ANDREA NAWAGE
Boulder,CO
Summary
Motivated Indigenous leader and problem-solver with advanced supervisory, team building, and community engagement skills. Successfully implements positive changes to drive organizational and community success. Specializes in reparatory actions for Indigenous Tribal/Non-Tribal communities. Adept at policy analysis and masterful event planning. Builds and maintains strong relations among diverse Tribal/Non-Tribal Nations to foster unity.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Executive Director
Harvest of All First Nations
01.2021 - Current
- Chief Executive Director and founder of Harvest of All First Nations.
- Founder, manager, and producer of HAFN's Annual Corn Festival.
- Liaison between BIPOC communities and government agencies.
- Develop, manage, and operate all four programs and projects in the organization.
- Community collaborative leader who maintains and supports good-standing relationships amongst different tribal and diaspora communities.
- Perform and develop anti-racism workshops for community members and government agencies with BIPOC representation and Indigenous perspectives.
- Budget management, financial literacy, and grant review performance
- Developed and implemented long-term strategic plans to ensure organizational growth and sustainability.
- Attended Indigenous conferences, seminars, and other community events to stay up-to-date and network among Native Communities.
- Connected Tribal and non-Tribal communities amongst each other, and with other government agencies while bringing equity perspectives.
- Able to present controversial topics to the table amongst government and community with successful results, such as race, equity, Indigenous reclamation, etc.
- Assist in developing community engagement trainings for government agencies with community collaborative partners.
- Managed executive team meetings, developed agendas, identified key topics for discussion, and tracked action items.
- Advocate for Native American/Indigenous communities with climate justice principles with a cultural, social, and equity lens in policy-changing matters within Tribal and non-Tribal Nations.
- Mediator in between community, intertribal, and community conflicts while serving the Native communities and the organization.
- Represented the organization at public speaking engagements, community engagement, and cultural events.
- Created policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations of the organization.
- Maintained and established positive relationships with stakeholders, such as collaborative organization partners, government agencies, and allies.
- Cultivated relationships with government officials in order to advocate for policy changes that would benefit the organization and the community.
- Assigned work and monitored performance of project team members
Advocacy and Community Leadership
Foundation of Leaders Organized for Water and Sustainability (FLOWS)
10.2016 - Current
- Community leadership.
- Environmental Residential Services.
- Community Educational Workshops.
- Advocacy for the Social Equity Movement
- Core team developer and advisor for grant recommendations and projects.
- Collaborative community work to establish environmental and social justice towards systematic oppression.
Cultural Advocate
Drylands Agroecology Research
Longmont , CO
11.2021 - 01.2023
- Incremented BIPOC community engagement into organizations' programs.
- Offered and provided consultancy about equity and cultural education to avoid cultural appropriation.
- Provided anti-racism and equity trainings for better cultural understanding and equity implementation.
- Hosted several meetings to bridge understanding and planning for a more equitable environment within the structural organization, and while offering services.
- Co-developed Food Justice and Sovereignty program for the organization with an Indigenous perspective.
Occupancy Assistant
Boulder County Housing Authority
05.2016 - 05.2018
- Managed a case load of 180 clients
- Performed home visits home vibhs
- Maintained and performed changes required within the federal guidelines, and met the required deadlines
- Attended the primary housing needs of clients
- Advocated and mediated in between landlords and tenants
Education
Environmental Studies - Indigenous Environmental Issues
Naropa University
Boulder, CO12-2022
Skills
- 17 years building and sustaining good standing relationships with various Indigenous Tribal/ Non- Tribal Nations communities across the country and beyond
- Multifaceted coordinator and manager for several programs and projects development
- Specialist on bridging gaps within communities needs and government services
- Cultural and lived awareness of Indigenous conflicts, barriers and impacts
- Community trusted to represent community issues, and bring positive resolutions in between governance, and community
- Strategic and critical thinker while minding community benefits and impacts
- Strong associations with key Tribal members such as : Dine, Lakota, Ute, Shoshone, Arapahoe
- Aware and educated about Indigenous history in trusting government due to slow violence paradigms
- Able to maintained and create good relations amongst different Tribal/Non Tribal Nations, while involving all the diaspore communities to create a sense of unity
- Resourced on research regarding Indigenous generational and environmental issues
- Knowledgeable about policy making and legislation changing processes within public and Tribal governance
- Skilled performer of complex Indigenous impacts and perspectives, while offering sustainable solutions
- Understanding of intertribal community dynamics, conflicts, and history
- Producer and developer or "Voices of the Land" short documentary
- 10 years of experience as equity and cultural consultant
- Assertive, natural networker, flexible and able to manage public presentations
- Transparent, accountable, reachable, and collaborative strategic thinker
- Excellence on maintaining long good standing relations, while creating and building new opportunities for/with community, government and team members
- Well versed writer and speaker in Spanish and English
- Proficient facilitator and developer of JEDI and allyship trainings
- Able to speak and advocate for Indigenous rights with diplomacy and strategic thinking
- Adaptable to cultural differences, and understanding of diverse backgrounds, by condensing concepts and communicating concepts to marginalized communities
- Open and appreciative of constructive feedback; educated on motivational interviewing skills and on positive goal- oriented relationship
- Trained on non-violent communication techniques, conflict resolution, and transformational justice principals to help mediation processes
- Facilitated and coordinated workshops in the "Latino" Community to promote healthy living, recycling and education
- Experienced equity consultancy within governance and other non-governance entities
- Attained financial, linguistic, familial, social capital throughout Indigenous communities and Tribal Nations
- Mediate conflicts between communities and facilitate effective resolutions to disputes regarding race and equity
- Directed the organization's daily operations, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations
- Planned and delivered training sessions to improve employee effectiveness and address areas of weakness
- Recruited, trained, supervised, evaluated and mentored team members
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, CBMS, HHS Connect, HAB Inc, HMS, Google Drive, Power Point, Service Point (client database entry), One Note, CBMS, Catalog Choice software (data entry system)
Timeline
Cultural Advocate
Drylands Agroecology Research
11.2021 - 01.2023
Chief Executive Director
Harvest of All First Nations
01.2021 - Current
Advocacy and Community Leadership
Foundation of Leaders Organized for Water and Sustainability (FLOWS)
10.2016 - Current
Occupancy Assistant
Boulder County Housing Authority
05.2016 - 05.2018
Environmental Studies - Indigenous Environmental Issues
Naropa University
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