Resume

• Diversity Program Development

  Customer Service

  Event Planning

  Teaching

  Fundraising

  Program Development

  Team Leadership

  Technical Writing

  Research

  Higher Education

  Microsoft Office

  Team Building

  Editing

  Public Speaking

  Supervisory Skills

  Play Writing

  Community Outreach

  Social Media

  Writing

  Program Management

  Lewis

  Vanessa

  Lewis

  College of Alameda and Chabot College

  Congregation of Liberation and The Ethical Hedonist

  Everyday Feminism

  Online

  Supported the vision and Needs of our Executive Director\nAssigned

  reviewed and edited article and comic pitches and drafts \nDeveloped and edited website content and outgoing correspondence \nRecruited

  hired and fired contributors and fellows\nSupervised Contributors with personal and professional development\nRecruited guest-contributors\nFound and edited cross posts\nDeveloped and taught our Online Writing Fellowship\nDeveloped and maintained relationships with community partners\nProduced online content - including including articles and interviews \nMonitored our Facebook Group \nStayed abreast of local

  national

  and global trends and concerns for online content; \nStrategic planning for new programming and vision\nBegan the development of a feminist and social justice online school\nFacilitated workshops

  meetings

  and focus groups\nFacilitated routine check ins with colleagues for the internal health of the magazine\nRepresented Everyday Feminism as a speaker for diverse events.\n

  Senior Editor

  Everyday Feminism

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Chabot College \nTaught English 102 Reading

  Reasoning

  and Writing – Accelerated\nEnglish 101 Reading

  Reasoning

  and Writing\nEnglish 4 Critical Thinking and Writing About Literature\nEnglish 7 Writing Across Disciplines\nDeveloped Syllabus

  Engaging Assignments

  Assessment Tools\nCreated Accessible Content for Disabled Students and New English Learners\nManaged Classroom

  including discipline and consequence

  maintaining standards

  and inspiring insecure students\nOffered students personal mentorship and love in a professional manner\n\nCollege of Alameda \nDeveloped a culture based

  contextualized learning community with a team of 7 other teachers and staff. My specific program

  Amandla

  was a part of the Umoja cohort and used African American literature

  culture

  and pedagogy to introduce new college students to academic literacy and intercultural leadership. We worked intimately with Asian/Pacific Islander

  Latino

  and leadership based student success programs.\nTaught 4 levels of developmental skills reading and writing and college-level composition courses within and outside of my learning community \nDeveloped extracurricular programming for the learning community

  including guest speakers and workshop facilitators

  field trips

  and internship programming\nAttended and facilitated a broad variety of workshops and trainings that work to promote academic and pedagogical equity for students of color

  undocumented students

  and students with learning and cognitive disabilities\nRecruited

  Hired

  and Supervised multiple paid graduate student teaching assistants and interns\nCo-organized three years of campus wide Black History Month and Day of Silence/GSA programing as a faculty chair \nWorked with colleagues across disciplines to help create campus events and activities\nCo-chair of the primary planning committee for the Umoja Conference being held at College of Alameda in November 2013.\n

  English Instructor

  College of Alameda and Chabot College

  San Francisco Bay Area

  I am an editor

  a writer

  an entertainer/performer

  and an educator. \n\nI am currently accepting employment and booking opportunities. Please see my resume for more information about what I do. \n\nCritical Public Speaking

  Hosting

  Facilitating and Performance\n*Note* I read and perform on a regular basis. These are some of the more large scale opportunities I’ve had.\n\n2017 - 2018\n Featured Presented at the Signata: Intersectional Feminist Leadership Conference (post-poned till 2018)\nMC for the San Francisco Dyke March\nKeynote at UC Davis’ Blaq Out Conference \nFeature a new play at the Queer Rebels Festival\nDeveloped and Facilitated Radical Self-Confidence and Flirting Day Long Workshop with Saltwater Social Justice &Anti-Oppression Training and Consulting \nMC’d and Produced the 2nd Annual This Is What Queer Love Looks Like\nTheatre Manager for the 4th Annual Brouhaha Stand Up Comedy and Sketch Comedy Fest\n\n2016\nKeynote for Notre Dame de Namur University’s Women’s Month\nProducer

  Director

  Lead Instructor

  and Writer for Congregation of Liberation presents: Black Rage; Black Magic: a healing theatre arts workshop for Black people in crisis -\nRadar Feminist Literary Tour: shared and sold writing from Long Beach to Washington State\nEast Bay Youth Queer Pride\nMC’d and Produced 1st Annual This Is What Queer Love Looks Like\n\n2015\nKeynote for California Institute of Integral Studies’ Public Programs and Performance’s Series\nLead Director

  Writer

  Instructor and Producer for Congregation of Liberation presents: Black Don’t Crack

  a grant winning theatrical production \nDeveloped and Facilitated Medicinal Love Poetry for Sensitive Spirits and Tender Hearts: A Workshop\n\n2014\nCo-MC for Money for Our Movements: A Social Justice Fundraising Conference (Baltimore)\nCo-Produced Peacock Rebellion presents Brouhaha: Social Justice Stand-Up Comics Speak Up!\n\n\n

  Freelance Writer

  Editor

  Performer

  and Educator

  Congregation of Liberation and The Ethical Hedonist

  Master of Fine Arts - MFA

  Creative Writing