Brian Schmitz

Non-Profit Resume

My goal is effective campaigning for planet Earth protection and sustainability. I am currently a member of Earthjustice and engage in their member activities. I also produce print or web graphics, build websites and work weekends.

Earthjustice Action

2022 - Present // Online Activator (Volunteer)

Beaver Creek Wetlands Association

2021 - Present // Outreach & Labor (Volunteer)

• Creating Bi-Weekly Community Education Mass Email Research and Design on Naturalist Topics, Trail & Wildlife Knowledge, Habitat Maintenance Including Invasive Species Removal and Treatment, Native Tree Planting, Boardwalk Updates and Construction

The Climate Reality Project

2020 - Present // Trained / Certified Leader (Volunteer)

Save HitherGreen Now
\ Vote No on Issue 15

2017 - 2019 // Campaign Activator (Founder / Operative) in Washington Township (Dayton), Ohio

• 100% Non-Profit Campaign to:
  • Stop Private Sale
  • Protect 14.89 Acres
  • Demolish Old School with Asbestos
  • Create Half into Park, Shelter & Playground
  • Keep Over 7 Acres of Forest Intact
• Research & Town Hall Speeches
• Created Logo & Print Publications
• Park Petition Canvassing (300+ Doorsteps)
• Community Circulation of Print Publications
• Volunteer Recruiting, Activism Guidance & Emails
• Local Publicity & News Coverage
• iOS Video Recording, Editing & Publishing
• Zoning Referendum Petition Canvassing, 3,000+ Physical Signatures Earned
• Local-Ballot Referendum Win of No on Issue 15
• Research for and Approval of $558,000 State Grant for Permanent Land & Water Conservation (Public Property Purchase & Park Creation)

Communities United for Action (CUFA)

2015 - 2018 // Community Organizer (Volunteer) in Cincinnati, Ohio

• Activism Education, Training, Phone Canvassing, Community Education via Verbal Info, Research, Meetings, Presentations & Communications

Ohio Citizen Action (OCA)

2014, 2016 // Community Organizer in Ohio & Kentucky

• Activism Education, Training, Field Canvassing, Community Education via Verbal Info & Print Distribution, Goal Success, Research & Meetings

Citizen Action Coalition (CAC)

2012, 2013 // Community Organizer in Indiana

• Activism Education, Training, Field Canvassing, Community Education via Verbal Info & Print Distribution, Goal Success, Research & Meetings

Coaching

My drive to coach began in high school my senior year (1999-2000). Due to injury with an arm cast, I could not compete. Coaching was a natural transition that taught me the reward of volunteering effort for someone else. I felt this even more in appreciation from junior high students. At the end of the 2005-2006 season they thanked me for treating them with respect. "The other teachers and coaches call us names and treat us like we're stupid. You never did that." It meant a lot.

NOTE: I also made sure the students did not risk health through dehydration. I advocated training and competing at their "most normal weight" every day. I also participate in 100% of all jogging, sprinting and strengthening exercises that I coach. I evolved my 10-week plan for the start of each season. Individual match video-reviews begin in week-10 with individualized education to avoid errors and train further.

• 2007 - 2009 FGCU, Fort Myers, FL
  NCAA Club Wrestling, Volunteer Coach
• 2006 - 2007 Barron Collier High, Naples, FL
  Volunteer Coach, Wrestling
• 2005 - 2006 Oakwood City Schools, Dayton, OH
  Head Coach of Jr. High Wrestling
• 2004 - 2005 Oakwood City Schools, Dayton, OH
  Head Coach of Reserve Wrestling / Assistant Coach of Varsity Wrestling
• 2000 - 2004 Ohio University, Athens, OH
  Founder, Organizer, Competitor of "OU Intramural Wrestling Tournament"

All four of my years at Ohio University I promoted an intramural wrestling tournament, which I founded in 2000. It is amazing what you can accomplish with Kinkos and some duct tape. It grew from a mere handful freshman year to over 150 competitors my senior year. The tournament has since dissolved without my organizing it on campus.