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Curriculum Vitae

Career

Shira Tarantino

World Affairs Forum, Stamford, CT

Program Manager, March 2020 to October 2020

The ENOUGH Campaign, Stamford, CT

Co-founder and Development Lead

Stamford Pediatric Gun Safety Project, Stamford, CT

Founder, January 2017

Parent Faculty Organization, Stark Elementary School, Stamford, CT

Volunteer, 2014 to present 

I Vote Gun Safety Campaign, 2014 elections

Social Media Coordinator, Volunteer

Handfastings Media and Publications, Westchester, NY and Stamford, CT

Founder and CEO of Handfastings.org and Handfastings Magazine, May 2004 - 2016 

The Greater Contribution, Thousand Oaks, CA (remote)

Consultant, volunteer, January - March 2008 

Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary, Index, WA (remote)

Instructor, January 2008 - September 2008 

Dress for Success Worldwide, New York City

Director of Development, 2004 - 2007 

EIS Housing Resource (Eviction Intervention Services), New York City

Director of Development, 1997 - 2004 

National Organization for Women - NYC, The Founding Chapter, New York City

Supervisor of Fundraising 1995 - 1997 

In Service

Member, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Policy Committee, Nov. - Dec. 2021

Mayor Simmons’ Transition Team IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility) Policy Committee for the City of Stamford, post election.

Board Member, PinkWave CT, January 2020 to present

Community programs and activities that support an inclusive feminist vision and intersectional racial, gender & reproductive justice. 

Board Member, CT Against Gun Violence, July 2018 - March 2021; Secretary, May 2020 to March 2021

Dedicated to ending gun violence in Connecticut through the development and passage of gun safety legislation 

Board Member, League of Women Voters Stamford, July 2018 - May 2021

Grassroots network to make democracy work for all citizens through the promotion of voting and civic engagement 

Handfasting Officiant, 2004 - present

Performing weddings and rites of passage; Founder, Handfastings Org - an international resource for couples and families looking to find celebrants who perform handfasting ceremonies

Environmental Advocate, New York Public Interest Research Group, 1992

Advocating and raising funds for local environmental projects; lobbying for stronger environmental laws 

Community Organizing

Shira Tarantino speaks at the We Won’t Go Back rally

#PinkWave2020 Rally for Women’s Rights

Co-organizer with the Stamford Women's Talking Circle, with support from Women's March CT, in the spirit of the marches being held across the country, January 2020.

Attendance: 200 >>

Impeach Trump rally

Co-organizer with the Stronger Together CT community action group, December 2019

Attendance: 100 >>

"We Won't Go Back!"

Co-organizer for rally in front of the Stamford Government Center, to protest the wave of new anti-abortion laws in states across the U.S., May 2019

Attendance: 100 >>

Speak Your Truth: Open Mic Night for Teens

Co-organizer: Students express their views on a variety of subjects affecting youth today through performance.

Attendance: 60 >>

Stamford March for Our Lives

Co-organizer of rally for gun safety, Mill River Park, March 2018 

Attendance: 3,000 >>

Co-organizer, (annual ongoing events)

Wear Orange press conference - Annual gun violence prevention awareness event, Stamford Government Center, June 2018 

Attendance: 200 >>

The ENOUGH Campaign Annual Vigil of Hope to End Gun Violence, Stamford, ongoing since December 2013

Average attendance: 75-100 >>

Op-Eds, Letters to the Editor

Writing an op-ed

“Dershowitz paints his client as a fool”

Stamford Advocate, February 7, 2020

https://link.medium.com/3I9MFhh8W6 

“Innovations needed in wake of fatal accident”

Stamford Advocate, September 4, 2019

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/opinion/article/Innovations-needed-in-wake-of-fatal-accident-14412589.php

“Becoming mothers to each others’ children”

Stamford Advocate, June 2, 2017

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/opinion/article/Shira-Tarantino-op-ed-Becoming-mothers-to-each-11189445.php

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.


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