roles; 2013-Present
"Saving lives by empowering survivors and educating communities to stand up to domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking."
- Event services including professional audio for events like the Sacramento Pride parade, bartending, greeting, etc.
- Consult regularly on business and web development.