Experience

Public Relations, Event Planning, Music Promotion, 2007

• Music Promoter for Thousands of One, Jsan and the Analogue Sons, Broadcast Live and Taina Asili
• Publicist for the Tutelo Homecoming Celebration on September 22, 2007
• Publicized and promoted the 3rd Annual Gospel Block Party for the Baptized Church of Jesus Christ on September 15, 2007
• Planned and organized a benefit concert for the Multi-Cultural Resource Center on August 4, 2007
• Compiled regional media lists on a contracted basis for another event planner, Wendy Skinner, Summer 2007
• Main organizer and PR person for the First Annual Summertime Block Party on July 7, 2007. The event was attended by more than 500 people and received extensive media coverage, including front page articles in the Ithaca Journal and Tompkins Weekly.
• Publicized a benefit show for the Southside Community Center and their annual Juneteenth Celebration, June, 2007
• Offered event planning assistance and public relations for Sustainable Tompkins Monthly meeting and dinner Feb 8, 2007
• Marketing/Web site work for the Employment and Disability Institute (EDI) at Cornell University, Summer, 2005

Journalism, 2001-2007

• Editor and Publisher, Ithaca Community News, November 2005-February 2007
• Duties include: writing and editing articles; selling ads; compiling calendar; enlisting subscribers; managing database.
• Editor, Positive News, Spring, 2005
• Duties include: writing and editing articles; selling ads; overseeing volunteers; distribution; assisting with page layout; general office work.
  
• Columnist, the Ithaca Journal, 2001-2004
• "Mothering Matters" column published weekly from March, 2002-May, 2004.
• Parent-to-Parent column published monthly from 2001-2002.

Articles Published 2001-present

• Profiles on Ithaca College Alums: ICView Published Fall/Winter 2007.
• "Arrested Development: Back in the Groove Since the Last Time": Ithaca Journal. Published July, 2007.
• "The Things We Tell Our Children": Adbusters. Published May/June, 2007.
• "Talk to Kids About Gay Marriage": Teaching Tolerance. Published November, 2006.
• "Talk to Kids About White Privilege": Teaching Tolerance. Published July, 2006.
• "Talk to Kids About Racism": Teaching Tolerance. Published June, 2006.
• "Saint Patrick's Four Not Guilty of Federal Charges": The Nation. Published September 27, 2005.
• "Why We Followed Sheehan to Crawford": Women's eNews. Published September 15, 2005.
• Author of four textbooks for teens: "Computer Investigation;" "Rural Youth Minorities: Growing Up Different;" "Document Analysis;" and, "What Do I Have To Lose? A Teens' Guide To Weight Management." Published by Mason Crest Publishers in 2005 and 2006.
• Book review in Ithaca Child, Spring, 2005.
• Feature article in Brain, Child Magazine, Winter, 2005.
• Personal essay in Teaching Tolerance, January, 2005.
• Commentary for Women's eNews, September 10, 2003; December 3, 2003; January 7, 2004; March 10, 2004.
• Feature article on contaminants in breast milk published in Leaven, La Leche League International's Journal for LLL Leaders, Jan/Feb 2004.
• Monthly cover stories for the Ithaca Journal's Family Journal, December, 2003 to September, 2004.
• Feature articles published in ePregnancy Magazine, December, 2002; January, 2003 and November/December, 2003.
• Feature article published in New Beginnings, La Leche League International's magazine for members, Jan/Feb 2002.
• Interview with Mickey Hart, published in the Ithaca Journal, October 10, 2002.
• Feature story on "Rocker Girls," published in the Ithaca Journal, November, 2002.
• Profile of Kenny Berkowitz, local playwright, published in the Ithaca Journal, December 5, 2002.
• Past contributor to Ithaca Child, GreenLeaf, Buzzsaw Haircut, Positive News, Hip Mama, Mom's and Dad's Magazine, Big Apple Parent, The Arcata Eye, Family Forum, South Florida Parenting, Washington Families, Cleveland/Akron Family, Sydney's Child, Parenting Plus, Georgia Family Magazine and more.

Education

Master of Arts, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. May, 1999

• Majored in English with an emphasis in teaching writing
• Master's thesis on pedagogy of the personal narrative

Bachelor of Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL. May, 1993

• Completed major in fiction writing
• Researched race and gender issues, community, family, and women's history

Volunteer Work

• La Leche League Leader, 1999-2004
• Teen Parent Mentor, Teen Pregnancy and Parenting Program, 2002-2003
• Board member, UCNS Cooperative Nursery School, 2002-2003
• Board member, Gan Shalom Cooperative Nursery School, 2003-2004
• PTA Council Representative for LACS, 2004-2006
• PEGASYS Access Oversight Committee member, 2005-2007
• Organizing member, the Race Liberation Alliance, 2006-2007
• Board member, Multi-Cultural Resource Center, 2007

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