Jada Holmes

Experience

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  Morehouse College TRiO Programs | Greater Orlando Upward Bound Math Science Program

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Tutor-Counselor

  • Assisted technical writing instructor during class time and facilitated technical writing study groups during study hall for 57 high school students • Advised students throughout the process of drafting and completing their final research papers• Coordinated and provided oversight of students during engagement activities e.g. visiting The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site • Served as a residential advisor for the girls’ overnight program, which included 29 girls

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  Spelman's Independent Scholars (SIS)

  Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  Researcher/Young Scholar

  • Dedicated to the fundamentals of interviewing, transcribing, archiving, editing, and collecting stories of African American women elders• International Travel to Nassau, Bahamas in March 2015 to conduct oral history interviews with local elders and educators • Creation and implementation of a special oral history project in Meriwether County, GA• Most notably recorded and transcribed the oral history of the late Mrs. Helen Kilpatrick Threatt, wife of the late Dr. Robert Threatt, 12th President of Morris Brown College Show less

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  Spelman College | Bonner Office of Community Service and Student Development

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

  • Selected as 1 of 2 out of 80 Spelman College Bonner Scholars for a two-year commitment, plus up to one year of training, to represent the Spelman College Bonner Program at national meetings to network and share ideas • Proposed and implemented the Spelman College Big Idea InReach Tour, which focused on introducing more Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to the Bonner Program • Traveled to Bennett College to facilitate workshops on service learning, community mapping, and becoming a Bonner Leader School to 20 students and three administrators• Chosen as 1 of 5 out of approximately 65 Bonner schools to present Spelman’s Big Idea Project during a workshop at the 2015 Bonner Summer Leadership Institute Show less • Responsible for actively participating in meaningful service by researching and understanding physical, spiritual, relational, and emotional community needs and working to improve them•Developed a Lunch and Learn Discussion series at a local elementary school as a result of an observed need for character development • Supervised the interactions between 40 Spelman students and 100 elementary students for a one-month intensive training on character development pillars: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship, which resulted in a decrease in disciplinary referrals of participating students• Established and facilitated community service training opportunities for Spelman students • Created marketing material, prepared reports, and supported communication and dissemination efforts as needed • Implemented special projects such as organizing a photobook highlighting the 20 Spelman College Bonner Scholars Class of 2016 and their community service initiatives throughout their four years of college• Served on the Bonner Leadership team where we planned activities and events, including a Freshman Welcoming Ceremony, a Freshman-Junior Sister Exchange, a Sophomore Exchange and Retreat with Morehouse and Berry Colleges, MLK Day of Service projects and activities, a Senior Retreat, an annual Community Service Award Ceremony, and more Show less

  • Bonner Congress Representative

    Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

  • Community Impact Intern

    Aug 2014 - May 2016
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  Shirley's Signature Events (SSE)

  Oct 2014 - now

  Event Planning and Operations Assistant

  • Help to direct the planning and execution of events such as weddings, showers, birthday parties, reunions, corporate events, and other social and professional events for a range of clients, ranging from 25-250• Assist with a range of tasks, including event production and management, social media marketing, document control, budgeting and cost controls, assessing needs, developing plans, and implementing effective solutions• Draft, organize, and maintain contracts for all events and rentals• Support communication efforts by helping to build and maintain relationships with individuals, communities, organizations, and vendors• Orchestrate event set-up, breakdown, and maintenance of all event equipment and inventory• Participate in regular training for up-to-date topics and skills Show less

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  Teach For America | Delta Institute

  May 2015 - Jul 2015

  Operations Coordinator

  • Set‐up and maintained the on-­site instructional resource center (teaching library), which provided materials such as books, math, science, and literacy manipulatives, and teacher guides to 450 corps members • Assisted in the creation, management, and implementation of the instructional resource operations system, which included assisting with lesson planning and material selection, assigning classrooms and classroom technology for daily affinity and diversity, equity, and inclusiveness sessions for 450 corps members, and maintaining Teach For America partner relations with building managers at the host institution, Delta State University • Increased efficiency by 75% for the instructional resource center and 73% for the remainder of the instructional resource operations system Show less

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  George Washington Carver Research Program | University of Arkansas

  May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Research Intern

  • Learned about sociology of emerging adulthood, social change, organizational changes in leadership, and National Study of Youth & Religion (NYSR) findings• Conducted research for the Emerging Leaders Study (ELS), including, but not limited to, preparing a needs-assessment for campus leaders and directors of research centers to obtain information for the Center for Social Research; conducting one hour interviews about leadership values, conflicts, and changes with emerging and established leaders; transcribing research interviews and listening for emerging themes; training in focus group methodology and preparing to facilitate focus groups with emerging and established leaders; analyzing themes from focus groups and interviews; and drafting a paper synthesizing initial findings • Attended a weekly graduate seminar in social inequalities to develop an understanding of (1) how social inequalities are (re) produced through what sociologists call “inequality producing mechanisms” that operate at different levels of social life; (2) the ways in which the intersections of gender, class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and age relations and identities function simultaneously to produce the outcomes observed in the lives of individuals, groups, and in society; (3) how social inequalities can be addressed and challenged • Submitted a final paper and conducted a poster presentation on the sociology of young adult literature to serve as the first draft of a potential master’s thesis proposal in sociology, using narrative analysis, applying the sociological imagination, and focusing on cultural capital as the theoretical framework Show less

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  City of Woodbury

  Jan 2022 - now

  City Council Member
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  Morehouse School of Medicine

  Feb 2022 - now

  • Program Manager

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Program Coordinator

    Feb 2022 - Jul 2023
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  Lake Meriwether | Meriwether County

  May 2022 - now

  Advisory Board Member