Jackie Helvey - Wait Iā€™m Not Done Yet.
Today I had a chat with Carrboro Town Council member Randee Haven O'Donnell, who has spent most of her life fighting for social justice.

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About me:

  • Board of Aldermen/Town Council since 2005; former mayor pro tempore

  • Town of Carrboro liaison: Planning, Environmental, Economic Sustainability, Greenways Commission, Community Climate Action Task Force, Recreation and Parks Master Plan Advisory Boards

  • Council sub-committees 2020-2021 to establish the Town of Carrboro Community Safety Task Force and the Racial Equity Commission

  • Carrboro Community Climate Action Plan Educational Outreach Modules - program architect, content curriculum coordinator

  • NC Department of Environmental Quality - Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board

  • Town of Carrboro delegate - Triangle J Council of Governments

  • Climate Reality Project Mentor, Co-Founded Climate Reality Orange County Chapter

  • Educator - Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools educator and certified diversity trainer (1978-1997) and Durham Academy

  • NC Certified environmental educator

  • El Centro Hispano Casa for Employment and Leadership Advisory Board

  • NC NAACP Chapel Hill-Carrboro Branch member

  • Leadership Triangle alumna and former Board member

  • 2016 OAR (Organizing Against Racism) REI (Racial Equity Institute) and Triangle-wide Anti-Racist Caucus

  • NC Pride Parade and Festival annual participant and Equality North Carolina member

  • Member: Moms Demand Action Against Gun Violence

  • Academic Director-Duke Action Science Camp for Young Women

  • Carrboro Farmers Market Advisory Board

  • Baldwin Park Community Garden Coalition

  • Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities (BFFC)-La Leche League Chapel Hill Oasis Carrboro

  • Board Neighborhood mediation team

  • Initial Rogers Road Community Enhancement and Monitoring Task Force

  • Advocated the establishment of a Carrboro Stormwater Utility - liaison to the inaugural Commission

  • Climate Action Plan Plant-Based Food Footprint program promoter

  • Fair Oaks neighborhood homeowner

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