Elizabeth Lavely

Greensboro, North Carolina

elavely@gmail.com

928-699-****

EDUCATION
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Masters of Public Health, May 2017
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Bachelors of Arts, Conflict Transformation & Spanish, May 2005
WORK EXPERIENCE
YWCA Greensboro: Healthy Moms Healthy Babies
Program Organizer, June-Current (dates)
Teach adult health classes to Intensive Outpatient clients at Alcohol Drug Treatment
Prepare materials for Childbirth Education class at Alcohol Drug Treatment
Collect, oversee, and report data for March of Dimes grant
Prepare and submit biannual reports and grant applications
Organize and facilitate Doula trainings
Collect qualitative and quantitative data and assist in program evaluation
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Graduate Assistant Public Health Department, August 2015-May 2016
Wrote and received grant funding for research
Conduct focus groups with perinatal substance user providers using poetry
Interview and write stories for the department
Manage and develop the departments webpage
Publicize the departments activities on social media
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Assistant Director Digital ACT Studio, August 2014-May 2015
Instructed individuals on design on media projects
Facilitated and create workshops on design and rhetoric in media projects
Taught an undergraduate English Course
Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, AZ
Adult Educator & Program Coordinator, October 2010-July 2014
Created civics storytelling project to raise awareness about adult education needs
Facilitated weekly meetings and trainings on story writing, civics, and public speaking
Organized community events to raise awareness of the need for adult education
Taught Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Reading, and Writing to adult students working
to obtain their General Education Diploma
Maintained program records and database

Flagstaff Shelter Services, Flagstaff, AZ

Homeless Advocate, September 2010-January 2011, seasonal
Provided daily care of shelter residents
Assisted in medical and weather related emergencies
Beaver Creek Elementary, Americorps, Rimrock, AZ
Program Coordinator, March 2010-October 2010
Collaborated with local organizations and educators to organize weekly garden activities
Organized and facilitated afterschool and summer programs for youth, 5-16 years of age
Housing First! No More Deaths, Grand Junction
Founder & Coordinator, March 2009-March 2010
Facilitated weekly meetings open to everyone to determine and execute activities to raise
awareness and provide immediate need to houseless residents
Advocated for the rights and needs of houseless residents appealing to city council
Organized the first ever winter patrol to check on campers
Developed surveys to determine interests of houseless individuals from the shelters
Submitted a community grant for an emergency winter shelter unit

ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Oral History Project, Collaborative Cottage Grove, Greensboro, NC
Oral Historian and Organizer, September-Current
Collect secondary data on the history of Cottage Grove neighborhood for a Historic
Neighborhood designation
Conduct oral history interviews
Edit oral history interviews using final cut pro
Visit neighbors living in areas of a high concentration of housing blight in order to learn what
their concerns are and to integrate them into organized neighborhood and city-wide work
Organizing a community event that will allow residents to share concerns through storytelling
Maps of Healing, Beloved Community Center, Greensboro, NC
Oral Historian, August 2015-December 2015
Transcribed oral history audio interviews for new media project mapping locations of
complaints of excessive use of force by police officers
Greensboro Landlord Tenant Project
Conciliator, August 2014-May 2015
Fielded calls of residents with landlord issues
Acted as a conciliator between residents and landlords in an effort to prevent eviction
Black Mesa Indigenous Support, Big Mountain, AZ
Community Organizer, August 2009-July 2014
Provided on the land support to elder residents resisting relocation policy
Conducted 8 interviews of elder residents for a video used in a national organizing effort
Fundraised and collected materials needed for families who are resisting relocation

Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala, USA

Community Organizer, April 2008- December 2011
Acted as an international human rights observer acting as a dissuasive presence for members of
the Asosacion para la Justicia y Reconciliacion (Association for Justice and Reconciliation)
Lived and Traveled between 10 rural Ixil and Quiche communities visiting witnesses and
supporters who had court cases against the material authors of genocide in Guatemala
Reported to international and national partners on human rights concerns, progress of court
cases, and urgent actions in Guatemala
Coordinated national fundraising efforts
Contributed to improved emotional support of accompaniers working in Guatemala
Collaborated to organize a national gathering of supporters
Organized 3 local gatherings to educate what is happening in Guatemala and fundraise for
continued justice work
Centro Autonomo para la Creacion Intercultural de Tecnologias Apropriadas (CACITA),
Oaxaca, Mexico
Community Organizer, July 2008-August 2008
Constructed a mosaic art piece for a community park in a colonia outside of Oaxaca City
Participated in collective visioning process with residents
Learned about how bikes can be used as appropriate alternative machines
Fray Bartolome de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Human Rights Observer, May 2008-July 2008
Acted as a human rights observer in a community that their lands illegally confiscated
Reported to national and international coordinators about the ongoing tension in the community
in which I worked
El Centro Humanitario para los Trabajadores
Community Organizer, January 2006-February 2007
Managed worker data
Created organizing workshops
Facilitated a bi-lingual training on worker committees
Participated in the centers legal clinic and policy work