Urban Upbound
Victoria Kammer is a seasoned professional in development and communications, currently serving as the Development & Communication Manager at Urban Upbound since January 2022, where responsibilities include planning an annual gala that raises over $450,000, managing external communications, and overseeing private fundraising efforts. Prior experience includes holding the position of Vice President of Account Management at Inside Track PR, where Victoria developed and led integrated public relations campaigns, as well as a grant writer role for Urban Upbound. Additional roles at SUNY Oswego encompassed brand development and social media strategy, event direction for the Dr. Lewis B. O'Donnell Media Summit, and leadership in the Future Alumni Network. An educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Public Relations with a minor in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Oswego.
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Urban Upbound
Urban Upbound’s mission is to provide public housing residents with a comprehensive group of accessible, vital, and impactful services to tackle poverty and change lives. We work with the more than 30,000 individuals living in four Western Queens public housing neighborhoods – Queensbridge (the largest public housing community in the nation), Astoria, Woodside, and Ravenswood. Urban Upbound serves clients through four comprehensive programs: 1.) Workforce Development: providing soft skills job readiness training and one-on-one career counseling, as well as job placement and retention assistance for the unemployed and underemployed. 2.) Financial Fitness Program: providing a suite of financial empowerment services including one-on-one crisis and short-term counseling, one-on-one long-term asset building counseling, community-based financial educational workshops, free tax preparation and comprehensive public benefits screening and enrollment. 3.) Youth Development/College Access: Urban Upbound’s youth services include in-depth SAT, college preparation, and college retention services. 4.) Community Revitalization: Urban Upbound ensures public housing neighborhoods have access to community assets such as mainstream financial services through the Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union, opened in 2010, the Urban Upbound FCU is the first low-income designated credit union in Queens ever.