Bob Offer-Westort

+1 920 216 5766 Bob@pathawi.net

Work Experience
Stand Up for the Right to Sit Down (Berkeley, California) AugustNovember 2012 Managed opposition to wealthiest campaign in Berkeley in at least eleven years Developed and oversaw overall campaign strategy Oversaw ground campaign, including canvassing, literature drops, coordination with other campaigns, and student outreach Managed all campaign volunteers, and developed a participatory campaign that strove for consensus and volunteer buy-in Helped develop media strategy, and oversaw core aspects of implementation, including Website and campaign literature Coalition on Homelessness (San Francisco, California) January 2008August 2012: Civil/Human Rights Organizer Managed outreach program in Central City and HaightAshbury neighborhoods of San Francisco Managed legal defense program for 3,200 infraction cases per year from 20082010 Coordinated campaigns against a homeless-specific court, against a law prohibiting homeless people from resting on sidewalks, and against the use of Tasers by San Francisco police Coordinated community work to successfully advocate for the implementation of Crisis Intervention Teams in San Francisco Police Department, and then worked with several other agencies to develop training and oversight for these teams (still in progress) Conducted regular outreach trainings and occasional trainings for other skill sets or issues August 2006March 2011: Coordinating Editor of the Street Sheet Coordinated publication of a monthly volunteer-written newspaper on homelessness, housing, and poverty issues from 20062009; in 2009 expanded production to twice monthly Coordinated vendor program of an average of 230 lowincome newspaper vendors every month: mediated disputes, conducted site visits, interceded with cranky merchants, and liaised with Police Department when officers harassed vendors Developed on-line presence for newspaper Regularly wrote content on homelessness, policing, and economic issues Other Positions Include: Fund developer; Youth program educator; Home health aide

Technology
Comfortable with most widely used operating systems Have managed Macintosh network Competent with most general-use office software, including Microsoft Office Suite and OpenOffice Capable with Adobe Creative Design Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) Capable with FileMaker Pro and The Raisers Edge; able to manage large data sets with limited software X/HTML (highly competent; HTML 4.01) CSS Levels 1, 2 (highly competent) JavaScript (rusty) Perl (rusty) Type 95 wpm Learn new computer skills quickly

Languages
English (native; good writer, competent editor) Spanish (conversational and literate, competent writer) Thai (conversational and literate) I am rusty, but could very quickly return to literacy and conversational competence in: Asante Twi Kannada

Other Knowledge and Skills

Familiar with San Francisco legislative process and City Hall politics Familiar with San Francisco municipal codes and California laws Trained in conflict de-escalation Red Cross CPR-certified Can milk a cow by hand