LaShawnda Crowe Storm
Indianapolis
Summary
Dynamic Education Outreach Manager with established success at Impact Teen Drivers, adept in workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement. Expertly designed and executed programs that boosted community participation by 25%, cultivating strategic partnerships and elevating roadway safety awareness among diverse populations. Dedicated to transformative community development and innovative training methodologies.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
EDUCATION OUTREACH MANAGER
Impact Teen Drivers
02.2025 - Current
- Facilitate evidence-based workshops and courses on safe driving methods and approaches tailored for elementary, middle and high school students, as well as adults
- Implement statewide train-the-trainer workshops on distracted driving and roadway safety for first responders, educators and community-based organizations
- Design and implement the Be the Change Student Symposium, a day long leadership development seminar for high school students
- Partner with regional and national partners on policy and best practices around roadway safety
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR
Spirit & Place, Indiana University - Indianapolis
01.2015 - 03.2025
- Adept at providing effective community engagement, workshop training/courses and dialogue facilitation, as well as program and project design, management and implementation in virtual/hybrid environments.
- Partner with a cross-sector of community stakeholders to develop and implement year-long programming and an annual 10-day arts, humanities and religion festival.
- Develop, implement and facilitate community discussions series such as exploring the impact of the covid-19 pandemic, gentrification and neighborhood change.
- Develop and implement training for 54 community dialogue facilitators in the Civic Reflection Dialogue methodology.
- Design and implement custom dialogues and trainings on racism, diversity, equity and inclusion for museums, social service, higher education and nonprofit organizations in-person and virtual environments.
- Engage targeted communities to increase programming and audience diversity resulting in an increase of 15-25% of applicants for festival events annually
- Research and design the framework, interview protocol, analysis and writing for the Faith & Civic Life Report, which examines the impact of faith traditions on civic life and choices within a holistic national framework.
- Cultivate community connectivity and capacity building by intentionally building bridges and partnerships between large, established institutions in the arts, humanities, and faith-based organizations with smaller and less resourced counterparts.
- Present at local, national and international conferences including the National Humanities Conference, Indiana Arts Commission’s Homecoming, Imagining America and International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement.
- Supervise, train and manage interns, community volunteers and dialogue facilitators.
- Manage the research, writing, and evaluation of programs, proposals, and granting reports.
PLANNING CONSULTANT
Ratio
Indianapolis
12.2016 - 01.2018
- Teamed with a cross-sector of community stakeholders on the development of the Riverside Park Regional Master Plan, the first plan in over 100 years for this nearly 900-acre park.
- Developed master plan framework for a robust art-based initiative which incorporates the integration of arts projects (temporary and permanent), arts-related programing and experiences, as well as creative placemaking practices throughout Riverside Regional Park.
- Coordinated and led a team of 60 community stakeholders on a site visit to explore parks focused arts and cultural opportunities in Chicago, IL. Connected team with nationally recognized art park development teams and programming management to visualize possibilities.
- Trained community canvassing teams on best practices for community engagement and research input.
- Riverside Regional Park Master Plan
COMMUNITY BUILDER & ORGANIZER
Big Car
Indianapolis
07.2013 - 01.2016
- Lead organizer for a cross-sector of residents and community stakeholders on the development of the Northwest Area Quality of Life Plan, a community economic development plan comprised of 12 neighborhoods in the Near Northwest area of Indianapolis.
- Engaged more than 3,000 residents and stakeholders utilizing traditional and arts-based research methodologies to access diverse populations often missed during planning processes.
- The planning process identified 9 core community focus areas resulting in more than 125 action items focused on areas such as food insecurity, K-12 education, and community belonging and economic development.
- Partnered with 5 elementary schools utilizing an arts-based research initiative to document the goals and needs of more than 2,100 K-12 students around the future of their community. Project met English Language Arts state education metrics.
- Coordinated community organizing event with more than 350 residents and stakeholders in attendance for a day long community economic visioning and planning session. The follow-up community celebration 9 months later resulted in more than 600 people in attendance to provide feedback on plan finalization.
- Designed and implemented Northwest Area Safe Routes to School Plan, a community research project which identified infrastructure and social conditions that impact walking routes to school for K-6 students in Indianapolis Public Schools’ two largest elementary schools.
- Identified funding and resource opportunities to support community and neighborhood led initiatives.
- Northwest Area Quality of Life Plan
Education
M.D. - Sculpture
School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago01.2004
Bachelor of Arts - Communications and English Literature with Creative Writing Sub-Concentration
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor08.1995
Skills
- Workshop facilitation
- Policy writing
- Program evaluation
- Community outreach
- Training development
- Project management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Dialogue facilitation
- Strategic partnerships
- Cultural competence
- Relationship building
- Change management
- Program management
Training
- 07/01/21, Restorative Practices, Peace Learning Center.
- 02/01/21, Trainer, Civic Reflection Dialogue, Center for Civic Reflection, Salisbury University.
- 05/01/19, LEAD Training, Leadership Indianapolis.
- 06/01/18, Trauma Informed Community Development, Duquesne University with Focus Pittsburgh.
- 05/01/17, Dialogue-based Leadership, Aspen Institute and ArtPlace America.
- 03/01/15, Advancing Social Change: Community Organizing Your Community, Office of Community Engagement, Indiana University at Indianapolis.
- 12/01/13, Community Development Comprehensive Training, Indiana Association for Community Economic Development.
- 10/01/13, Asset-Based Community Development, The Learning Tree.
- 01/01/13, Community Leadership Certificate, Ivy Tech Community College with Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center.
Activities
- 02/01/25, The Black Artist as Moral Witness, Obsidian Journal, Panelist, Virtual Town Hall.
- Cleveland, OH, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, General Operating Support Grant Panelist and Cultural Heritage Grant Panelist.
- Indianapolis, IN, Unapologetically Free: A Journey of Liberation for Black Women, Community Conversations, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Panelist.
- 02/07/25, Keeping the Dreams, Black Artists Archives, Interview by Dr. Kelli Morgan.
- Indianapolis, IN, Art of Ritual and Renewal, Women in the Arts, Ivy Tech Community College, Guest Lecturer.
- Chicago, IL, Advisory Committee, Joyce Awards.
- Indianapolis, IN, How YOU Can Change the World, InspireU Student Leadership Conference, Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, Middle and High School Workshop Presenter.
- Indianapolis, IN, Community Ambassador, Indiana Repertory Theatre.
- 2024, Roundtable Discussion, Urbanism × Entrepreneurship, Ubuntu Planning Studio and BlackSpace Indianapolis, Panelist.
- 2024, How YOU Can Change the World, InspireU Student Leadership Conference, Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, Middle and High School Workshop Presenter.
- 2023, The Lynch Quilt Project: Mending our Past, Present and Futures, National Humanities Conference, Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance.
- 2023, You can Change the World, Youth Leadership Summit, Metropolitan School District of Washington Township.
- 10/16/22, "Writing Your Assessment Story: Stepping Into Our Power As Storytellers, Scholars, And Social Change Agents." Rituals of Repair and Renewal, APPS Cohort, National Gathering, Imagining America, Tulane University and Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Panelist.
- Cleveland, OH, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, Cultural Heritage Award, Grant Panelist.
- 2021, Democratically-engaged assessment and emergent strategy: Conceptual frameworks for a community-of-co-inquiry, IARSLCE (International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement), Annual Conference, Poster Presentation.
- 10/21/21, "Flow, Emergence, and Creating Community: Exploring Democratically-engaged Assessment in Fellowship." The Shape of Us: Water Ways and Movements, National Gathering, Imagining America, Tulane University and Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Panel.
- Washington, D.C., National Endowment for the Arts, Our Town Award, Grant Review Panel.
Timeline
EDUCATION OUTREACH MANAGER
Impact Teen Drivers
02.2025 - Current
PLANNING CONSULTANT
Ratio
12.2016 - 01.2018
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR
Spirit & Place, Indiana University - Indianapolis
01.2015 - 03.2025
COMMUNITY BUILDER & ORGANIZER
Big Car
07.2013 - 01.2016
M.D. - Sculpture
School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Bachelor of Arts - Communications and English Literature with Creative Writing Sub-Concentration
The University of Michigan