MARI RYMAR
Ann Arbor,MI
Summary
Activist, community organizer, events organizer, and field expert with experience in electoral, legislative, and good neighbor campaigns. My goal is to work in progressive politics at the grassroots level.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Field Organizer
For Our Future MI
06.2021 - 08.2024
- Communicated with residents all over Michigan on issues impacting their lives and informed them of various progressive legislation taking place in the state.
- Fostered conversations year round with communities on workers’ rights, environmentalism, voting rights, racial justice, and protecting democracy.
- Organized informative events and actions on voting rights, redistricting, wealth inequality and other progressive issues.
- Organized Michigan residents to attend Michigan Redistricting Commission meetings and participate in advocacy for fair maps in the state.
- Canvassed door to door for various progressive issues, GOTV, ballot proposals, and petition drives for voting rights for 2022 midterm elections.
Organizing Fellow
For Our Future MI
03.2021 - 04.2021
- Communicated with residents all over Michigan on issues impacting their lives.
- Informed them of various progressive legislation and actions taking place in state
Voter Contact Organizer
For Our Future MI
09.2020 - 11.2020
- Communicated with people in southeast Michigan on issues impacting their lives, informed them of upcoming elections and organized them to participate in democracy.
Field Representative
Mike Bloomberg For President 2020
02.2020 - 03.2020
- Canvassed door to door
- Coordinated, trained, and directed volunteers
- Represented candidate at various events and fundraisers
- Directed field canvass of assigned regions, cut and assigned turfs
Field Organizer
Ohio Citizen Action
03.2019 - 07.2019
- Contacted, informed, and organized Ohio community members to call, write letters, and make public comment to their representatives on legislation that would affect Ohio's environmental and energy future.
Field and Community Organizer
For Our Future MI
10.2018 - 12.2018
- Did outreach, doors and phone canvassing to engage people in the democratic process and inform and advocate for progressive policies
- Organized Get Out the Vote during 2018 Michigan midterm elections
- Informed Michiganders of undemocratic legislation in Lansing during 2018 Lame Duck session and organized them to lobby elected officials through phone calls, letters, and direct action in Lansing
- Researched various anti-worker legislation in Lansing and informed citizens and activists through media and grassroots outreach
Fundraising Director, Campaign Consultant, Media Director
Steve Friday for U.S. Congress
05.2018 - 08.2018
- Researched and developed call sheets of local supporters and donors for progressive Democratic candidate
- Organized fund-raising parties and events
- Reached out to supporters, organized volunteers, represented candidate at various events
- Canvassed and used VAN to help organize field canvasses
Field Organizer
Citizens Campaigns
10.2016 - 11.2016
- Canvassed door to door to inform Michigan residents of Democratic candidates and their policy platforms.
- Utilized Voter Activation Network to canvass local Democratic party members.
Field Organizer
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
11.2012 - 05.2013
- Canvassed door to door throughout New York to raise awareness of local environmental issues
- Implemented letter writing campaign to connect community members to politicians and local government stakeholders.
Field Manager and Organizer
Clean Water Action
02.2007 - 03.2012
- Canvassed door to door throughout Southeastern Michigan to raise awareness of local environmental issues.
- Implemented letter writing campaign to connect community members to politicians and local government stakeholders.
- Trained organizers and coordinated canvassing field crews.
Skills
- OutVote, Hustle, Relay, ThruTalk, ThruText
- NGP VAN, Minivan, Data Processing and Analysis
- Volunteer Coordination, Training
- Social Media Outreach, Communications
- Field Organizing, Turf-cutting, Canvass Coordination
Other Activism/Community Engagement
Michigan Liberation: Organization for Criminal Justice Reform 2020
Volunteered and text-banked for endorsed progressive Washtenaw County Prosecutor candidate Eli Savit
Untold Stories of Liberation and Love: Poetry of Women of Color 2019
Collective member, helped promote the publication and launch of the anthology of poetry by women of color in Michigan
Michigan for Single Payer Health Care 2019
Helped organize and coordinate a lobby day to speak to Michigan state representatives about support for and the possibilities of single payer health care in Michigan
MDP Disability Caucus Board Member, Secretary 2019 - 2020
Dana Nessel for Michigan Attorney General 2018
Volunteered and helped East Michigan Field Director with organizing and promoting events and a local canvass launch
Jeff Irwin for State Senate 2018
Volunteered, canvassed, served as outreach for Senator Irwin to various progressive groups in the community
Voters Not Politicians 2017
Volunteered with initial organizing, helped with creating training videos
Flint Rising 2015
Canvassed for Flint Rising group, contacted locals and spoke to them about their drinking water, gathered information, and put them in contact with social workers and help
Education
Washtenaw Community College General Studies
The American School in Japan High School
References
Anastasey Manolatos
For Our Future Michigan Regional Field Director, Oakland/Macomb
(586) 344-3658
Robert Gordon
Former Sierra Club Michigan Lobbyist
(734) 353-9223
Bryan McMurran
Regional Director for Senator Gary Peters
(734) 431-5093
Timeline
Senior Field Organizer
For Our Future MI
06.2021 - 08.2024
Organizing Fellow
For Our Future MI
03.2021 - 04.2021
Voter Contact Organizer
For Our Future MI
09.2020 - 11.2020
Field Representative
Mike Bloomberg For President 2020
02.2020 - 03.2020
Field Organizer
Ohio Citizen Action
03.2019 - 07.2019
Field and Community Organizer
For Our Future MI
10.2018 - 12.2018
Fundraising Director, Campaign Consultant, Media Director
Steve Friday for U.S. Congress
05.2018 - 08.2018
Field Organizer
Citizens Campaigns
10.2016 - 11.2016
Field Organizer
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
11.2012 - 05.2013
Field Manager and Organizer
Clean Water Action
02.2007 - 03.2012