Selected Work Samples & Project Highlights

Michelle works with leaders and teams in public & private sector organizations to support community safety and engagement, health education, violence prevention, and culture change initiatives.

EQUITY CAPACITY

• ​Collaborated with Prosper Portland to steward a citywide racial equity and economic prosperity agenda by co-creating the Culture Change Roadmap framework; Led a self-care and community-care resiliency training.
• Provided advising and thought-partnership for Donate Life Northwest, WorldOregon,  Brown Hope, and other clients to support culture change processes.

COMMUNITY SAFETY & VIOLENCE PREVENTION

• With the City of Portland's Community Safety Division, evaluated a violence prevention pilot initiative to present findings and make recommendations to inform citywide programming and policymaking - available in this Mt. Scott-Arleta Community Safety Evaluation Report.
• Additional highlights in this​ BikePortland article.

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EVALUATION & PROJECT LEADERSHIP

• Developed an evaluation framework to review 8 university-based Climate Adaptation Science Centers and inform US-nationwide education, research, and climate policy strategy; Supported to recruit & onboard external review team members.
• ​Co-designed and instructed a professional certification course in program evaluation as Senior Fellow with the Center for Public Service; adapted the curriculum to explore power dynamics and community engagement strategies for data collection and dissemination to the Oregon Health Authority. 

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​​​​STRATEGIC DIRECTION & DATA ANALYSIS

• Designed and facilitated strategic planning workshops incorporating trauma-informed communication and resilience training for staff at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Caritas Colombiana.
• Used real-time monitoring & evaluation methods to assess implementation of the 2016 Colombian Peace Accord with the Colombia Barometer Initiative and analyzed emerging data reporting to policy makers to help prevent a breakdown in the agreement, prevent violence, and build peace.​

​DIALOGUE & RECONCILIATION

• Worked with the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect to design and facilitate a dialogue process with the Rafting for Peace team of ex-FARC combatants and Colombian nationals.
• Formulated strategies to engage participants, and volunteers including the UN, Univ. of Queensland, and Rotary International; read more HERE.

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"Michelle's support was integral in navigating the complexities of a quickly growing team."
- Borja Paladini Adell, Barometer Program Director

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Speaking and writing

​Michelle is an emerging leader on peace, healing, and justice. She is regularly called upon to speak and present about her work. Learn more here.

> On Peace, Justice and Mediation interview with Radius ECD

> Racial Justice and Building Peace in the United States, contributor

> Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning From the Inside-Out - webinar with dM&E for Peace and Search for Common Ground

​> Read additional articles & work summaries HERE.

Additional project highlights

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​​> Engaged a conflict assessment to pilot an alternative dispute resolution and restorative justice program at a public university.

> Trained a collaborative governance initiative on participatory evaluation approaches to develop a scalable implementation framework.
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> Facilitated public-health education programming for youth and community leaders throughout Nicaragua.

Project Partners & Clients