Community Resources A Team

JESSE MAICHELLI (MASON)

SUMMARY

Hello,

I'd first like to give Land Acknowledgements. I'm a 3rd/4th generation settler born on traditional homelands of Puyallup tribe known as Tacoma, Washington. I currently with gratitude have tended on Coast Salish unceded territories of Squaxin and Nisqually People of Medicine Creek Treaty known as Olympia, Washington. I honor and give acknowledgement to all the Tribal Nations, Ancestors and many keepers of these lands and resources.

I come from lands and people of Southern/Northern Italy, Sicily and Malta islands, Nordic Sámi, Celtic Welsh and Southern France (the mountain regions) and I'm humbled to continue being a steward to the lands of Turtle Island.

I am a compassionate, motivated employee with a desire to take on new challenges thinking critically. I possess strong worth ethic, deep honesty and care, adaptability with exceptional interpersonal skills. Being adept at working effectively unsupervised as well as thriving on a team I appreciate relationship building with co-workers and leaders alike quickly learning new skills. Feedback both critical and positive is important to me and I enjoy a collaborative environment offering many points of view. Contributing to many professional roles and relationships the past 20+ years equips me with a unique, always evolving perspective of growth as top priority and passion for doing my best at anything I put my energy towards.

Thank you for taking the time to review my experience and potential for your position.

EXPERIENCE

Mutual Aid Community Provider and Coordinator, 06/2019 - Current for Marginalized Community Members - Olympia, WA

CONTACT

Address: Olympia, WA 98502

Phone: 360-***-****

Email: **************@*****.***

SKILLS

Created spaces for safer, affirming living situations, medical experiences, community resources interface and daily survival/thrive strategies rooted in Anti-oppression and Harm reduction frameworks informed by individual/cultural care practices.

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Encouraged clients and Families to participate in learning new methods of daily living to enhance personal dignity and life goals

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Instructed family members on how to provide radical relationships within toxic nuclear white family structures.

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Contributed to case reviews of client status and progress reporting to appropriate resources.

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• Care Planning

• Attention to Detail

• Conflict Resolution

• Client Advocacy

• Crisis Intervention

Community Resources and

Education

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• Anti-supremacy and oppression

QTBIPOC advocacy, collaboration

and justice work

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Queer/Trans identity affirming

support and justice work

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• Data Confidentiality

• Support Group Facilitation

Multi-Ethnic and Minority Radical

Client Needs Assessments and tools

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• Program Coordination

• Team Collaboration

• Staff Training

• Safety Protocols and Procedures

• Diagnosis Understanding

• Relationship Building

• Reliable & Trustworthy

Creator/Member Community Herbalist Access Project, 10/2017 - 09/2020 H.A.P. Herbal Access Project - Olympia, WA

COMMUNITY SERVICE

I take on youth throughout the year

to learn plant knowledge, folk magic,

medicine making, etc.

Facilitated group share, activities,

field trips and general Youth support

to LGBTQIA+ Youth.

Participate in meetings, activities and

oversee financial spending and hiring

of organization

Provide Herbal medicine and support

for Trans and Queer Center and First

Peoples at Evergreen State College

and Stonewall Youth as well as other

community organizations and

individuals

Stock and price food and interact

with customers needs and orders for

food and merchandise for store

Harvest, collect and make herbal

medicine for community members

and organizations for social justice

events including Racial Justice

Summit, Canoe Journey and other

community events with a focus on

Racial/Social/Gender Justice

Helped clients/families adjust to extremely difficult medical and social crisis situations during periods of incapacitation or recuperation.

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Built strong and trusting rapport with extremely confidential information including illegal drug use, illegal methods of survival and many stories of street or racialized and systemically criminalized bodies. realities. radical support without ever referring to police or state services when possible (there's most always another answer beside police state intervention)

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Worked closely with clinical staff to support therapeutic and behavioral plans.

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Aided with mobility and independence for disabled individuals and continually monitored safety.

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Maintained clean and well-organized environment for client happiness and safety.

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• Helped clients get in and out of beds and wheelchairs. Maintained cleanliness of clients' environment by cleaning surfaces and washing clothes or dishes.

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• Assisted clients with maintaining good personal hygiene. Observed patients for changes in physical, emotional, mental or behavioral condition and injuries.

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Monitored health and well-being of clients and reported significant health changes.

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Created herbal reparation project to exploit private land and resources back to Black and Indigenous Community. H.A.P. Herbal Access Project created space for intentional accountability for harmful white herbalist knowledge and practices as well as centering Ancestral Indigenous Tribal protocols and teachings for survival in land-based violence supremacy culture.

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Decolonized ideas of formal herbal knowledge allowed for Indigenous knowing through mentorship and time with BIPOC Plant keepers and community herbalists working along side.

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Continuously created and shipped/delivered large Native-Informed or led medicine blends without Alcohol for Standing Rock Medicine tents, Co-created side projects with Cowlitz Nation for annual Salish Coast Sobriety Canoe Journey, community monthly herbal offerings with classes for free, Makah's Tribal Medicine Room at their Health and Wellness Center, The Evergreen Queer and Trans Center medicine apothecary for closed POC healing settings, Sexual Assault Centers, herbal first aid and many other access points for land medicine.

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• Identified needs of community promptly and efficiently. Collaborated with others to discuss new opportunities such as collective gardens, inner-city black herbal projects, centering Black Ancestral roots medicine collectives, several apprenticeships for BIPOC to re-learn their relationship to land and plants through teachers reflecting them.

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Confidential Mutual Aid and counseling provided at our free apothecary including active support in: herbal abortion materials with how to

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• Critical Thinking

• Organizational Skills

• Active Listening

• Flexible Schedule

• Problem Resolution

• Supervision & Leadership

• Harm Reduction Practices

• Mood Disorders Knowledge

Apprenticeship For Youth, Olympia,

WA

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Volunteer for Stonewall Youth,

Olympia, WA

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• Board Member for Stonewall Youth

Herbal Projects for Community

Access, POC Herbal Reclamation

and Indigenous Sovereignty,

Olympia, WA

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Volunteer for Olympia Food Co-Op,

Olympia, WA

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Volunteer with Backdoor Medicine

Collective, Olympia, WA

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LGBTQQIP2SAA++ Youth Service Provider, 03/2013 - 10/2016 Stonewall Youth - Olympia, WA

Program Director, 01/2010 - 01/2012

Olympia Senior Center Dementia Day Center - Olympia, WA Provided administrative support in

domestic violence prevention and

research. Produced the first formal

research study for a possible

educational program implemented by

Pierce County Schools. Wrote several

papers on theories of community

health and ecological frameworks of

public health systems.

Created and researched adolescent

development and risk/resilient

factors in teen decision-making.

Facilitated youth groups for sex-

education on Tribal Reservations

around Western Washington.

guidance and anonymous phone support, psychoactive mushroom micro dose supply and processing/integrating experiences f mental health for during self-identified episodes or maintenance supply of regular supplements client couldn't access.

Confidential Mutual Aid and counseling provided at our free apothecary including active support in: herbal abortion materials with how to guidance and anonymous phone support, psychoactive mushroom micro dose supply and processing/integrating experiences, and supply monthly mental health maintenance during self-identified episodes.

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Facilitated and created material for numerous public trainings and educational offerings based in anti-oppression land healing

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Built and sustained numerous community relations and partnerships resulting in donations in money, supplies, volunteers, medicine making party spaces, private land access, vehicles and more.

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Maintained safe environment by monitoring, supervising and engaging youth in spaces to exist with Queer and Trans peers and staff. Space completely informed by youth's desire for art, language, rules of consent and structure guided by staff as advocates.

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Supervised and led youth group members to maintain organized and safe environment for autonomy and honest feedback.

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Monitored and cared for youth in carefully curated space to promote consent.

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• Assisted youth with practicing coping skills to achieve personal goals. Documented actions and incidents associated with youth program participants.

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Utilized de-escalation techniques aligned with trauma-informed care model, driving intervention strategy.

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Advocated for at-risk youth individuals and promoted helpful resources and outside QTBIPOC programs to foster progress.

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Counseled individual youth and small groups on presenting needs and concerns.

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Listened to personal stories, asked probing questions and offered knowledgeable advice for different situations.

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Encouraged development of Queer and Trans/2 Spirit skills to help move through specific concerns.

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Assisted youth with developing relevant skills to improve functionality in social, educational and vocational situations.

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Directed, coordinated and processed with fellow staff youth special activities and groups.

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Incorporated different treatment methodologies rooted in cultural awareness and evidence-based practices

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Coordinated resources and donors for annual Gay Prom which produces largest donations yearly.

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The Tacoma-Pierce County Health

Department Intern, Tacoma, WA

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Western Washington Planned

Parenthood Intern, Olympia, WA

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Youth Suicide Prevention Specialist, 01/2006 - 01/2008 Community Youth Services - Olympia, WA

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelor of Arts, Queer And Minority Community Studies, 06/2006 The Evergreen State College - Olympia, WA

Some College (No Degree), Native American Tribal Sovereign Law The University of Montana - Missoula, MT

Certification, 750 Hours

Washington State Certified Home Care Training - Olympia, WA State Certified Esthetics License, Skin Specialist The Salon Professional Academy - Tacoma, WA

Oversaw administrative support staff at 2 locations with over 7 staff and 30+ Senior program participants daily to facilitate day-to-day program activities of Senior Dementia Day Center

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Facilitated staff meetings and educational work sessions to strengthen staff competencies.

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Initiated and set goals for programs according to strategic objectives of organization.

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Met regularly with program stakeholders to make program adjustments and assess progress.

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Hired and developed staff members to collaboratively achieve program goals.

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Fostered community connections and networks, driving collaborations with local organizations and businesses invested in Elder care and intervention

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Supervised program and project managers to provide feedback and resolve complex problems.

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Administered budgets and monitored expenditures to keep program operations aligned with budget targets including raises and special expenditures

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Counseled individual youth and small groups on presenting needs and concerns.

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Advocated for at-risk youth individuals and promoted helpful resources and programs to foster progress.

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Incorporated different treatment methodologies and evidence-based practices to meet clients' specific needs.

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• Coordinated resources to support clients and help each achieve targets. Planned guidance and counseling programs to meet identified priorities and program objectives.

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Defined key data points and data sources to track against measurable performance indicators and produce useful reports.

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Created Suicide Prevention Program with state funds informed by latest research and data for best practices.

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