Education

Professional Experience

The Theater Offensive

The Theater Offensive’s mission is to form and present the diverse realities of queer lives in art so bold it breaks through personal isolation and political orthodoxy to help build an honest, progressive community.

The Theater Offensive, Cambridge, MA
Community Engagement Coordinator
March 2010 – April 2011

• Grassroots social networking, coordinating volunteers, promoting events and managing presence on social networking sites.
• Coordination of a national performance project being produced in upwards of 13 cities.
• Collection of demographic and other evaluative information.

The Fenway Institute @ Fenway Health

Fenway Community Health is a nationally recognized leader in HIV research and health services for the LGBT and surrounding community.

Health Systems Navigation Manager, HPTN 061 – Project SOS
September 2008 – September 2009
The Fenway Institute at Fenway Community Health Boston, MA

Research Associate, Project Enhance
October 2007 – August 2008
The Fenway Institute at Fenway Community Health Boston, MA

Project Coordinator, Women’s Health Initiatives Program
December 2006 – October 2007
The Fenway Institute at Fenway Community Health Boston, MA

Project Manager, The National LGBT Tobacco Control Network
May 2006 – December 2006
The Fenway Institute at Fenway Community Health Boston, MA

Research Associate & Health Systems Navigator, Positive Connections Study
May 2005 – May 2006
The Fenway Institute at Fenway Community Health Boston, MA

Research Associate, Legacy Smoking Cessation Study
November 2004 – May 2005
The Fenway Institute at Fenway Community Health Boston, MA

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Byron Rushing is a long time representative of the South End and Lower Roxbury districts. His legislative priorities are human and civil rights and liberties; local human, economic and housing development; environmental justice and health care.

Legislative Aide to Representative Byron Rushing
April 2003 – December 2004
Massachusetts House of Representatives Boston, MA

The Commonwealth Coaltition

The Commonwealth Coalition was a non-profit organization dedicated to providing trainings and technical assistance to progressive candidates running for public office.

WomenIN Organizer and Training Coordinator
February 2002 – February 2003
Commonwealth Coalition Boston, MA

Presentations & Publications

• Poster presentation: Using Health System Navigation to Reach Under-Served HIV+ People Common Visions: The Massachusetts Conference on HIV/AIDS, October 2005

• Suggested Citation: Scout, Miele, AM. Bradford, JB., Perry, D. 2007. Running an LGBT Smoking Treatment Group. The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA.

• Suggested Citation:Driskell, J.R., O’Cleirigh, C., Covahey, C., Ripton, J., Mayer, K.H., Perry, D., Salomon, E., & Safren, S.  Building Program Acceptability: Perceptions of Gay and Bisexual Men to Peer or Prevention Case Manager Relationships in Secondary HIV Prevention Counseling.  Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 22(3), In press.

• Co-author: “The Fenway Institute Orientation to Cultural Competency” October 2007

• Co-author: “The Health Systems Navigation Training Manual”, January, 2009

Volunteer Experience

Americorps/City year

City Year is a national Americorps program, dedicated to building democracy through citizen service, civic leadership and social entrepreneurship.

Project Leader and Corps Member
August 1999 – June 2001
City Year – Americorps Cleveland, OH

Additional Professional Experience

• Attended “Grant Writing 101” training at the Center for Training and Professional Development at JRI Health, December 2008

• The Fenway Institute Cultural Competency Committee Co-chair, 2005 – 2009

• Steering Committee member for Northeast Action’s People of Color Organizers’ Network 2002 -2004

• Attended Midwest Academy’s Organizers Training in Chicago, IL February 2002

• Certified Youth Entrepreneurship Instructor with KidsWay Inc., and Edge University, June 2001

• Worked with at-risk youth for Youth Opportunities Unlimited at free summer camp. Taught youth entrepreneurship curriculum to 20 children in Cleveland, OH May 2001 – September 2001