• Founding member of NE Phila Connected Town Watch

• Helped build relationships with local police and elected officials

• Held a Back the Blue Parade and various events supporting our police officers and strengthening trust & relationships between community members and police

• Helped engage local business & civic groups in various immigrant communities

• Helped build bridges between bordering neighborhoods

• Had various community events such as a fall fair, an international cultural exchange, a now annual holiday parade, easter egg hunts, movie nights throughout the community, and at Griffith playground in the summers

• Held a Financial Education Podcast

• Participated in various anti-hate events

• Organized and participated in community cleanups

• Helped facilitate a hiring event and created a local job bank

• Helped beautify the local playgrounds, including getting sand back in the sandboxes

• Partnered with various organizations and government entities including, but not limited to: The Sheriff’s Office, the Register of Wills, PEMA, New World Services, the Bucks County DA’s office, and Philadelphia City Council

• Supported local veterans

• Helped connect numerous immigrant groups and organizations to resources

• Piloted the CAT-Cut Program

• Provided educational programs through podcasts and interviews with local professionals, government officials, community leaders, and politicians.

• Completed the Civil Police Academy

• Helped connect the homeless to resources to get them food and housing

• Assisted with pandemic relief by way of free Covid testing and delivering thermometers and pulse-oximeters during shortages to those in need

• Organized snow cleanup for the local elderly community

• Participated in anti-bullying efforts with the local high school and worked with school officials to work on conflict resolution and harm reduction

• Organized gun safety classes to help reduce gun violence

• Worked with PPD and PPA to get abandoned vehicles removed

• Helped create Limited English Proficiency Cards

• Worked the polls, first as a volunteer, then as a minority inspector, and then as the Judge of elections

• Was elected as Committeeman for the 58th Ward

• Created a survey for residential issues to figure out what the people need/want

• Connected local religious groups with the Town Watch to provide extra eyes and ears during times of prayer or during times of heightened concerns

• Helped get humanitarian aid to those affected by war in Ukraine

• Helped get transportation for refugees to be able to get to school

• Established the new Somerton Welcome Center