Chloe Jackson-Pierce

• Manage the worktrade program for a community-based nonprofit's annual gathering focused on connecting people to nature, ancestral wisdom, and skills of self-reliance and community resilience

• Set up worktrade application system, review applications, communicate with 125+ applicants to assign each with a position, and support staff and worktraders at an earthskills gathering of over 800 people

• Recruit, help train, and supervise 40+ volunteers in six rural counties for a regional nonprofit organization providing compassionate end-of-life care

• Plan and implement regular social activities and educational in-services for volunteers

• Maintain documentation related to volunteer information, assignments, and activities

• Planned and led JEDI workshops for up to 25 staff and Americorps members

• Created and spearheaded a staff Equity Team, organized guest trainers, and designed additional staff learning opportunities

• Served as point person for JEDI-related inquiries from stakeholders and other BBBS affiliates

• Worked closely with leadership to develop inclusive, accessible policies and practices

PROGRAM COORDINATOR, 06/2022-08/2023

• Proactively perform volunteer recruitment and child enrollment through public speaking, public relations, and community outreach to meet annual service goals

• Perform volunteer orientation, enrollment, and training and provide support to Big/Little matches

• Organized and led an after-school garden program for K-8th grade students

• Developed age-appropriate and culturally relevant lesson plans on gardening and the environment

• Coordinated with school's food pantry to distribute produce from the garden

• Assisted the Director in facilitating a peer mediation group in a local high school

• Served on hiring committee for a permanent, full-time Peace Education Associate

• Supported Youth Undoing Institutional Racism (now Youth Advocates for Healing and Liberation) programming and maintained community Freedom Garden throughout the growing season

• Raised awareness about the disparate environmental health impacts of coal ash in St. Louis by presenting to parent and community groups

• Led campaigns for renewable energy and mobilized community members to attend meetings, events, and actions

• Collaborated with other Climate Justice Alliance member organizations

• Designed and implemented a plan to expand an existing community garden

• Taught gardening skills to youth ages 10-18 and facilitated conversations about food justice

• Worked closely with students to proofread, edit, and formalize writing assignments

• Facilitate two Environmental Studies courses for a total of 4 semesters

• Revised course syllabi, planned class activites and field trips, and graded and provided feedback on all homework assignments under the supervision of a professor

• Researched campus sustainability practices and drafted proposal for the university to hire a sustainability coordinator and create a sustainbility office

• Presented proposal to university president, campus environmental groups, and student government

• Laid groundwork for campus sustainability office, which was established to the following year

• Managed team of students that collected food waste from campus dining halls and coordinated transportation of compost to university farm