Personal Biography:

Risa Brown has been working in Campaign Data Manager for over five years and an eAdvocacy practioner for over four years. A graduate of Loyola Marymount University, Ms. Brown believes that technology is a powerful tool that nonprofits can use to educate and mobilize communities.

Ms. Brown has helped manage voter engagement data for the Alliance of Local Leaders for Education, Registration and Turn-Out (ALLERT) and Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches. She has also done eAdvocacy and Online Communications work with such organizations as Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Education (SCOPE), Action for Grassroots Empowerment & Neighborhood Development Alternatives (AGENDA) as well as the Labor Community Strategy Center and the Bus Riders Union (BRU).

Goals:

Goals for the Fellowship

• Develop my existing skill sets in order to become a stronger leader and better community advocate.
• Network with my fellow ZFellows and learn how they are using technology to improve conditions within their communities.
• Use the information and insights that a program like this offers to improve my community.