Kaniya Harris

Highly organized and detail-oriented professional passionate about executing exceptional events that achieve established goals. Experience with planning, budgeting, and coordinating wide variety of both small-scale and large-scale events. Strong communicator and negotiator able to foster relationships with key stakeholders and vendors.

• Disney Dreamers Academy
• Established Sistas of Cru - a space for Black Christian Women
• Established Black is Joy Event Series for AU Experience’s Black first-year and transfer students
• Initiated a social media partnership with Plan C for AU Students for Change
• Established a Peer-to-Peer Distribution group to allocate Plan B, sexual health resources, condoms, menstrual products, and pregnancy tests on campus
• Served as AU Alumni Alliance Multicultural Reunion Ambassador
• Student Representative for White House Discussion on Reproductive Rights with Vice President Harris
• Speaker at the National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Summit
• Events Staffer and Planner for Kogod’s Flo-Rida Concert
• Emergency Contraception Network Member
• Panelist on Reproductive Justice Roundtable with Chrissy Teigen

• Students for Change (formerly Women’s Initiative), Washington, D.C., Director, 05/2021, Present, Lead executive board hiring, programming, and budget management., Host events, distribute resources, design marketing materials, and collaborate with campus organizations., Develop new initiatives such as the Intersectional Feminist Collective, the Food Waste Initiative, and the Multicultural Dinner.
• Black Student Union, Washington, D.C., Executive Board Member, 06/2020, Present, Co-President from 2022-2024: Oversee activities, delegate responsibilities, lead executive board hiring, and manage the calendar., Event Director from 2021-2022: Organize and execute events and establish partnerships., Outreach Committee from 2020 - 2021: Respond to emails and collaborate with student organizations.

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