Walter Sebastian Adler 140 Nassau Street Apt. 7C, New York, NY 10038 Phone: 347-907-3182 Email: AgentAdler@gmail.com Profile Activist and organizer with commitment to community service. A proven ability to respond in emergency situations with calm and professionalism. Excellent people skills with individuals from diverse economic, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Productive and efficient work habits. Self-motivator with high energy and scrupulous attention to detail. Cross trained in political science, community organizing, and emergency medicine. Work Experience New York City Fire Department (FDNY), EMT-EMS, New York, NY 4/08 - present EMS Division 1, Station 04 on Lower East Side of Manhattan 9/10 –present EMS Division 3, Station 35 in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 2/09- 9/10 EMS Division 2, Station 17 in Highbridge, South Bronx 6/08 – 2/09 Trained at Fort Totten EMS Academy Class 8002. Top 5% of class academically. 4/08 – 6/08 Midwood Ambulance Corps, EMT-B, Brooklyn, NY 2/08-4/08 EMS transport and in system emergency calls in borough Brooklyn. Transcare, EMT-B, Brooklyn, NY 9/07 - 1/08 EMS transport as well as long distance transports of the elderly, infirm and mentally ill. Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth (CAFETY) Case Worker, Brooklyn, NY 6/06 - 3/07 Conducted field outreach and case investigation to evaluate former patients at youth residential treatment facilities in the North East potentially abused while in custody. Action Medical Volunteers, EMT-B, NY 3/02-9/04 Served as a street medic at community events and rallies in New York City and Washington, DC. National Lawyers Guild, Intern, New York, NY 3/05 - 6/05 Conducted legal research and logged arrest footage tapes for the NLG paralegal aid services. Queens Courier, Editorial Reporter, Bayside, NY 2/02 - 3/03 Worked in Editorial Department in a full time reporting position covering the political beat in southeastern Queens as well as contributed film reviews, cultural write ups and feature articles on nightlife in Queens. Community Service Lend a Hand and Foot (LAHAF), Haiti Earthquake Relief 7/10 to 3/11Helped establish an emergency medical service in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Coordinated & obtained medical instructors and equipment following the January 2010 earthquake which resulted in full training and government recognition of 25 Haitian EMTs. Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance, Haiti Earthquake Relief 1/15/10 – 1/28/10 Served at Port-au-Prince General Hospital immediately following the January 2010 earthquake. Coordinated patient exchange with Israeli Field Hospital in Port-au-Prince and worked overnight staffing at the General Hospital. Recruited and implemented training for roughly 100 Haitian volunteer first responders, 25 of which a year later would go on to be trained via the LAHAF EMS Pilot program as EMTs. Banshee Association, Chief of Staff 2/09–3/11 Served as Chief of Staff on leadership council of an EMS fraternal organization. Banshee EMS Newspaper, Co-founder and Editor, New York, NY 7/09 - 7/11 Co-Founded an NYC based Emergency Medical Services Periodical published bi-monthly with a 5,000 copy circulation. Helped coordinate writers and layout, organized distribution system, and served on editorial board throughout. Agents of Change (AOC), Public Relations 6/05 - 12/09 Organized a wide range of volunteer activities in Central Brooklyn and the South Bronx. Recruited CUNY students to serve as volunteers in grassroots community organizations. Facilitated inter-community dialogue events particularly between Jews, Latinos, African Americans, Muslims and LGBT community. SUNY Purchase Student Government, Senator 9/04-9/05 Elected to student government as the representative of the Neu Housing Area representing roughly 1,000 students in negotiations with the school’s administrators. SUNY Purchase Law Collective, Legal Aid 9/03 to 9/05Drafted appeals and organized the legal defense of students facing disciplinary action in campus judiciary. Defended over 100 students as their legal representative before the review board. Youth United For Equality (YUFE), President of Bronx Science Chapter 2/00 to 2/02 Co-founded a progressive student activist organization with chapters in over 15 NYC High Schools along with seven other national chapters. YUFE was highly active in protesting child labor in the textile industry, encouraging volunteerism, anti-war activism as well as educated young people on a wide range of political issues. Education CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY 1/05 – 12/09 B.A. in Political Science December 2009. 3.1 GPA SUNY Purchase, Purchase, New York 9/03 - 12/05 Credits toward B.A. in Political Science. Presidential Scholarship. Deans List 3.8 GPA Cumulative Undergraduate GPA: 3.5 LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY 4/03 - 6/03 EMT-B New York State Certification and recertification. Among the top 10 in certification and recertification classes. Recertified 6/06 - 8/06. NY State Certificate # 313185. Expiration 7/31/2016 Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY 9/99 - 2/01 Obtained a GED Diploma after discontinuation of high school education in 2001. John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, Hamilton College Summer 98, 99 Summers of 1997 & 1998: Programs in ‘Law & Politics’ and ‘Creative Writing’ United Nations International School, New York, NY 9/91 - 9/99 Completed grades K-8 with 7.0 Average in International Baccalaureate style curriculum. Skills Emergency Medical Expertise: New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Medical Services Certified – Familiarity with National Incident Command System - FDNY EVOC cleared driver -Experienced with AED- Facility with map use and navigation - Trained in EMS radio protocols and operation- Deployment abroad in Israel-Palestine-Haiti and 911 system experienced Additional Skills: Dynamic public speaker - Experienced community leader and organizer – Executive manager--Published writer - Peer mentor – Experienced fund raiser - Coalition builder - Event producer -Conflict resolution skills - Intermediate Hebrew fluency Awards and Honors 2011 Golden Upstander Award, The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, May, 24, 2011. Citation from the Nassau County Legislature for being the 2011 Golden Upstander Honoree of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, May, 24, 2011. Charlotte Katz Millenson Writing Award- Hunter College Library April 21, 2009. Appreciation Award from the Islamic Circle of North America "in recognition for extending friendship, brotherhood and building a bridge of peace and humanity between two communities" January 4, 2008. Interfaith Commitment Award from the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), January 4, 2008. Certificate of Recognition, Culture and Society in the West, Purchase College, December 2004. SUNY Purchase Presidential Scholarship for Academic Merit in 2003 & 2004.