aaditi lele
Programs and Projects Intern at Millions of Conversations
program project intern million conversation
aaditi college student , organizer , journalist . project program intern million conversation , interested exploring depolarization social change work research community-building . zero hour change chamber , aaditi specializes policy communication , experience advocating environmental voter right legislation . first-year student art & science college scholar program vanderbilt university , studying environmental sociology political science minor south asian language & culture spanish . pre-law student , hope pursue career intersection immigration environmental law . fueled citizen university ’ youth collaboratory , aaditi currently launching civic immigrant initiative , creating compiling tailored civic education resource empower immigrant community .
Millions of Conversations
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Spring Semester Intern responsible for working with Programs and Communications teams to coordinate Conversationalist Series, Racial Justice Teachouts (RJT), Depolarization Summit events. Researching and contacting speakers, event organizing, newsletter writing, communications.
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Programs and Projects Intern
Vanderbilt University Model United Nations
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Member of Model-UN travel team that represents Vanderbilt on the college Model-UN circuit.
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Competition Team Member
Vanderbilt Prison Project
Responsible for developing a documentary project with formerly incarcerated members of the Nashville community, supporting with service events & advocacy campaigns for wrongfully incarcerated individuals.
Deputy Director of Campaigns & Insider Advocacy
Vanderbilt Undergraduate Honor Council
Responsible for serving on Honor Council panels, advocating for students, and evaluating honor code violations
Council Member
Vanderbilt Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign
Wrote legal complaint under UPMIFA law, featured in the Guardian, Washington Post, Politico, etc. Responsible for developing theory of change for environmental justice campaign, recruiting first-year students, coordinating with nationwide campus groups
Lead Organizer
Vanderbilt Political Review
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Responsible for investigating relevant political news and writing articles for the student body to synthesize political news.
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Writer
Vanderbilt Women in Government
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Responsible for coordinating speakers (political candidates, lawmakers, and campaigns) for campus-wide events, voter drives, and political volunteering.
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Political Involvement Committee Member
The Vanderbilt Hustler
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- Written over a dozen investigative pieces covering campus and Nashville news, breaking stories about Campus-based sexual assault, a national lawsuit, and endorsement by a former Vice President.
 Led trainings on journalistic ethics and best practices, AP style, and digital reporting
 Edit dozens of pieces weekly for AP style, content, and style
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Deputy News Editor
Zero Hour
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Working in both the Policy and Communications teams for International Climate Justice nonprofit. Coordinating external communications regarding legislative priorities, endorsements, outreach to congressional offices, media relations, and more. Organized and lead training series for state and local-level climate organizations on media literacy for movements.
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Policy Communications Coordinator
Change the Chamber
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Organized and lead meetings with over 50 congressional offices (Senate & House of Reps.) along with Committees to lobby for strong environmental provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Package and the Build Back Better Act. 
Researched FEC data on corporate campaign contributions. 
Lead partnerships with organizations like Greenpeace and Public Citizen too campaign for the passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Trained in media relations, grant-writing, and press release writing.
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Congressional Lobbying, Media, Environmental Justice Intern
Civic Immigrant Initiative
Founder of service organization employing tailored civic education resources to bridge the gap between immigrants and civic participation. Launching 2020
Founder, Executive Director
Zero Hour Ohio
Responsible for social media marketing, media relations, and internal communications for state-wide environmental justice advocacy organization rooted in international climate justice work.
Director Of Communications
The Harris Firm LPA
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Observing everyday work in legal proceedings through after-school job as a File Clerk.
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File Clerk
The Defiant Movement
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Bi-Weekly Columnist writing insightful and analytical commentary on contemporary political and social justice issues in America. Specializing in coverage of immigration policy.
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Journalist
GenZ Writes
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Lead writing and editing operations for youth magazine with over 9,000 readers and 180+ writers and contributors from at least 27 countries. Organized editing team of 6 editors from around the world to review and publish writing, and garnered more than 700,000 social media impressions through content management.
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Vice President
GenZ Writes
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Director of Editing
GenZ Girl Con
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Operations Director & Moderator
Citizen University
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Developed storybanking system for civic engagement non-profit (Citizen University, part of the New Pluralists coalition), conducted interviews, wrote feature content, integrated storybank with Salesforce, Airtable, etc.
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Storybanking Intern
Kate Schroder For Congress
In one of the most gerrymandered districts in the state of Ohio, I was a summer Communications Intern responsible for organizing weekly constituent forums with guest speakers and candidates, monitoring social media presence, and writing content for social media. Researched policy positions, and assisted with media relations.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Communications Intern
Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
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Participant in Regional Youth Leadership program in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky exploring business, government, and community in my region.
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Regional Youth Leadership Participant
Citizen University
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Collaborating with youth Civic Innovators across America to develop Civic Power Projects that encompass and address the preeminent issues of our communities and generation.
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Youth Collaboratory Incubator Member
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Environmental Sociology & Political Science, minoring in South Asian Language & Culture, Spanish
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Vanderbilt University
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High School Diploma with Honors
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Sycamore High School
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Summer Program
IU Kelley School of Business Young Women's Institute
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Vanderbilt Deans List - Fall 2021
National Scholastic Press Association Honor Roll of Student Journalists
Student Journalist Honor Roll
Sycamore High School
Sycamore High School Senior Medallion- English Department
Sycamore High School
Sycamore High School Senior Medallion- Social Studies Department
Sycamore High School
Sycamore High School Senior Medallion- Spanish Department
Selected by district-wide PTO organization to receive annual scholarship award.
Sycamore High School
Sycamore PTO Scholarship Award
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National Merit Finalist
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Qualified for State of Ohio Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish
Cincinnati Mercantile Library
Timothy Crane Day Award (Day Bequest Scholar) for Excellence in Writing
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AP Scholar with Distinction
Sycamore PTO
Academic Achiever Award
Ohio Scholastic Media Association Awards
Excellent, News Feature
Sycamore High School
Freshman English Medallion
Ohio Scholastic Media Association Awards
Honorable Mention, Personality Profile
The Nicholas S. Zeppos Scholarship is a four-year scholarship awarded to students who exhibit leadership ability as well as a commitment to community service. Five recipients are awarded the Zeppos Scholarship each year.
Vanderbilt University
Nicholas S. Zeppos Scholarship
Sycamore High School
Sophomore English Medallion
Sycamore High School
Sophomore Spanish Medallion
HarvardX: U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies
HKS101A_4
Kennedy Heights Arts Center
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Summer Art Camp/After-Care Volunteer
Education
Operation Give Back
After-school Mentor
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Nashville Metropolitan Area
Shun Ahmed
Programs and Projects Intern at Millions of Conversations
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Nashville, TN
Rishi Pillai
Student at Vanderbilt University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-teeter
Brentwood, TN
Hayden Teeter
Student at Harvard University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-r-sang
Brentwood, TN
Eric Sang
Computer Science Student at Vanderbilt University
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Burlington, VT
Logan Solomon
Student at Rubenstein School of Environment
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Nashville, TN
James Tang
Data Science Intern at Aetna/CVS Health
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Nolensville, TN
Pranav Naidu
Student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Nashville Metropolitan Area
Jenna Weigand
Undergraduate Student at Kenyon College
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Nashville, TN
Emma Rose Wooten
Student at Georgetown University
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Nashville Metropolitan Area
Gabriel Sleenhof
Student at Yale University
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Brentwood, TN
Charles Parks
Accounting Student at The University of Alabama
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-nguyen-2b2664228
Nashville Metropolitan Area
Vincent Nguyen
Computer science undergrad at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Franklin, TN
Anika Kaushik
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Student
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Brentwood, TN
Andrew Fahim
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Brentwood, TN
Grace jiang
RA at Vanderbilt University
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Ann Arbor, MI
Zoe Zhang
Founder and Executive Director of Convival
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Brentwood, TN
Nicolina Rondinelli
Student at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Franklin, TN
Varun Bussa
Student at Ravenwood High School
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Nashville Metropolitan Area
Nisha Chhetri
Social Worker
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Vanderbilt University Pre-Lawyer Forum
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Fridays for Future - Worldwide
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