Public Relations, Writing, Special Events

1. Sabina Clarke …… Public Relations, Writing, Special Events Planner
14 W. Highland Avenue REAR Philadelphia Pa 19118
215-509-2345 (home/office) (215) 908-7960 (cell)
Professional Qualifications
2000-2005 Philadelphia International Airport
1989-2000 Free Library of Philadelphia
Freelance Writer
The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, Art Matters (Montgomery
Newspapers), the Chestnut Hill Local, the Philadelphia Tribune, The Catholic Standard & Times,
the Irish Edition , Germantown Newspapers, National Black Review, BookLinks magazine The
Weekly Press and the University City Review , Irish American News online, the Irish Echo (New
York), Irish Herald
Adjunct Professor/ Public Relations/ The Comey Institute at St. Joseph’s University 2005
Exhibit Curator & Writer/ Celebrate Philadelphia Performers 2011 , The Free Library of
Philadelphia on the Parkway
Professional Memberships
Philadelphia Public Relations Association, PPRA
Public Relations Chair 1992-1993
American Women in Radio and Television, AWRT Tri-State Chapter
Publicity Chair 2003-2004
National Exhibits by Blind Artists (NEBA)
Board Member and Publicity Chair since 1993
Pen & Pencil
Awards
1990 Pepperpot Award, Public Relations Society of America, PRSA
1995 Better Business Award Free Library of Philadelphia
1998 Plaque Presentation from the Federation of Irish-American Societies of the Delaware Valley
for promotion of 1997 Commemorative Famine Walk which generated local, national &
international media attention
Clients include: 2010 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Roy Bourgeois; Sinn Fein President &
member of Irish Parliament Gerry Adams; former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, People
Safe in Rollovers Foundation; National Exhibit by Blind Artists, NEBA; West Philadelphia
Cultural Alliance, WPCA,; Federation of Irish American Societies of the Delaware Valley;
District Council 47; Irish Immigration & Pastoral Center; Episcopal Peace Fellowship ; author &
journalist Ed Moloney, Director of the Belfast Project at Boston College; and others
***Writing Portfolio : Feature stories, Op-Ed pieces, Interviews, book reviews The
Philadelphia Inquier, The Philadelphia Daily News, the Chestnut Hill Local, Irish Edition (online
& print) Wyndmoor, PA, Irish American News (Chicago) online & print, Germantown
Newspapers (online & print) Delaware County Magazine, Montgomery Newspapers-, Art
Matters magazine and others
Education
B.A. Chestnut Hill College
Temple University
* Book blurbs :: Are You Somebody by Nualla O’Faolain, Chocolat by Joanne Harris, Evening
Class by Maeve Binchy ; The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan , The Famine Plot by Tim
Pat Coogan
*References and Writing samples upon request