Jamila Hammami

Founding Executive Director

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Contact Information

Last Update
Jul 6, 2022
Email
ja**@gmail.com
Location
New York, NY

Workplace

Columbia School of Social Work
Adjunct Lecturer

New York, NY

Industry

Higher Education

Work History

Adjunct Lecturer

1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
from Jan 2018

Advisory Board Member

Feb 2015 — Nov 2015

Founding Executive Director

The Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP) is a completely grassroots, volunteer run Alternative to Detention Program (ATD), that works with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, queer, Two Spirit, Tra...
from Jan 2014

Director of Post- Release Empowerment Project

123 east 15Th St, New York, NY 10003
I worked with immigrants coming out of detention, work with ICE to negotiate the release of immigrants into the care of the agency, referrals to service providers, provide employment, langua...
May 2013 — Dec 2013

Social Service Intern For Seafarers

5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, MD 20746
I provide services for workers in the maritime industry through the Seafarers International Union in Brooklyn. These services ranged from successful short- term and long- term case managemen...
Sep 2012 — May 2013

Community Organizer and Msw Intern

123 east 15Th St, New York, NY 10003
Duties have included: Case management for asylum seekers in the form of concrete services, transitional housing, and community advocacy. Revamping and building stronger relationships with th...
Sep 2012 — May 2013

Community Organizer and Social Work Masters Intern

Organized the student veteran community over the 25 CUNY campuses, and worked to build a strong network in the CUNY system via trainings, developing military cultural competency, and profess...
Jan 2012 — May 2012

Volunteer Telephone Intake

The TEA Fund is a Reproductive Justice Organization that recognizes that many who would choose abortion are unable to because of lack of financial ability. The TEA Fund is dedicated to helpi...
Jun 2008 — Aug 2011

Fund Raising Coordinator

Coffee Strong is a veteran-owned, veteran-operated GI coffeehouse. Veterans provide a safe place for soldiers and their families to share the effects of disastrous wars, within 300 meters of...
Feb 2011 — Jun 2011

Conservatorship Specialist Ii

701 west 51St St, Austin, TX 78751
My position with the Department is primarily to work with the parents on their Family Service Plans, to work with the children to ensure their safety while in Foster/Kinship care, and to reu...
May 2010 — Feb 2011

Crisis Intervention Specialist

4845 south I 35 east SUITE 200, Corinth, TX
As a Crisis Intervention Specialist, I worked inside of the domestic violence/sexual assault shelter and ensured the safety of the women and children. I also answered the Crisis Hotline and ...
May 2009 — Sep 2010

Board Member

Community Organizing Outreach Fundraising Advocacy Telephone Intake I left the board when I began my employment through Child Protective Services, as it was very difficult to juggle th...
Jan 2010 — Jul 2010

Policy and Advocacy

May 2010 — May 2010

Volunteer Community Organizer- Advocate, Outreach, Coordinator, Fundraiser- Hiv+ and Homelessness

Jan 2010 — May 2010

Transition Coach For at- Risk Students

At the University of North Texas, I was assigned a group of low- income/at- risk students that I was to show around the University and to be their connection to University life as well as co...
Aug 2009 — May 2010

Fund- Raising Intern

The position was a semester long paid internship for the non- profit, the Texas Equal Access Fund. The position was a very self- starting position; I did a great deal of Community Organizing...
Jul 2009 — Dec 2009

Care Taker For Folks With Accessibility Issues

3350 Riverwood Pkwy #1400, Atlanta, GA 30339
I was a care taker for women with physical accessibility issues. I would take them to appointments, grocery shop, do laundry, help with bathing, hygiene, provide companionship, and any other...
May 2008 — Jun 2009

Producer

The year that I produced the Vagina Monologues, the spotlight was women of The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); the women of the DRC were being sexually assaulted as a systematic tactic o...
Sep 2008 — Mar 2009

Education

2011 — 2013

Occupations

Executive
Chief Executive Officer
Professor
Adjunct Instructor
Lecturer
Board Member
Corporate Executive
Chief Executive
Postsecondary Teacher
Management Team Executive
Operations Manager

Skills

Social Services
Public Speaking
Community Organizing
Program Evaluation
Community Outreach
Nonprofits
Non Profit Program Development
Fundraising
Grassroots Fundraising
Grassroots Organizing
Reproductive Justice
Immigration Issues
Labor
Child Welfare
Addictions
Veterans
Social Justice
Workshop Facilitation
Case Managment
Motivational Interviewing
Youth Development
Psychotherapy
Program Development
Crisis Intervention
Mental Health
Grant Writing
Grants
Training
Mental Health Counseling
Adolescents
Treatment
Harm Reduction
Family Therapy
Child Advocacy
Case Management
Cultural Competency
Child Development
Group Work
Medical Social Work
Volunteer Management
Play Therapy
Family Services
School Social Work
Community Development
Youth Mentoring
Teaching
Staff Development
Group Therapy
Cbt
Developmental Disabilities
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