Areas of Expertise
Anti-Oppressive Advocacy Framework Training
Anti-Racism Executive Coaching
Anti-Oppressive Systemic Audit and Realignment
Survivor Resiliency
Trauma-Informed Care
Bystander Intervention
Building a Crisis Response Culture
Prevention Training and Facilitation
Violence Prevention and Response
Sustainable on-call and Case Management
Awards & Honors
2018
Odyssey Films Media
“The Rape of Recy Taylor” National Brain Trust”
2017
Exceptional Victim Advocate Award-Campus Victim Advocacy
National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
Emory University 100 Years of Women in Excellence Awards
“Unsung Heroine”
2016
Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education
”Restorative Justice Listening Session”
NASPA Excellence Award (Silver) in Violence Education & Prevention
”Crisis Management and Campus Safety”
2015
Vanderbilt University Housing and Residential Education Awards
”Campus Partner of the Year”
2014
Vanderbilt University Dean of Students Awards Program
”KC Potter Award for Outstanding Service to Students”
2012
Mississippi State University Ritter Greek Awards
”Excellence in Membership Development: - NPHC”
”Outstanding Faculty Relations”
Pi Iota Zeta Alumni Chapter, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
”The Five Pearls Award: Advisor of the Year”
National affiliations
Education
Mississippi State University
MA - English (Minor: Gender Studies)
BA - Broadcast Communications (Minor: Theater)
PROFESSIONAL experience
The Swan Center for Advocacy & Research, Inc. Stockbridge, GA Founder
• Georgia-based 501(c)(3) that prioritizes and supports Black survivors of violence
• Provide support through referral, crisis advocacy and the dispensing of hardship funds
• Provide training utilizing the Anti-Oppressive Advocacy ™ framework to support white anti-violence professionals in interrogating their internalized anti-Blackness
•Created the nation’s first appreciation week for anti-violence professionals
Emory University, Atlanta, GA - Director, The Office of Respect
Developed and executed a two-year strategic plan to elevate the Respect Program to an anti-oppressive office that prioritizes the university’s climate results to reduce all forms of violence and increase violence prevention education across the enterprise.
Secured nearly $100,000 in donation funding for RespectCon, the university’s nationally-awarded anti-violence conference
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Prevention Educator/Victim Resource Specialist
Lead provider of on-call response, crisis intervention, on-going case management and resource referral as a private resource of power-based personal violence intervention to the entire Vanderbilt working and living community.
Developed internal Standards of Care ( forms, resources, safety planning, etc. ) when working with impacted community members to minimize on-going violence.
Provided programmatic outreach and training on the prevention of power-based personal violence through perspectives including: intersections of gender, race, sexual orientation, individual and cultural identity
Co-developed a research investigation evaluating Vanderbilt University’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI) community’s expectations for accessing care and filing incident reports
Successfully transitioned the program within the Women’s Center to a free-standing center and point of entry for care for community members impacted by violence.
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS Program Coordinator/Student Support
Office of Outreach and Sexual Assault Services
Secured $300,000 in federal funding for what would soon become the office of Outreach and Sexual Assault Services
Managed the office’s victim services program and engaged student input on issues of policy review, diversity, prevention education and curriculum development.
Created and maintained campus, local, state, and national partnerships to ensure consistency in the university’s creation of a safe and supportive campus environment for students, faculty and staff
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