Honor Society® member
Edward Brown
Distributed Electoral Organizer at Sunrise Movement
- Class of 2021
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Member since March 2020
Honors and awards
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national honor society
I met academic and community service guidelines and was accepted into my high school's honors society.
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Academy of Natural Sciences Joan Summerfield Award for Excellence in Teaching nominee
For my volunteer work cleaning fossils and explaining my process to museum visitors
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OEEC Environmental Justice Scholarship
For my dedication to the Sunrise Movement and Climate Justice
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Goal job: Climate Justice Movement Organizer and Electoral Campaign Manager
Path: continue volunteering with the Sunrise Movement until a job for PA Electoral Lead opens up in the next few months- Outside the classroom
Ultimate Frisbee
Experience
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Distributed Electoral Organizer
Sunrise Movement
Sep 2020 – Dec 2020
Volunteering
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Sunrise Movement Electoral Team Lead: Developed a team of 7 leaders to hold phonebanks and recruit into the statewide relational organizing program Onboarded three team leads and helped them relaunch with a new purpose for the 2021 primaries. Spoke at the Biden Be Brave rally to demand he fill his cabinet with Green New Deal champions Coordinated with the successful campaigns of GND champions Rick Krajewski and Nikil Saval to decide on volunteer quotas and social media promotion.
Sunrise Movement Philadelphia
Mar 2020 – Mar 2021
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National Phonebank Team Co-Lead Onboarded, managed, and coached team members in phonebank facilitation, debrief calls, and volunteer retention resulting in over 6.5 million dials and significant contributions to the wins of Jammal Bowman, Mike Siegle, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar, Edward Markey, Raphael Warnock, and John Ossof. Grew our team to 30 multiracial cross-class members and our phonebanks to over 150 participants. Fostered a welcoming atmosphere by integrating their personal goals of my teammates into their work leading to increased satisfaction and drive to produce results.
Sunrise Movement
Mar 2020 – Jul 2020
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PA Decentralized Electoral Coordinator Developed leaders in the Pittsburgh, Berks, Berwyn, and West Chester hubs by coaching and training them to deep canvass, build strong teams, use EveryAction, develop other leaders. Launched and coordinated the Deep Canvassing Superhero Squad to test and distribute different deep canvass scripts to hubs for the May PA Primary resulting in 1,876 calls to young voters. Developed two leaders who continued working with me as deep canvassing coaches after the primary Launched a deep canvassing program with the Down Ballot Disruption Project Launched and supported the PA coaching team while coaching the Temple Hub directly Contributed large portions of the DBD Participant Handbook: Attitudes to our Work, Six Team Conditions, Snowflake Model, Team Culture, Launching and Relaunching Your Teams, and the entirety of Section 3:
Sunrise Movement
Jan 2020 – Aug 2020
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Sunrise Movement Masterman High School Coordinator Organized hub members to collect strike pledges for the September and December climate strikes resulting in the attendance of 100 and 120 students (21% and 25% of the student body) respectively.
Masterman High Shcool
Sep 2019 – Mar 2020
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Fossil Preparator: Cleaned and restored dinosaur fossils for further research Educated visitors on the fossil preparation process to inspire their inner scientist.
Academy of Natural Sciences
Jun 2017 – Jan 2020
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