Community Activist Resume Example Independent Contractor

COMMUNITY ACTIVIST

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Professional Summary

Decisive leader promoting operational improvements, market expansion and positive culture as keys to success. Highly organized Executive with 25+ years of experience in Corporate, Entrepreneurial and Non Profit environments. Exceptional leadership skills and talent for people development and mentor ship. Demonstrated ability to work with large and small budgets to meet organizational objectives without loosing empathy for the team. Considered valuable and reliable professional skilled in decision making and team collaboration.

Skills

Mediation
New Business Development
Relationship building/management
Critical Creative thinking
Effective Advocacy
Operations
Vendor Management

Staff Management
Marketing
Product and service sales
Strategic Planning
Prospect targeting
Counseling and life coaching

Work History

Community Activist01/2008 to Current
Independent Contractor – Clarkston, Georgia

Collaborated with Attorney Eden Feshazion in Clarkston to create a Clarkston community and Immigrant legal aid desk in 2019. Immigrants and refugees were able to get counsel at reduced or no fee depending on their circumstance.
Sets a day in the week to physically visit and speak to families in need of guidance in the refugee community. Activities during visit may include but are not limited to setting doctors appointments, reading and explaining notes from teachers, educating individual families on life in USA
Continuously life coaching girls in collaboration with my built network of friends and colleagues and especially with Agape Womens Ministries. A mentoring ministry for refugee girls founded by a former refugee from Liberia.
Impacted Refugee community through multiple activism channels strategies creating a 60% cultural understanding. Recently invited to start a Swahili channel with Sagaa Radio in Clarkston.
Strong advocacy for young people in juvenile courts. Appointed to join peer review committee for juvenile courts of Fulton and Dekalb counties
Educates young refugees about strategies for driving discussions and promoting social changes reducing juvenile delinquency by 20%
Works with different Courthouses to provide cohesive Swahili foreign language interpretation for immigrants
Educates the public through speaking opportunities for cultural understanding for a cohesive community

Community Activist01/2016 to 06/2019
Independent Contractor – Clarkston, Georgia

Collaborated with Attorney Eden Feshazion in Clarkston to create Clarkston community and Immigrant legal aid desk in 2019. Immigrants and refugees were able to get counsel at reduced or no fee depending on their circumstance
Sets a day in the week to physically visit and speak to families in need of guidance in the refugee community. Activities during visit may include but are not limited to setting doctors appointments, reading and explaining notes from teachers, educating individual families on life in USA
Continuously life coaching girls in collaboration with my built network of friends and colleagues and especially with Agape Womens Ministries. A mentoring ministry for refugee girls founded by a former refugee from Liberia
Impacted Refugee community through multiple activism channels strategies creating a 60% cultural understanding. Recently invited to start a Swahili channel with Sagaa Radio in Clarkston
Strong advocacy for young people in juvenile courts. Appointed to join peer review committee for juvenile courts of Fulton and Dekalb counties
Educates young refugees about strategies for driving discussions and promoting social changes reducing juvenile delinquency by 20%
Works with different Courthouses to provide cohesive Swahili foreign language interpretation for immigrants
Educates the public through speaking opportunities for cultural understanding for a cohesive community

Partner06/2013 to Current
My Skincare Secret LLC – Roswell, Georgia

Associate Life Coach01/2010 to 01/2013
Bold Perazim Life Coaching And Consulting – Roswell, Georgia

Vice President of Business Development08/1998 to 12/2003
Sungreen International/SK Pharmaceuticals – Richardson, Texas (Remote From Georgia)

As leading member of International Expansion Board, spearheaded and directed implementation of Global Launch initiatives, resulting in keeping within Timeline, greater speed and access to information for both internal staff and outside clients
Initiated cross-training with other departments to improve work flow and streamline project completion resulting in 70% distributor retention in the first 3 months
Reporting to the Board, successfully led a team of subject matter experts in developing and introducing a completely new Nutrition, Skincare and Cosmetic line. Team consisted of department heads in Operations, Human Resource, Country Managers, Sience and Technology
Developed marketing strategy to offer selected Products to target markets, resulting in increased revenues
Analyzed policies with regard to customer service and efficiency, recommending policy changes and process improvements as needed
Interviewed, Hired and Trained staff
Inspired team members by fostering positive environment and boosting employee confidence
Brought in additional project personnel and resources to meet demands
Developed slideshows and other forms of media to present project progress to executive team
Defined project deliverables and monitored status of tasks
Saved costs by establishing and cultivating vendor relations to resolve site issues

Education

Master of Legal Studies: Legal Studies2020Washington University in St Louis- St Louis, MO

Coursework includes:
Contracts, Business Associations, Arbitration and Mediation, Immigration, Psychology and Law and Negotiation, Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution, Effective Advocacy, Employment Law

Diploma: Journalism and Public Relations1988Kenya School of Journalism- Nairobi

Bachelor of Arts: Sociology and Literature1985University of Nairobi- Nairobi

Coursework in Sociology, social psychology, child psychology, Urban social structures, Kiswahili and Literature in English

Certificate: The Art of Negotiation02/2020University of California, Irvine- Irvine, CA

Certificate: Establishing Effective PartnershipsPhilanthropy University- Online

Certifications

Notary Public -Georgia State

Associate Life Coach

Notary Public - Georgia State

A Notary Public is an official of integrity appointed by state government —typically by the secretary of state — to serve the public as an impartial witness in performing a variety of official fraud-deterrent acts related to the signing of important documents

Affiliations

Member Agape Women's Ministries, Clarkston Georgia
Board Member, Refugee Women's' Network 2015-2016
Council Member, Kenya Women In the USA, GA Chapter
Founder Member - Autism Society of Kenya
Founder President Soroptimist International Mombasa Chapter 1996
Member, Rotary International
Governor to European Federation, Soroptimist International, Kenya
Life Member SOS International

Additional Information

Member of Citizen Review panel for the Juvenile Courts of Fulton and Dekalb County from 2016

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Independent Contractor
My Skincare Secret LLC
Bold Perazim Life Coaching And Consulting
Sungreen International/SK Pharmaceuticals

School Attended

Washington University in St Louis
Kenya School of Journalism
University of Nairobi
University of California, Irvine
Philanthropy University

Job Titles Held:

Community Activist
Partner
Associate Life Coach
Vice President of Business Development

Degrees

Master of Legal Studies : Legal Studies 2020
Diploma : Journalism and Public Relations 1988
Bachelor of Arts : Sociology and Literature 1985
Certificate : The Art of Negotiation 02/2020
Certificate : Establishing Effective Partnerships

Community Activist Resume Example

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