CAREER EXPERIENCE Adjunct Faculty - Indiana University Kokomo campus teaching psychology, communications, speech, and freshmen seminar coursework. Member of the Women's Studies Council. Business consultant in Indiana and Michigan. Presented workshops, speaking engagements and specialized consultation services on a verity of personnel and professional growth topics including conflict resolution, business communications skills, management by objectives (MBO) issues, employee motivation techniques, short and long term planning, and cultural diversity training. Freelance writer and editor. Co-author with William Dunlop Jr. of the book, The Indians of Hungry Hollow, recently published by the University of Michigan Press. The book describes, through the methodology of story-telling, life in a Native American community in Northern Michigan in the early twentieth century. The book is of historical and anthropological significance as well as being entertaining. Director of Human Services,Grand Rapids (MI) Inter-Tribal Council. Developed and supervised programs with a special emphasis on women's issues. Supervised human services personnel and negotiated agency service contracts. Supervised accreditation reviews, developed and managed human services budgets. Executive Director, Common Ground Clinic, Kokomo, Indiana. As the chief executive officer of this United Way service agency, procured agency funding through diverse sources including the United Way and various government programs, supervised daily operations and personnel including over 70 community volunteers. Directed the activities of the community Crisis Hotline which acted in crisis intervention and as a community resource referral service. Private Practice Psychiatric Therapist. Maintained a caseload averaging 25 to 30 counseling sessions each week for many years. These included family, individual, and marital counseling modalities. Continues to practice individual and couple counseling on a limited basis presently. President and Founder, Nisswi Ishkoden. This Native America not-for-profit organization was founded to promote the recording of storytelling, community gatherings, and other Native American cultural events in Michigan. EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education, Purdue University. Master of Science in Guidance Counseling and Personnel Services, Purdue University. Post graduate studies in Systems and Family Therapy, Purdue University. Post graduate studies in Art and Design, Purdue University. Multi Media Computer coursework, Community College, Grand Rapids, MI. Publications Dunlop Jr. William J. and Marcia L. Fountain-Blacklidge. 2000. The Indians of Hungry Hollow. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Fountain-Blacklidge, Marcia L. 1995. Contributing editor. Our Children, Our Future, Kent County Standards for Children. Grand Rapids Foundation. Fountain-Blacklidge, Marcia. 1995. Wrote several speeches for Michigan State Senator Glen Steil. Fountain-Blacklidge, Marcia. 1994. Contributing editor. Our Native American Child, A guide for Those Who Adopt and Their Supporters. Children's Bureau, Michigan Department of Mental Health. Fountain-Blacklidge, Marcia. 1994. Contributing editor. Implementing Native American Task Force Plan. Grand Rapids Public Schools. Fountain-Blacklidge, Marcia. 1994. Hunter's Moon. Grand Rapids Magazine, October issue, pg. 68. Service and Activities Director, Howard County (IN) Hospital Cheer Guild Board of Directors. The Cheer Guild actively supports funding for hospital asset purchases and programs. Founder and President, Nisswi Ishkoden, a Native American culture preservation and promotion organization. Steering Committee, Women Matter: a statewide project to bring Michigan women together. Member Native American Task Force, Grand Rapids Public Schools. Program to heighten awareness of Native American culture issues and to assist with seeking ways to help Native American students more successful in the school setting. Steering Committee; Our Children, Our Future Member, Southwestern Michigan Episcopal Diocese Task Force on Racism. Task Force identified racism both within and outside the religious community and sought ways to bring Diocese congregations to new levels of awareness and action against racism. Member, Institute on Healing Racism. Grant Reviewer, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Reviewers, collectively, reviewed grant proposals and awarded approximately $1,000,000 in funding. Board Member, Gerontology Network Services of Kent County. Board Member, Family Life Center. Board Member, Kent County Child Abuse Prevention Council. Steering Committee, Healthy Start. Committee member, Project Blueprint of the United Way. Steering Committee, Families for Kids. Speaker, Sandwich Board Series of the Mental Health Assn of Howard County (IN). Speaker, Women's Growth Groups: Menopause, The Journey into Wisdom. Advisor, Indiana Adoption Coalition. Speaker, Box Lunch Series of the Howard Community Hospital Women's Center. Presenter, Death and Dying Workshop of Indiana University Kokomo campus. Seminar Presenter, Diversity Training for a Better Work Environment, Pioneer Seed Corn, Tipton, IN. Presenter, Leadership Kokomo sponsored by the Kokomo-Howard Co. Chamber of Commerce. Member, Howard County Child Abuse Task Force, Howard Co. IN. Member, Founding Committee of the Family Intervention Center, Kokomo, Indiana. Miscellaneous Skills: Comfortable on both the Macintosh OS and Windows computer platforms. Graphic design and art, both conventional and computer centered. Adobe Pagemaker, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Microsoft Office. |