Bylines
"Lost But Not Forgotten: 90 years later, the Atlanta Daily World kept the Strickland women alive"
The Atlanta Daily World
"New hip-hop musical examines why oppression 'keeps on happening'"
Boston Hassle
"Newnan residents protest in support of safe abortion access"
The Newnan Times-Herald
"Black Girl Magic: Black women rise to the top of Boston's hip hop scene"
The Scope
"Dog owners in Jamaica Plain are raising awareness for the need for more dog parks in Boston"
The Scope
"How The Scope mapped their way to accessible 2021 Boston election coverage"
StoryBench
Broadcast
WBCA 102.9FM Boston
WBCA 102.9FM Boston
WBCA Presents: Melissa Clavijo
WBCA 102.9FM Boston
What Works: The Future of Local News
Episode 44: David Dahl from the Maine Monitor
What Works: The Future of Local News
MacLaren Youth Poetry Project feat. Dakotah Kennedy from Verbal Escape
Prison Pipeline on KBOO 90.7FM
School-to-prison Pipeline feat. Mark McKechnie from Youth, Rights, & Justice
Prison Pipeline on KBOO 90.7FM
Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired PSA
WBCA 102.9FM
Advocacy Campaigns
Lost but not forgotten:
The Atlanta Daily World kept the Strickland women alive
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University School of Law
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Curating the first investigative report documenting the murder of two Black women by police in Georgia during 1932
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Developing a restorative justice strategy alongside family members, attorneys, and the Black press including a memorial event for the 90th anniversary of the tragedy
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Presented a research-in-progress at the 2022 Joint Journalism and Communications History Conference (virtual) and the American Journalism History Association Conference (Memphis, TN)
A real-life To Kill a Mockingbird
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University School of Law
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Developed a posthumous pardon strategy for Willie McGee who was was executed for the alleged rape of a white woman in 1951
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Combed through hundreds of pages of records across sources to create a comprehensive timeline of events in the McGee case
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Successfully submitted a FOIA request to the FBI to obtain Willie McGee's records
Let's Tok about voter suppression
The Emancipator
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Produced, wrote, and starred in videos on voter suppression for Instagram and TikTok
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Recruited influencers to create video campaigns
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Created visual assets in Adobe and Canva
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Coded a website using HTML and CSS
Creating a one-stop-shop against evictions in Boston
Boston Housing Support Station at NuLawLab
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Reimagined the client intake process for tenants needing rental relief during COVID-19
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Led a social media campaign to recruit English and Spanish speaking volunteers to support tenants with rental relief applications
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Developed volunteer training materials on the intake process
Oregon's first poetry slam inside a youth correctional facility
Verbal Escape Poetry Project at
MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility
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Launched a year-long poetry slam curriculum
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Recruited nationally-renowned poets as workshop facilitators and mentors
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Amplified youth voice during Oregon's first on-site poetry slam co-hosted by KBOO 90.7FM and Portland Poetry Slam
Mapping resources for public defense clients
Metropolitan Public Defender
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Developed an internal database for attorneys to provide wraparound support to clients
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Worked alongside attorneys, legal assistants, and investigators to identify gaps in client services
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Created partnerships with over 20 community agencies
