Experience

Community Organizer, Toronto — Lead coordinator and outreach worker

● Building Community Connections: Implementing regular community outreachto unhoused encampments and underserved neighbourhoods; Distributingsupplies and inquiring about community needs.

● Deep Empathy Towards Vulnerable Populations: Prioritizing needs ofmarginalized houseless populations; Building deep and lastingrelationships with womxn who’ve been abused on the streets; Activelylistening to the stories of houseless people and meeting them where theyare at.

● Advocate: Speaking up for houseless populations at city halls; Mediatingbetween Toronto Police and houseless folks to avoid arrest; Supportinghouseless folks in receiving shelter spots by communicating with cityworkers

● Harm reduction: Familiar with different drugs on the street as well aschanges in drug supply; Staying in intimate settings with folks whilethey use drugs to ensure safety; performed CPR successfully

● De-escalation and care: Staying with folks, for hours at a time, goingthrough mental episodes to ensure their safety and minimize harm; Keepinga calm but firm voice of reason for folks who are able to receptiveduring episodes; Mediating between different folks on the street whenconflict arises

● Mutual Aid: Taking the lead on organizing consistent mutual aid throughoutreach and free markets; Coordinating and advertising on social mediato collect donations; Raising funds through fundraisers.

Newcomer Information Centre, North York— Office Administrator

● Time Management: Managed time-sensitive tasks and followed up withclients and coworkers to ensure all necessary documentation for auditsand monthly reports were acquired.

● Customer Service through a Trauma- Informed Lens: Provided services toclients through an intersectional lens based on their immigration status,gender, country of origin, and one on one interactions with them.

● Team Player: Took on additional tasks outside of standard job description to support my colleagues, as staff turnover was constant.

● Systems Management: Maintained and updated databases for over 250 clients on a monthly basis using Salesforce and Excel.

● Clear Communication: Responded to emails and phone calls, and received incoming deliveries from couriers daily to ensure all information was clear and smooth.

Women’s Refugee Community Centre, Greece— Women’s Space Lead

● Organizing in Intimate Settings: Oversaw and led stress-free activities such as yoga, nail painting, cosmetic activities, sewing, henna; Ensured that everyone had an activity they enjoyed available for them; Kept space clean and easy to independently use for visitors.

● Inclusivity: Actively made efforts to include women of different languages by organizing activities that did not require language; Interpreted between Arabic and English; Watched over and played with children to relieve women from childrearing responsibilities.

● Understanding Intersectional Harm on a World Scale: Spoke to womxn, sometimes through google translate, about their experiences as asylum seekers; Researched the systemic harm caused by the EU in furthering oppression of asylum seeking womxn; Bore witness to the unliveable conditions of refugee camps.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

● Volunteering at Maloca Community Garden, North York