Joy Davis
Houston,TX
Summary
I am a flexible hard worker ready to learn and contribute to team success. I am a motivated professional offering political, campaign organizing, and accounting experience. I am willing to work with any organization in need of great collaboration, interpersonal, and multitasking abilities.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Voter Engagement Organizing Manager
Pure Justice
Houston, TX
07.2022 - Current
- Managed Voter Engagement teams
- Grant writing experience
- Turf cutting experience in VAN
- Coordinated justice-focused support services at Pure Justice
- Reviewed sensitive records and maintained accurate documentation for advocacy matters.
- Developed and implemented regional field plans and strategies to increase voter engagement in local elections.
- Prepared detailed outlines of topics to be discussed at each engagement.
- Recruited members for events and speaking engagements.
- Prepared reports on outcomes from community engagement initiatives as well as recommendations for future action items.
- Mobilized volunteers for grassroots outreach and community canvassing.
- Organized phone banks, text campaigns, and voter contact efforts.
- Recruited community members for meetings, actions, and public events.
- Coordinated door-to-door outreach with local neighborhood leaders.
- Prepared event materials, scripts, and outreach packets for field teams.
- Supported coalition meetings with advocacy groups and community partners.
- Reported field activity updates to campaign leadership and organizers.
- Participated in regular strategy sessions with team leaders to evaluate current tactics and develop new ones.
- Recruited volunteers by attending community meetings and speaking at conferences and workshops.
- Organized rallies, protests, town hall meetings, and other events to increase public awareness of pressing issues.
- Identified key issues and developed strategies for engaging individuals, groups, and organizations in advocacy campaigns.
- Developed relationships with elected officials, candidates, and their staffs to build support for legislative initiatives.
- Engaged directly with constituents via email or telephone calls regarding their concerns or questions about an issue.
- Attended relevant trainings to stay abreast of best practices for effective grassroots organizing.
- Maintained a database of contacts including elected officials, activists, coalition partners.
- Coordinated volunteer activities such as canvassing neighborhoods, distributing literature, staffing phone banks.
- Conducted outreach to local community members and organizations about the importance of grassroots organizing.
- Collaborated with coalition partners on joint projects that addressed common concerns.
- Implemented community outreach and engagement plans to reach vulnerable communities.
- Recruited, trained and oversaw organizational volunteers.
- Collaborated with community-based organizations and key stakeholders to address community initiatives.
- Trained members to develop skills, analysis and commitment toward mission.
- Conducted interviews with people from target populations to listen to concerns and amplify group's voice.
- Conducted outreach to local community leaders and progressive organizations and assisted with local and regional on-site events.
- Inspired communities and individual citizens to mobilize and coordinate forces and develop tools to accomplish social change.
- Made referrals to utilize community resources for resident's needs.
Part Time Organizer
Texas Organizing Project
Houston, TX
10.2021 - Current
- Utilizes existing deep political networks and relationships nationally and locally to help marginalized and undersized communities increase their political power.
- Experienced in strategic and accurate political powermapping.
- Worked with my existing political networks located in Fort Bend and gained additional allies regarding redistricting to bring about additional progressive political power.
- Supported R2J Organizer with phonbanking and canvassing support.
- I have established trusted relationships with many elected officials in Harris and Fort Bend County.
- Experience planning outreach activities such as campaigns, public events, and community meetings.
- Able to Coordinate Campaign Plans and activities
- Able to initiate and train volunteers in phonbanking, texting campaigns, and electoral work.
- Able to engage elected officials to support TOP.
- Conducted outreach to local community leaders and progressive organizations and assisted with events.
- Raised funds, organized and conducted meetings, engaged with and listened to marginalized populations and uncovered previously unavailable resources.
- Organized community events and campaigns for non-profits.
- Equipped groups of people and inspired them to work toward achievement of commonly articulated goals through collective action.
- Trained students to lead social change, run texting campaigns, organize canvassing, generate grassroots support and coordinate lobby days.
- Gathered, organized and input data into VAN for use in tracking and analyzing trends.
- Implemented community outreach and engagement plans to reach vulnerable communities.
- Conducted interviews with people from target populations to listen to concerns and amplify group's voice.
- Collaborated with community-based organizations and key stakeholders to address community initiatives.
PTR Statewide Coordinator
MoveOn.org
Houston, TX
10.2020 - 12.2020
- Developed project plans covering goals, resources required and schedules.
- Submitted budget estimates, progress reports and cost tracking reports.
- Negotiated to secure favorable quotes and contracts for supplies.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
MoveOn Resist and Win Leader
Volunteer Work
Houston, TX
10.2017 - 12.2020
- Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery.
- Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs.
- Hosted volunteer events for multiple endorsed candidates.
Campaign Worker
Judge Staci Williams
Houston, TX
10.2020 - 11.2020
- Utilized organizational knowledge and persuasive speech to sway public opinion.
- Worked in urban, suburban and rural areas to increase voter turnout
- Collaborated with team to develop effective, strategies.
Campaign Worker
Shelley Kennedy
Houston, TX
12.2017 - 05.2018
- Attended public events and ceremonies and visited with constituents across state.
- Maintained professionality and efficiency while working closely with leadership.
- Devised public relations strategies to engage with and influence general public in support of accomplishing business objectives and boosting revenues.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
Education
High School Diploma -
Bellaire High School
Bellaire, TX1993
Skills
- Field Outreach
- Grassroots Organizing
- Transportation Services
- Data entry
- Computer skills
- Communication
- Leadership
- Relationship building
- Teambuilding
- Bookkeeping operations
- Accounts payable
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Check processing
- General ledger entries
- Vendor relationships
- SAP
- Account reconciliation
- Test and Evaluation (T&E)
- Wire transfers
- Expense reports
- Van
- PeopleSoft
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Docs
Timeline
Voter Engagement Organizing Manager
Pure Justice
07.2022 - Current
Part Time Organizer
Texas Organizing Project
10.2021 - Current
PTR Statewide Coordinator
MoveOn.org
10.2020 - 12.2020
Campaign Worker
Judge Staci Williams
10.2020 - 11.2020
Campaign Worker
Shelley Kennedy
12.2017 - 05.2018
MoveOn Resist and Win Leader
Volunteer Work
10.2017 - 12.2020
High School Diploma -
Bellaire High School