TODAY Careers for Social Justice workshop

Don't forget that our Careers for Social Justice workshop is TODAY!!!

Careers for Social Justice
TODAY Tuesday, March 30th
5:30-7:00pm
McLaren 252

Passion, purpose, paycheck! Come learn about exciting and rewarding social justice careers from a panel of change agents and professionals from education, non-profit, community health, and more! Learn about career options, practical strategies, and tips for succeeding in preparing and searching for careers for social justice.

Here are the professional biographies of the panelists:

Tina Duong has been the Director of Development at Habitat for Humanity SF for almost a year and a half. With Habitat for humanity, she works to end poverty housing in the US and abroad by creating equal access to safe and affordable homes while fundraising. Her bachelor’s is in Business and International Marketing from USF, and this degree helped prepare her for positions with the Youth Leadership Institute and Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, both in a development capacity. Before entering the non-profit sector, Tina held various sales and marketing positions at high-tech services firms for 7 years.

Melanie Raygoza is an Employment Specialist for the Positive Resource Center. In this position for almost 2 years, she provides employment counseling and advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS and people with mental health disabilities. This is Melanie’s first professional position after earning her bachelor’s in Sociology and International Studies from USF. As a USF student, she worked as an Advocate for Community Engagement for USF's Office of Service-Learning and Community Action and served as a liaison between service-learning students, professors, and community partners to coordinate projects. Melanie also interned for a year with the St. Anthony Foundation, where she assisted the staff to provide computer training and employment preparation assistance to homeless and low-income individuals. She hopes to pursue a Masters degree in social work beginning in fall 2010 or spring 2011.

Thom Lynch has served as the Interim Executive Director for the New Leaf Services for Our Community for less than a year, but has extensive experience in working with non-profit and community health organizations on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in San Francisco and in Spain. Before coming to New Leaf, Thom served as the CEO and President of the SF LGBT Community Center for nearly 5 years and the Deputy Executive Director at Project Open Hand for 8 years, among other positions. Currently, he serves on the LGBT Advisory Committee for Human Rights Watch and served six years as the San Francisco County Chair of the FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program. Thom has an academic background in Theology, with a both bachelor’s and 2 years of graduate coursework in Theology.

Mary Grace Almandrez is the Assistant Dean for the USF Multicultural Student Services, where she addresses issues related to equity and inclusion in higher education with particular attention to racism and heterosexism. As a professional in higher education student affairs, Mary Grace has been at USF for almost 6 years and has also worked as the Director for the Office of Mission and Diversity at Notre Dame de Namur University and the Director of Multicultural Services at McDaniel College. She prepared for these positions with a bachelor’s in Sociology, a master’s in Human Resources Development. Mary Grace is currently working toward her EdD in Organization & Leadership here at USF.

Megan Martin is the Operations Manager for Abraham’s Vision of Peace, a non-profit organization that works on issues of conflict transformation, particularly working with students connected to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. With a bachelor’s in History with an Anthropology minor and a Masters in Politics with a concentration in International Relations, Megan has been working with Abraham’s Vision of Peace for less than a year. Previous to this, she worked as the Deputy Finance Director for a political campaign in New York.

For more information, please contact Geneva Sarcedo at the Career Services Center, (415) 422-6216.

Hope to see you there!

Geneva