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Campaign Management
The Crime Victims Fund Family Justice Center Freedom Works Award, Congress-members Dick Armey, Ron Dellums, Nancy Pelosi California High Speed Rail Authority, Southern California Opinion Leaders Summit for America’s Future, Points of Light Foundation/Presidents George H. Bush and William J. Clinton California Economic Summit, Legislative Initiative California Education Summit, Legislative Initiative Oakland Unified School District “Ebonics” SB 2157 Open Adoption Contact Agreement, California Senator Adam Schiff, Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee Federal Communications Commission Groundbreaking, California Correctional Peace Officers Association Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Sacramento ENRICHES Annie E. Casey Foundation, Omega Boys Club California Endowment, Omega Boys Club Lila B. Wallace Foundation, Friends of Recreation and Parks, Golden Gate Park Grand Re-Opening , Beach Chalet at Golden Gate Park, West End
Partnerships/Coalition Building
Community Corrections Partnership, Realignment Plan, San Diego, CA National Football League, San Diego Chargers, San Diego, CA National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Reno, NV California Welfare Directors’ Association, Sacramento, CA California Broadcasters Association, Sacramento, CA Public/Private Ventures Clear Channel Communications, San Antonio, TX Ford Foundation, New York, NY Planned Parenthood of Affiliates of California, Sacramento, CA California Family Health Council, San Jose, CA California Association of Physicians Assistants, Statewide, CA California Highway Patrol, Sacramento, CA KOVR-TV, ABC Affiliate, West Sacramento, CA
Special Event Management
Arts & Cultural
Elegant Affair Charity Gala, The Crime Victims Fund, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Butterfly Release, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, The W Hotel, San Diego, CA
American Idol Red Carpet Event, Michael Orland and Dorian Holley, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Al Franken, Air America Radio, Live Broadcast and Private Reception. 1240AM Talk City. Crest Theatre and Delta King, Sacramento. Event management. Celebrity Relations.
Juan Williams, National Public Radio Political Correspondent, Dr. Terence Roberts, Donzaleigh Abernathy, Voices of Civil Rights, AARP, Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, CA
Danny Glover, Handprints in Concrete, Diva Hotel, San Francisco. Omega Boys Club 15th Anniversary Celebration. Event included Delroy Lindo. Makik Yoba. Public and Media Relations. Celebrity Relations.
Grand Re-Opening of the Historic Beach Chalet, West End, Golden Gate Park. San Francisco. Willie L. Brown, Jr. Danny Glover. Friends of Recreation and Parks. Community and Media Relations. Partnerships. Press Conference.
Joe Sample Benefit Concert. Warfield Theatre. San Francisco. Omega Boys Club. KKSF 103.7. Designed keepsake Poster and Calendar. Public Relations. Celebrity Relations.
El Debarge and the Jazz Crusaders, California Legislative Black Caucus. Assemblyman Roderick Wright. Crest Theatre, Sacramento. Public Relations. Celebrity Relations.
Kem and Ruben Studdard, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, Produced celebrity Interviews for broadcast.
KBMB 103.5, 5th Anniversary Celebration. Diamond Broadcasting, Red Lion Hotel, Sacramento. Event management.
Essence Awards 2002. Street Soldiers Television Show, Universal City. The Rock, Yolanda Adams, Ashanti, Alicia Keys, Roberta Flack, Chante Moore and Kenny Lattimore, Lee Daniels, Stevie Wonder, Indie.Arie, The Rock, Conducted videotaped celebrity interviews for broadcast.
Political
Assembly District Campaigns, District 10, District 27, District 25
Inaugural Events, Governor Gray Davis, Sacramento, CA; Railroad Museum. Arco Arena. Cal Expo. Ecumenical; Adam Siden. Ed Emerson. Deputy Volunteer Director. On site event management.
The Breakfast Series. Hosted Legislator meet & greet events with catered meals. Planned Parenthood of Sacramento Valley. Vic Fazio. Patrick Johnston. Robert Matusi.
Candidate Survey. Planned Parenthood of Sacramento Valley. Pro-Choice Voters. Developed and distributed survey. Tabulated and publicized results.
Grantland Johnson Reception. Tsakopoulos Library Galleria. California Legislative Black Caucus. Event Sponsors. Invitation Lists. Organized resolutions, proclamations
Collaboration Planning to Increase Inter-Jurisdictional Adoptions. Federal initiative. California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington. Federal Grant. U.S. Children’s Bureau. Teamwork for Children/Independent Adoption Center. Judge Michael Nash, Judge Thomas Hornsby, Judge Sherry Sobel. National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. County Welfare Directors Association. Collaboration Building. Conferences. Advisory Board. Advocacy.
NOBEL Women, National Organization of Black Elected Legislators. La Costa, San Diego; CA Senator Diane Watson and Assembly Woman Susan Davis. Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign with University of California, San Diego Medical Center. News Coverage.
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Post-Adoption Contact Agreements. Permanent Family Options. Sacramento, CA. Senator Adam Schiff; Dr. Bruce Rappaport; SB 2157. Legislation. Development and Advocacy through passage.
Summit on America’s Future, Philadelphia, PA.; The Points of Light Foundation, President George Bush, Sr.; General Colin Powell and President William J. Clinton; Volunteerism. Street Soldiers Live Call-in Radio Broadcast. Press Relations.
Oakland Unified School District, Ebonics Campaign. Oakland, Washington D.C., Miami; International Press Representative; Press Releases; Media Training; U.S. Senate Sub-Committee on Education; Senator Arlan Spector. Aired on CSPAN. Public Affairs and Public Relations, Assisted in preparing Testimony. Conducted congressional visits.
California High Speed Rail Authority; Southern California Opinion Leader Outreach, Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego, San Francisco; Communications Planning, Outreach and Hearings.
Voices of Civil Rights; American Association of Retired Persons; Los Angeles, Museum of Tolerance; Juan Williams, NPR and Donzaleigh Abernathy, author. Press Relations, Celebrity Interviews, and Publisher Partnership.
Hearing on the Status of the African American Family; California Legislature, Assembly Speaker Willie L. Brown, Jr.; Legislative Black Caucus; State Capitol; Statewide Press; Speakers; Video Production; Hearings; Evaluation.
West Sacramento Mayor’s State of the City Address and Community Breakfast. Mayor and City Council, Chamber of Commerce; Northern California Mayors and City Council Members; Keynote Speaker, Steve Sax; KOVR-TV Video Production.
Little Hoover Commission; Hearing on Youth Violence and Public Health in California; Sue Lyons, Sacramento, Prepared and presented Testimony.
Federal Communications Commission; Hearing on Clear Channel/AM/FM, Inc. Merger; Washington, D.C., San Francisco, CA; San Antonio, TX; Bill Kennard, Chair. Tom Powell; Gregg Skall; Research and Prepared Testimony and Proposal; Preservation of Community Interest Radio Programming.
Social Service
U. S. Health and Human Services Department; Training Workshops and Regional Conference, Los Angeles County Presiding Judge Michael Nash, Children and Family Courts and Expert Tribal Court Judge William A. Thorne, for Health Care and Human Service Professionals; Oregon; Washington; 38 Northern California Counties; Curriculum Development; Evaluation.
Recruitment Partnership Forum, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Los Angeles, CA
Adoption Roundtable, Adopt U.S. Kids, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Region IX, San Francisco, CA
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Law Enforcement
National Football League – San Diego Chargers, Fund Development for Victims Services, Law Enforcement Day & September 11, 2011, 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Public Safety Appreciation Day, San Diego, CA
Community Partnership Manager, Robert J. Hernandez, Warden, R. J. Donovan Correctional Facility, San Diego, CA
Penal Code 832 Certified and Trained Marksman, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Training Academy, Galt, CA
Regulatory Investigators Training, Sacramento Regional Public Safety Training Center, Peace Officers Standard Training, Sacramento, CA Training
Dedication of the California Peace Officers’ Memorial. West Sacramento Police Chief Barry Kalar. Capitol Mall Circle, Sacramento, CA. Speech
Municipal Government
Family Justice Center Alliance, San Diego, CA
City of Oakland, KTOP-TV, Street Soldiers Live call-in Television Program, Oakland, CA
City of Oakland, Police Department, Chief Richard Word, Town Hall Meeting, Oakland, CA
Public Information and Community Relations Director, Mayor William Kristoff, City of West Sacramento
West Sacramento Community Breakfast, West Sacramento, CA
West Sacramento Memorial Flag Exhibit, Dedicated with representatives from the Coast Guard, Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines. Flags donated in the name of a fallen uniformed loved ones.
Holiday Video Greeting Cards. From the families of local Troops serving in the Gulf War.
Community, Public & Media Relations
Constituent Relations, Office of the Speaker, State Capitol Public Information Officer Training, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Community Resource Management, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Recruiting Rural Parents for Indian Children – Tribal, County & State Collaborative Building Community Relations & Outreach -- Community Prevention Institute - Sacramento Community Relations & Collaborative Building – Communities Together Coalition – Stockton Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign – Senator Diane Watson, Assembly member Susan Davis, University of California at San Diego Medical Center Information Superhighway – National Conference of State Legislators st 1 Amendment Rights – McGeorge School of Law Board Development – Cornerstone Community Church – San Diego
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Hearing Testimony
United States House of Representatives, Congressional Briefing, Congressmen Dave Camp and James Oberstar United States Senate, Subcommittee on Education, Congressman Arlen Spector Little Hoover Commission, State of California California State Assembly, Various Committees California State Senate, Various Committees United States Surgeon General, Youth Violence Initiative
Speechwriting
Toastmasters International, Distinguished Toastmaster, Des Moines, Iowa State of the City Address, Mayor, City of West Sacramento Peace Officers Memorial, Police Chief, City of West Sacramento Books Brighten Your Life, Assembly Speaker, California Legislature Infant Adoption awareness, Title X Statewide providers Conference Media Relations, NAACP Statewide Presidents Conference Infant Adoption Awareness, California Association of Physician Assistants
Professional Memberships
Prisoner Re-Entry SB 618 Operational Committee, San Diego, CA San Diego Re-Entry Roundtable, San Diego, CA National Infant Adoption Awareness Training Project, Washington, DC, Past National Board Member Entertainment Publicists Professional Society, Los Angeles, CA, Past Member Southern California Broadcasters Association, Los Angeles, CA, Past Member Harry S. Truman Club, Sacramento, CA, Past Executive Board Member Writers’ Bloc North, Currently Northern California Writers and Artists, Sacramento, CA, Past President 3CMA City, County, Communications and Marketing Association, Washington, DC, Past Member Toastmasters International, Ruan Center, Des Moines, IA, Past Member
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