Melissa Johnson
Program Development Specialist
- Role
- Ny Organizer at Black Alliance For Just Immigration Baji
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melissa Johnson
Program Development Specialist • 11 years of experience designing, implementing and…
Experience
Ny Organizer
Black Alliance For Just Immigration Baji
Sep 2021 — Present · Brooklyn, NY, US
Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), NY Organizer • Manages education programming on police to deportation pipeline and oversees staff and interns to produce Webinars, Know Your Rights (KYR) workshops and program and policy consultation for community, organizations, coalitions, colleges and student groups and elected officials increasing chapter network to almost 200 NYS supporters • Co-directs Brooklyn mutual aid initiative distributing backpacks and care items supporting 300+ Black asylum seekers• Leads state and city policy campaigns with allied coalitions around Protect Black Migrants, Housing4All, Divest Reinvest campaigns at NY council hearings, press conferences, and engagement with elected officials and policy-makers -> increasing community awareness, council engagement and supporting new legislation • Engages national and international media, shifting narrative messaging on Black migrant, undocumented and asylum seeker experiences -> resulting in 5 major publication features over 2 years (via The Guardian; Prism Reports; Documented NY)• Administers state and outreach via in-person and digital communication -> mobilizing 6 large-scale community power-building events in 3 years
Education
The New School
Master’s Degree, International Affairs- (Concentration) Governance & Rights
2015 — 2017
Wheaton College Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Double Major: Sociology & Women Studies, Minor: Dance
2008 — 2012
Skills
- Policy Analysis
- Event Planning
- Program Evaluation
- Microsoft Office
- Public Speaking
- Editing
- Marketing
- Fundraising
- Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Ms Publisher
- Powerpoint
- Program Management
- Teaching
- Nonprofits
- Community Outreach
- Program Development
- Social Media
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Training
- Research
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