Community Service, Arts and Culture-Related

 Restoration Ball Committee, Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, The University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia (1989-1990; 1990-1991)

Member and Content Co-ordinator, Inaugural Filmaid Advisory Committee, New York, New York (1999-2000)

Committee Member, The Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park Summer Film Series
(now "The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy 'Movies with a View' Film Series"), Brooklyn, New York (1999-2000)

• Producer / Writer / Director, A Park Grows in Brooklyn (2000), with Lisa Cortes

Intern and Contributor, UNESCO Delegation (position co-sponsored by Le Mouvement contre le racisme
et pour l'amitié entre les peuples (Le MRAP)), Film Festival Against Racism, World Conference Against Racism,
Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), Durban, South Africa (2001)

Member of the Board, Harvard Law School Arts Panel, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2001-2002) 

Translator (French to English), Holocaust Testimonies of Henri Borlant, Marcel Jabelot, and Violette Jacquet-Silberstein,
Témoignages pour Mémoire (2007), Paris, France (2006-2007)

Production Assistant, Le Festival international du film contre l'exclusion et pour la tolérance (FIFET!), Paris, France (2006-2008)

Creator and Founder, Cité Cinergie / Bold World Arts, Paris, France and Norfolk, Virginia (2006-2009; presently at rest)

Creator and Founder, ISRAELrealNATION, Paris, France and Norfolk, Virginia (2006-present)

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Community Service, Civil Society

Member, Spark of Light, Children's Hospital of the Kings' Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia (1987-1988)

President, The Happy Club (now "The Operation Smile Student Club"),
Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Virginia (1987-1988)
• Domino's Pizza Charity Fundraiser (1987 or 1988 [TBC])
• Car Wash Charity Fundraiser (1988 [TBC])
 

Student Volunteer, Operation Smile, Medical Mission to the Philippines, Manila and Naga City, Philippines (1988)

First-Year Council Representative, Watson Dorm (Echols), The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (1988-1989)

Peer Advisor, Office of African-American Affairs (OAAA), The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (1988-1989)

 

Co-Founder and President, The Happy Club (now "The Operation Smile Student Club"),
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (1989-1991; 1992-1993)
• A Capella Holiday Benefit Concert, with The Hullabahoos, The Virginia Gentlemen, The Virginia Belles, The Virginia Sil'hooettes (1989)
• Step Show Charity Fundraiser, with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Iota Beta Chapter) (1989)
• Benefit Polo Match, with The Virginia Polo Club (1990)
 

Student Volunteer, Adopt-a-Grandparent | Tutoring (Grades 1-6) | Recreational Therapy, Madison House,
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (1988-1991; 1992-1993)

Probationary Service Chair, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority (Delta Chi Chapter),
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (1990-1991)
• Annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser benefitting National CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) (1990 and 1991)
• National CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) (1990-1991; 1992-1993) 

Donor, First Annual Harvard Law School Public Interest Auction, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1994)

Volunteer, The Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition, (now "The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy"), Brooklyn, New York (1999-2000)

Student Advocate, Predatory Lending Litigation, Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts ([TBC])

Student Advocate, Political Asylum, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, Boston, Massachusetts (2001-2003)

Member and Donor, Tikkoun Olam Committee, Kehilat Gesher (17e), Paris, France (2006-2007)
• Hostess, Passover Seder for Foreign Travelers in Paris, France, First Night of Passover 5767 (2007)
• Book Sale (Vente de Livres) and Silent Auction (Vente aux Enchères) Fundraiser (2007)
• Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Paris Fundraiser (2007)
• Adopt-a-Soldier, Paris IDF Rest / Recuperation Program (2007)
• Hostess, Meeting Bridge (2007)

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Member, The Sisterhood, Temple Israel, Norfolk, Virginia (2008-2009)

Fundraising Volunteer, Toras Chaim / B'nai Israel Congregation, Norfolk, Virginia (2009-2010)

Fundraising Volunteer and Contributor, Bina Seniors Cookbook, Bina High School for Girls, Norfolk, Virginia (2010)

Donor, Annual Dinner Gala, Yeshivas Aish Kodesh Talmudical Academy, Norfolk, Virginia (2010)

Donor, Yearbook, Bina High School for Girls, Norfolk, Virginia (2010)

Fundraising Volunteer, Annual Phone-a-Thon, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater / Simon Family JCC, Virginia Beach, Virginia (2010)

Donor, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater / Simon Family JCC, Virginia Beach, Virginia (2010)

Creator and Founder, ISRAELrealNATION, Paris, France and Norfolk, Virginia (2006-present)

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Community Service-Oriented Professional Experience

Fundraiser, Clean Water Action, Norfolk, Virginia (mid-1980's [TBC])

Resident Advisor (RA), Housing & Residence Life, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (Summer, 1989 or 1990 [TBC]) 

Intern, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (1993)

Consultant, The Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition, (now "The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy"), Brooklyn, New York (1999-2000)

Student Employee, Harvard Law School Association (HLSA), Cambridge, Massachusetts (1993-1997; 2001-2003)
• Celebration 40 (Years of Women Graduates, Fourth Reunion), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (October 1993)
• Worldwide Alumni Congress, HLSA, Harvard Law School, [Boscolo Exedra Roma  - TBC], Rome, Italy (June 1996)
• Inaugural Celebration of Black Alumni, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (September 2000)
• Worldwide Alumni Congress, HLSA, Harvard Law School, InterContinental Paris - Le Grand, Paris, France (June 2001)
• Celebration 50 (Years of Women Graduates, Sixth Reunion), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (May 2003)

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Intern, Children's Rights Division, Human Rights Watch, New York, New York (1997)

Intern, FilmWatch, Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, Human Rights Watch, New York, New York (1997-1998)

Intern, Department of Public Information, Media Division, United Nations Headquarters, New York, New York (1998)

Intern, Le Festival international du film contre l'exclusion et pour la tolérance (FIFET!), UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France (2001)

Translator (French and Italian to English), Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, Boston, Massachusetts (2001-2003)

Arranger and Consultant (to the benefit of seven non-profit organizations), Private Donor, Norfolk, Virginia (2017-2018)

Contractor / Case Manager, Coronavirus Relief Project, Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program,
United States Small Business Administration, Washington D.C. and Fort Worth, Texas (2020)

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Philanthropy

(Please Note:  Recognizing the merit in giving anonymously, to the extent that one is able,
I would simply like to share and publicly endorse, in alphabetical order, the following causes and organizations.)
 
African Arrival Day at Fort Monroe Authority, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Beit Halochem (Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization), Tel Aviv, Israel

Belize Bird Resue, Belmopan, Cayo District, Belize

Bina High School for Girls, Norfolk, Virginia

B'nai Israel Congregation, Norfolk, Virginia

(The) Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy (formerly "The Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition"), Brooklyn, New York

(The) Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children), Seattle, Washington and Washington, D.C.

(The) Center for Classical Middle Eastern Music & Dance, Jerusalem, Israel

(Le) Centre Rambam, Paris, France

Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters, Brooklyn, New York

Chabad Lubavitch of Jamaica, Montego Bay, Jamaica

Chabad Lubavitch of Tidewater, Norfolk, Virginia

Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Brock Environmental Center, Annapolis, Maryland and Virginia Beach, Virginia 

(La) Communauté Juive Libérale d'Ile de France et Le Centre Maayan, Paris, France

Congregation Beth El, Norfolk, Virginia

Consistoire de France, Paris, France

Cuatro por Venezuela Foundation, Houston, Texas

(The) Dr. Bernard Anderson and Emawayish Gerima Foundation (Azezo Hospital), Gondar, Ethiopia and Los Angeles, California

Dream Jamaica, Seattle, Washington

École des Hautes-Etudes Commerciales, Jouy-en-Josas (Paris), France

(The) Edmond J. Safra Synagogue (EJSS), Brooklyn, New York

(The) Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, Massachusetts

Foyer Culturel Myriam Zana (FCMZ), Paris, France

Grameen Bank and Grameen Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh and New York, New York

Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community, Jerusalem, Israel 

(La) Grande Synagogue de la Victoire, Paris, France

Harif, Association of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa, London, United Kingdom

Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Howard University, Washington, D.C.

(L') Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France

ISRAELrealNATION, Norfolk, Virginia

iTorah.com (Torah Learning Resources, Ltd.), Brooklyn, New York

Jamaica National Heritage Trust, Kingston, Jamaica

Jewish Council of the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Jimena (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa), San Francisco, California

Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity, Indianapolis, Indiana

(La) Kaza Muestra, Málaga, Spain

Kehilat Gesher, Paris, France

Kehillat Bet HaMidrash, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Kehillat Heichal Shlomo, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Makaphutu Children's Village, Botha's Hill, South Africa

(The ) Malala Fund, Washington, D.C.

Medical Bridges, Houston, Texas

Midreshet Eshel Sephardic Seminary, Jerusalem, Israel

Médecins du Monde, Paris, France

Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris, France

(Le) Musée du Judaisme Marocain / (La) Fondation du Patrimoine Culturel Judéo-Marocain, Casablanca, Morocco

(The) National Museum of African-American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

(The) Nature Conservancy in Belize, Arlington, Virginia

Nishmat Maayan Program / Nishmat Ethiopian Women (N.E.W.), Jerusalem, Israel

(The) Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Virginia

Operation Smile, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Oratoire Egyptien Eliaou Hanabi, Paris, France

(The) Orthodox Union, New York, New York

(The) Parents Circle - Families Forum (PCFF), Ramat-Efal, Israel

Porat Yosef Yeshiva, Jerusalem, Israel

(The) Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

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(The) Sandy Spring Slave Museum, Sandy Spring, Maryland

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Saving the Next Generation (SNG), Beirut, Lebanon and New York, New York

Seeds of Peace, Otisfield, Maine and Jerusalem, Israel

Sephardic Legacy Series Institute for Preserving Sephardic Heritage, New York, New York

(The) Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies, Marina del Ray, California

(La) Synagogue de la rue Buffault, Paris, France

Tebeka, Rishon LeZion, Israel 

Temple Emanuel, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Temple Israel, Norfolk, Virginia

Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, New York

Torah Box, Paris France and Jerusalem, Israel

Toras Chaim, Portsmouth, Virginia

(The) United Congregation of Israelites Jamaica - Synagogue Shaare Shalom, Kingston, Jamaica

United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Virginia Beach, Virginia

(The) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France

(The) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, New York

United Hatzalah, Jerusalem, Israel

(The) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Venice in Peril, London, United Kingdom 

Women in Film, Los Angeles, California and New York, New York

Women's World Banking, New York, New York

(The) World Center for Aleppo (Halab) Jews Traditional Culture, Tel Aviv, Israel

Wounded Warrior Project, Jacksonville, Florida

Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Yeshivas Aish Kodesh Talmudical Academy, Norfolk, Virginia