Rina Riri Risper

About Rina Riri Risper

As one of the many fortunate citizens of this amazing world, I view our richly diverse…

Experience

1. Executive Director

   The New Citizens Press

   Mar 2012 — Present · Lansing, MI, US

   MISSION STATEMENTThe New Citizens Press Community Action Network mission is to raise awareness of stopping violence including domestic violence; to promote literacy programs; and to promote all forms of the arts, literary, expressive, and musical.STOP THE VIOLENCE: COMMUNITY AWARENESSWe will collaborate with other community organizations whose purpose is to “Stop The Violence.” We will conduct rallies centered on empowering people to speak up and out against violence in their local communities. This initiative includes identifying resources that are needed to aid and support victims of all types of violence. It is our hope that criminal violence as well as domestic violence will be alleviated throughout the state of Michigan. We will also conduct workshops, trainings, and seminars to educate local communities on how to eradicate violence and to provide resources to those impacted by it.BOOK DRIVE: We will host book drives in efforts to promote literacy. It is our hopes to disseminate the collected books to individuals in the community who are at risk. It is our hope to make books available to individuals in the prison system for inmates.POETRY IN THE CITY: The transition of this program from the newspaper to TNCPCAN will allow the non-profit entity to continue the tradition of providing nine years of quality programming. This will allow for the furtherance of the arts through artistic expression and will allow for poets nationwide to partake in the literary arts through written expressions of poetry as well as the spoken word. PIC has become an expected and welcomed event in Michigan. It is expected that this program will reach out to poets from all over the world in efforts to promote literacy and cultivation of the literary arts.HEALTH AWARENESS:Community Health awareness is an initiative that has inspired health awareness in the greater Lansing community through community participation in seminars, workshops, and health awareness conferences.

Education

• The City College of New York

  BA, Sociology

  1989

Skills

• Press Releases
• Digital Media
• Nonprofits
• Newspapers
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Television
• Creative Writing
• Community Outreach
• Publications
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Social Media
• Social Media Marketing
• Marketing
• Copy Editing
• Fundraising
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Advertising
• Magazines
• News Writing
• Online Marketing
• Public Relations
• Editorial
• Media Relations
• Publishing
• Event Planning
• Radio
• Public Speaking
• Speech Writing
• Editing
• New Media
• Newsletters
• Publicity
• Social Networking
• Storytelling
• Customer Service