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Citizenship & Community Living

Cooperation, shared ideals, embracing creativity, solid leadership, responsibility taking, groups creating a structure by which life and work can happen. Making laws, making and keeping a community beautiful, creating and maintaining democracy, making a community that is safe and welcoming to all. These are ideals and an overall vision of Citizenship and community living.

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Entry Level Roles

Program Associate, Center for Court Innovation

Teacher, Neighborhood House

Organizing Specialist, SEIU 503

Legal Assistant Apprenticeship, Barreau de Paris (Ordre des avocats de Paris)

Crisis Response Operator, Trans Lifeline

Technical Research Assistant, MDRC

Program Associate, Center for Court Innovation

Teacher, Neighborhood House

Organizing Specialist, SEIU 504

Transgender Justice Trainer/Organizer, Basic Rights Oregon

Crisis Response Operator, Trans Lifeline

Technical Research Assistant, MDRC

Program Associate, Center for Court Innovation

Teacher, Neighborhood House

Organizing Specialist, SEIU 505

Crisis Response Operator, Trans Lifeline

Technical Research Assistant, MDRC

Program Associate, Center for Court Innovation

Teacher, Neighborhood House

Organizing Specialist, SEIU 506

Crisis Response Operator, Trans Lifeline

Post-Secondary Success Member with Open School North, Americorps

Technical Project Manager, Epiq Systems

Program Assistant, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices

Resource Development Member, AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America), Habitat for Humanity of Oregon

Legal Assistant, Chen, Mu & Associates

Intern, United States House of Representatives

Office Manager, National Republican Congressional Committee

Support Staff, Mt. Scott Community Center, Portland Parks and Recreation

Staff, FairVote

Criminal Paralegal and Investigator, Office of the Federal Public Defender, District of Oregon

Research and Fundraising Assistant, Fomento Cultural Banamex, AC

Linguistic Validation Project Coordinator, TransPerfect Translations

Research Assistant, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Research Assistant, Brookings Institution, Economic Studies Division

Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, Public Policy/Economic Research/Think Tank, Research Assistant, Washington DC

Grad School Destinations

Alumni are or have been

Congressional Representative, Washington State District 1

Senior Analyst, United States Senate

Attorney-in-Charge of Natural Resources, Oregon Department of Justice

Secretary of the Navy, Clinton Administration

Research Assistant, Center for American Progress

President, Elana Shneyer Strategies

Legislative Director, Bureau of Labor and Industry

Staff Attorney, Public Citizen Litigation Group

Community Mental Health Therapist, Fred Finch Youth Center

Social Worker, Family and Children's Services

Deputy City Auditor, City of Oakland

Policy Maker, Portland Housing Bureau

Public Defender, City of San Francisco

Mayor, City of Gearhart

Platoon Leader, United States Army

Executive Director, Coast Life Support District

Co-Founder, SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods)

Public Information Officer, Portland Bureau of Public Transportation

Director of Administration, Oregon Food Bank 

Resources & Information

Associations & Databases

Reed Legal Network

National Association of Counties 

National League of Cities

National Association of State Legislatures

NCSL Jobs board

Association of Historical Preservation Societies

National Legal Aid & Defender Association

Hispanic National Bar Association

National Conference of Black Lawyers

National Association of Women Lawyers

National Association of Legal Assistants

The Civil Rights Project

Association of Zoos and Aquariums

International Association of Crime Analysts

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