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Ryon Meinders

Shakopee,MN

Summary

Caring professional prepared to deliver individualized management and advocacy. Dedicated to helping others achieve goals and meet their specific needs. Motivated worker with a desire to learn new skills, and apply them to helping out the community.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Field Organizer

Minnesota DFL
08.2024 - Current
  • Organized volunteer events, fostering direct dialogue between voters and the campaign team.
  • Participated in strategy development and planning to grow organizing programs and advance campaigns.
  • Generated reports to evaluate program success and make modifications.
  • Wrote e-mails, promoted events via social outreach and drafted scripts to recruit volunteers and voters.

2-Years-Olds Teacher

First Steps Learning Center
12.2022 - 07.2024
  • Created weekly lesson plans to facilitate growth and learning
  • This includes art, music, and sensory activities to improve fine motor, growth motor, social, and mental skills and development
  • Led classroom in daily routine that properly managed 18 toddlers from the age of 1.5 years to 3 years old
  • Managed schedules that included diapers, cleaning, food, group activities, and extra individual activities
  • Communicated with parents on their child's individual needs, and restrictions
  • This included communicating with parents in another state while their child was living with grandparents who did not speak English fluently for 6 months
  • In addition to leading the classroom, also tasked with taking older kids to and from school throughout the week.

Organizing Fellow

Christina Bohannan For Congress
08.2022 - 11.2022
  • Reached out to voters through various means of communication including In-person, phone banking, and through text message (Impactive)
  • Recruited additional volunteers for various jobs throughout the campaign process
  • As a team, the organizing fellows worked to knock on over 1,000 doors for GOTV.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
05.2023

References

  • Alex Paul Shantz, (202) 377-9502, alexjamespaul@gmail.com
  • Emily Meineke, (319) 351-1695
  • Tracey Sexton, (563) 321-8569

Timeline

Field Organizer

Minnesota DFL
08.2024 - Current

2-Years-Olds Teacher

First Steps Learning Center
12.2022 - 07.2024

Organizing Fellow

Christina Bohannan For Congress
08.2022 - 11.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

University of Iowa
Ryon Meinders