Brandon Arnold
Calumet City,IL
Summary
Skilled community and social service specialist with a solid history of success in promoting activism, leading program operations, and garnering grassroots support. Focused on speaking out against Community problems and teaching young people important world-changing skills.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
LEAD ORGANIZER
RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTER-UNITED
Chicago, Illinois
04.2020 - 03.2025
- Conducted outreach to local community leaders and progressive organizations and assisted with local and regional on-site events.
- Empowered patients and families to negotiate with resource providers and make decisions on own behalf.
- Administered operating budgets, enforcing internal expense-monitoring controls.
- Solved social problems, transformed struggling, and fragmented communities into cohesive, safe groups with sound economies and team spirit.
- Analyzed data collected from field work to identify trends in voter demographics or preferences.
- Prepared petitions, complaints and subpoenas for abuse cases presented in court.
- Built partnerships with related organizations to develop support and gain greater attention for important issues.
- Ensured compliance with federal, state, and local laws governing political activity and electioneering regulations.
- Kept detailed records of participant and event activities.
- Coordinated and managed staff of 8-10 organizers to ensure successful completion of projects.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
CHICAGO AREA PROJECT
Chicago, IL
03.2014 - 02.2020
- Trained students to lead social change, run strategic campaigns, organize news conferences, build strong coalitions, generate grassroots support and coordinate lobby days.
- Developed and executed plans for campaigns, including budget issues, venue, contract negotiations and worker safety.
- Conducted outreach to local community leaders and progressive organizations and assisted with local and regional on-site events.
- Mobilized, coordinated and supported membership networks for various initiatives, including collective bargaining campaigns and strikes.
- Inspired communities and individual citizens to mobilize and coordinate forces and develop tools to accomplish social change.
- Organized community events and campaigns for government, non-profits, social service agencies and public health departments.
- Conducted interviews with people from target populations to listen to concerns and amplify group's voice.
- Recruited, trained and oversaw organizational volunteers.
- Ran citizen outreach office and recruited and led team of canvassers to fundraise for legislative, political and social issues.
- Equipped groups of people and inspired institutions to work toward achievement of commonly articulated goals through collective action.
- Planned and managed different community meetings, public forums and outreach events.
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
Illinois Department Of Employment Security
Harvey, IL
12.2008 - 02.2014
- Provided excellent service and attention to customers in face-to-face encounters and through phone conversations.
- Conducted outreach to local community leaders and progressive organizations and assisted with local and regional on-site events.
- Created agenda, materials and communications for team meetings.
- Escalated identified risk issues, challenges and trends to senior management and delivered risk-related documents for audit and regulatory exams.
- Consistently provided exceptional service and attention to customers and stakeholders.
TEACHER
Illinois School District 170
Chicago Heights, IL
01.2002 - 12.2008
- Created lesson plans in accordance with state curriculum and school-wide curriculum standards.
- Established positive relationships with students, parents, fellow teachers and school administrators.
- Identified early signs of emotional, developmental and health delays or problems in students and followed up with parents.
- Performed student background reviews to ascertain learning deficiencies and strengths to develop tailored lessons based on student needs.
Education
Master of Science - Criminal Justice
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Chicago, IL06-1984
Bachelor of Arts - PSYCHOLOGY
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Chicago, IL01-1983
Education and Training
other
Timeline
LEAD ORGANIZER
RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTER-UNITED
04.2020 - 03.2025
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
CHICAGO AREA PROJECT
03.2014 - 02.2020
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
Illinois Department Of Employment Security
12.2008 - 02.2014
TEACHER
Illinois School District 170
01.2002 - 12.2008
Master of Science - Criminal Justice
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts - PSYCHOLOGY
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY