DAMON
HAINLINE
be the change you want to see
Jan Schakowsky for Congress, 2014 FIELD DIRECTOR Illinois Unites for Marriage, 2013 DEPUTY FIELD DIRECTOR
Equality Utah 2014 STATEWIDE QUANTITY DIRECTOR
Yes on 1 Mainers United for Marriage, 2012 FIELD ORGANIZER No On 1 - Protect Maine Equality, 2009 REGIONAL FIELD ORGANIZER
Equality Maryland 2011 STATEWIDE FIELD DIRECTOR
Empire Sate Pride Agenda, 2010 LEAD CANVASSER Tony Avella for State Senate, 2010 HRC FIELD ORGANIZER
OneIowa 2010 DEPUTY FIELD DIRECTOR
Garden State Equality 2009 FIELD ORGANIZER
No On Prop 8 Equality For All 2008 FIELD ORGANIZER San Diego Region
Gay & Lesbian Community Center of the Ozarks, 2002-2004 BOARD OF DIRECTORS BiGALA, Missouri State Univ, 1999 PRESIDENT
PORTFOLIO
Highlights from select campaigns
ABOUT ME
Born and raised in the heartland, I am a progressive organizer with a strong work ethic and exceptional leadership skills. My life is dedicated to creating change for the betterment of LGBT people across the United States. I do this through freelance work with campaigns and organizations to pass policy and and elect progressive legislators.
Over the past six years I have organized, lead, and participated in 15 campaigns across eleven states. I have worked on legistative battles, ballot inititives, and candidate campaigns in urban and rural regions of the United States. With a keen eye for detail and analytics, I have also managed complex data systems for various campaigns and organizations.
WHAT I'VE DONE
My passion lies in building communities of power to create change. I develop strategies and implement tactics to recruit, train, and lead hundreds of volunteers and organizers to meet winning goals. Additionally, I build functional working relationships between community and religious leaders with strong differences in opinion.
WHAT I DO
Guest Speaker
Post-performance discussion at THE LARAMIE PROJECT, Northwestern University, 2014
Moderator
Housing and Homlessness panel discussion, AT THE INTERSECTIONS conference, University of Chicago, 2014
Guest Speaker
LGBTQ RIGHTS AT THE INTERSECTIONS course, University of Chicago, 2014
Moderator
The Chicago LGBT Immigration Rights Coalition, 2012
Citations
THE FIGHT FOR MARRIAGE IN THE LAND OF LINCOLN by Kate Sosin and Tracy Baim, 2014
SPRINGFIELD'S URBAN HISTORIES: ESSAYS ON THE QUEEN CITY OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS
THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY: THE HISTORY OF GAY AND LESBIAN SPRINGFIELD by Holly Baggett, 2013