Katessa Harkey

Experience

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  McDonald's

  Apr 1999 - Dec 2000

  Food Service Worker

  All positions. Cash handling; orders; grill. Breakfast and regular service.

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  JOANN Stores

  Jan 2003 - Mar 2005

  Keyholder

  Retail assistant and then Keyholder. Keyholder position carried some roles of the Assistant Manager mainly to include open and close functions. Manager on duty unless an Assistant Manager or Manager was present.Cash handling; sales; fabric cutting; customer service. Receiving. Shelving goods in accordance with company plan-o-grams. Maintenance of clearance section. Opening and closing procedures including count and data entry.Special circumstance: present for store closure. Stayed through final procedures. Keyholder position not available at the Superstore location. Show less

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  Otto F. Linn Library

  Jun 2003 - Jun 2004

  Student Library Assistant

  Periodicals processing. Receiving and tracking. Shelf reading. Basic restoration of damaged books.

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  Fabric Depot

  Mar 2005 - Oct 2007

  Warehouse Associate

  Notions Department Assistant. Receiving, stocking. Warehouse maintenance. Phone inquiries. Customer service.

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  Self Employed

  Jun 2005 - now

  Costumer

  Seamstress, dressmaker, and fine millinery. Custom patterning to repairs. Needlework. Beadwork. Freehand traditional embroidery. Crotchet sculpture. Master level. Weddings. Character costumes. Events vending.

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  Portland Public Schools

  Mar 2009 - Jun 2009

  Student Intern

  Thirty hour internship served with Community Transitional School - a location that serves Portland's houseless student population. Placement as part of Portland State Universities teacher education program, marking the "halfway" point in the program. Part of the purpose of placement is to ensure goodness of fit between the potential educator and the public elementary school environment prior to taking more specialized coursework toward that end. The student acts as an assistant to educators. This internship was unusual due to the nature of the school. Placement was at the special request of the school to the program for a suitable candidate. The school works with very limited budget to meet the needs of a vulnerable population of students hardest hit by economic disparity. Because it cannot be supported in the usual fashion it must operate more as a non-profit day center for young people from grades K-8; meeting goals with only 3 educators on site.Duties included tutoring in math and reading; grading papers; and monitoring recess and lunch activities. Show less

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  Spiral Cult Circus

  Mar 2010 - Oct 2022

  Executive Director

  Leadership of a small interfaith house ministry for young adults. Role included all communications with other organizations; website maintenance; development of educational materials; social marketing campaigns; and some A/V editing. Interpersonal communications. Events strategies. Issues advocacy.

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  Bite Me a Little: a Vampire Musical

  Oct 2011 - Jan 2012

  Actor

  Original Cast Production for Fertile Grounds Festival - a New Works festival in Portland, OR. Appeared as "Tina" on the original cast recording. Book and music by Arlie Conner.

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  Surrender

  Apr 2013 - Feb 2017

  Kitchen Manager

  Kitchen Manager to five day, 100+ attendee cultural and educational festival. Duties include menu planning for special diets; budget creation & maintenance; supply acquisitions; volunteer management; rustic kitchen operations; food handling; buffet service.

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  Network For A New Culture

  Nov 2014 - Jun 2017

  Kitchen Manager

  Kitchen Management in a unique Special Diets Outdoor Kitchen. Meal planning, budget, ordering, crew management, preparation, waste tracking.

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  A Turbulence of Muses

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Actor

  Auditioned into the show by special request. Performed as "the Voice" providing narration to Avant Garde actor/dancer company. Poetry interpretation live to create the through line of the piece. Costumes.

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  Special Collection: Women's Literature & Racial Justice

  May 2018 - Jun 2020

  Data Entry Specialist

  Data entry and spot research to create accurate descriptions of items added to a special collection database. Goal for collection to ultimately become a public collection if some place may be found to house it. A special effort to document and preserve the contributions of women authors. Specific topics to include memoir, self help and racial justice theory.

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  New Earth Philosophical School

  Jun 2021 - now

  Founder

  New Earth Philosophical School is a spiritual Transhumanist organization in its start-up phase. Currently working toward 501c3 religious nonprofit status. The main purpose of the organization is to provide high-quality religious education to the public that is contemporary and respects the place of Christianity among other major World Religions.The organization will also serve the traditional purposes of the Church and views itself as a continuation of rather than a departure from the work of the Early Church in creating positive, self-directed cultural communities that enrich the lives of citizens. The founder has recognized the direction of the Church in America on the basis of statistics ongoing for three generations. Without real action to meet these difficulties we will be losing houses of worship in local communities.New Earth will use the same church planting model that our forefathers used to build the infrastructure of the church that we have latterly abandoned. All effort will be made to encourage local bodies of the Church to use government and other grant opportunities available to 501c3 nonprofits to the best effect to address community issues at the local level. If the church building is empty it is a wasted opportunity. We want real, active, and meaningful community to develop at the local level. We encourage and support Ladies' Ministries and their efforts. Show less

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  J.M.K. Staff Evaluator

  May 2023 - Jul 2023

  Staff Evaluator

  Reviewed applications for goodness of fit with a grant opportunity. Quality assessment and feasibility. Volunteer position that allows the organization to respond quickly to a large pool of applicants within timeframe. Data processing and entry.