Community & Philanthropy
It was an honor to join The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Ard Diyar’s Folklore series panel as the contemporary storytelling expert.
Storytelling and folklore in ancient Mesopotamia, modern Assyrian communities, and present-day media.
Fundraising
Fundraising
Since 2020 I’ve been fundraising and getting donations matched for various humanitarian organizations; including:
Planned Parenthood: $5500
ACLU, NAACP, Equal Justice Initiative, Black Lives Matter Foundation, Movement For Black Lives: $9700 split evenly across organizations
Color of Change: $1100
Minnesota Freedom Fund: $800
Lebanese Red Cross: $1400
Amnesty International: $3000
Doctors Without Borders: $1200
Mindful Conversations
I was grateful to be selected to moderate conversations with Headspace’s Head of Content and Calm’s Head of Music for the Brand Innovators Summit - a livestream festival for marketers and brand executives. This was especially meaningful given my decades long meditation practices, brand content career, and deep love of music.
Sofar Sounds x Amnesty International ‘ Give A Home’ Benefit Concert
It was a dream come true to secure one of my favorite bands, Blind Pilot, join thousands of other artists in 60 countries and 200 cities from around the world to play live living-room concerts on September 20th for Give A Home 2017 with Amnesty International for World Refugee Day. We fundraised $500,000 in one day to support refugees globally.
My Voice Music
MVM is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon engaging youth in music and performance to promote self-esteem, social skills and recording / production. I had the pleasure of helping them with gaining local partnerships and donations for multiple benefit concerts and auctions.
