Nia Cunningham

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EDUCATION University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) —Junior Graduating in 2024 Majoring in Gender and Women Studies with a minor in Nonprofit management Cumulative GPA: 3.8

RELEVANT Freshwater Lab 1 &2, Public Health and Society, Humanities, COURSEWORK Gender, Race, Sexuality & Human rights

RELATED UIC Heritage Garden Chicago, IL

EXPERIENCE Intern Leader 5/21 - present

● Assisted with the planning, preparation, upkeep, and harvest, of all satellite garden areas

● Helped collect, count, store seeds and seed library

● Collaborated with peers to share harvests of food,herbs, etc. around the community

● Planned and facilitated group meetings

● Helped create the and facilitate the agenda for the garden volunteer days

● Collaborated with garden leaders to advertise and carry out community programming

● Communicated with team members about concerns, feedback, and goals

● Helped review and conduct interviews for incoming cohort

● Got involved with student organizing as a representative from the Heritage Garden and prepared a petition for UIC’s quad remodeling project Urban Growers Collective Chicago, IL

Growers Apprentice 3/21 - present

● Learn how to direct seed and transplant all basic vegetable crops

● Consistently tended, harvested, and stewarded crops.

● Collectively learn about how to form and continue a sustainable farming cooperative

● Collaborate with peers to fulfill contract orders for community organizations

● Further working to understand sustainable farming practices (mutual aid work, no till/regenerative farming practices, composting, strengthening local farming networks)

Wayfinding LLC Chicago, IL

Assistant Story Circle Facilitator 8/22 - 12/22

● Collaborated with multiple organizations and community members through community events, mapping activities, interviews to collect knowledge of AltGeld Garden in order to create context for a story map that another group was organizing.

● Created questions for story circles to create context for community circles and the other projects that intersected with the story work.

● Assisted in facilitating the story circle with other community organizers. Field Museum Chicago, IL

Intern 5/22 - 8/22

● Assisted the Keller Science Action Center with their work regarding the Beaubian Forests’ cultural gathering spaces along the Routes and Routes nature paths.

● Contributed to the Keller Action Centers guide of creating cultural gathering spaces through helping write the context of the work that has taken place over time.

● While working at the Field my work at the Heritage Garden helped me allow my internship to collaborate with staff at the field. Through that collaboration I got the chance to create walking tours around the gathering spaces and Field Museum.

● Assisted the Field Museum staff in work to build the gathering spaces.

● Tabled with the Field at community events while collaborating and assisting organizations during the process.

UIC Gender and Sexuality Center Chicago, IL

QTBIPOC Affinity space co-facilitator 9/21 - 5/22

● Created a safe space for QTBIPOC folx to feel vulnerable, and supported

● Planned co-facilitation activities with co-host

● Helped individuals feel more comfortable through community building exercises

● Planned, scheduled, and operated zoom tools to help with facilitation LGBTQIA+ Leadership Ambassador 9/21 - 5/22

● Learned leadership techniques, and how to apply leadership skills while staying true to my queer identity

● Carried out inclusive LGBTQIA+ initiatives throughout UIC’s campus

● Learned community building techniques from the perspectives of LGBTQIA+ organizers throughout the city

UIC Dialogue Initiative Chicago, IL

Dialogue Peer Educator 1/22 - 5/22

● Trained to facilitate student-designed dialogue-based workshops on topics such as social identities, communicating across differences, and listening for understanding(etc.)

● Lead customized workshops for campus communities, such as student organizations, courses, and residence halls

ADDITIONAL Sunrise Health Food Store Flossmoor, IL EXPERIENCE Cashier Sales Associate 5/20 - 9/21

● Assisted customers with purchases and inquiries

● Stocked and cleaned aisles

● Answers calls to store, and conveyed the appropriate information to fulfill customers questions

SKILLS Responsible, Committed, Excellent Oral and Written Skills, Ability to Work in a Team and Independently, Creative Thinking, Willingness to Change, Ability to Handle Multiple Projects, Detail Oriented and Empathetic.

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