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ACE seeks youth organizer

Alternatives for Community and Environment
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT — January 2010



Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE) seeks a full time Co-Organizer/Director for its Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project (REEP). ACE is a nonprofit environmental justice organization based in Roxbury, MA. ACE builds the power of lower income communities and communities of color in New England to eradicate environmental racism and classism and achieve environmental justice. We believe that everyone has the right to a healthy environment and to be decision-makers in issues affecting our communities. ACE organizes residents to identify and coordinate campaigns around critical environmental justice issues.

REEP is a youth-led, environmental justice, community organizing program. REEP builds youth leadership, community, and power to fight for environmental justice. Environmental justice provides a framework for young people to name and understand the systems of oppression in their surroundings, and to work for solutions to the problems that they experience on a daily basis. During the school year, REEP works with 2-3 public high schools to conduct in depth, student-led, community action projects.

The Co-Organizer/Director for REEP coordinates and oversees all aspects of the program with the other Co-Organizer/Director, including supervising youth organizers, developing work plans and budgets, and implementing the work plans.
Responsibilities (included but not limited to)

· Support Youth Led Organizing Campaigns and Community Action Projects: Support the participation and leadership of Youth Organizers in youth-led organizing campaigns and in schools community action projects.

· Leadership Development: Assess training needs to develop and provide training for Youth Organizers. Maintain and implement Youth Organizer basic training curriculum. Provide additional leadership development opportunities through hands-on experience, including conducting environmental justice tours and workshops.

· Supervision and Program Administration: Coordinate recruitment process for youth organizers. Hire (and fire if necessary) youth organizers. Create program work plans with youth organizers. Maintain personal development plans for each youth organizer and support personal development goals through training, hand-on experience, and referrals to other resources. Facilitate program planning and draft work plans for Executive Director Approval. Draft program budget for Executive Director and monitor and approve program expenditures.

· Program/Organizational Planning: Participate and co-lead REEP program team planning. Participate in ACE-wide strategic planning and other organizational development processes.
Qualifications

· Minimum 3 years experience in organizing and youth development

* Commitment to social and environmental justice and agreement with organizational mission and goals
* Ability to work well with diverse groups and populations

· Experience in grassroots and campaign organizing and advocacy

· Excellent communication skills- both verbal and written

· Skilled facilitator and familiarity with popular education principles

* Excellent organizational skills-- good attention to detail and well organized

· Solid computer skills (familiar with Word, Excel, Internet, and database)

· Team player, self-starter, quick learner, and ability to work in fast-paced environment

· Flexibility to work weeknights and weekends

· Bi-lingual ability a plus

Salary: $35,000-$40,000, depending on experience, plus health and retirement benefits. To apply, please send a cover letter and resume by February 5, 2010 to: ACE, David Jenkins, 2181 Washington St. Suite 301, Roxbury, MA 02119

Phone: 617.442.3343 x 225 Fax: 617.442.2425 Email: jobs@ ace-ej.org

Women and people of color encouraged to apply

For more information see: www.ace-ej.org

The 10@10 Campaign

Hello Loyal TPAN members:

We are pleased to announce a new campaign to document progressive
happenings at Tufts. It is a new spin on an old idea. We're calling it
10@10: Ten people volunteering 10 minutes a week to document
progressive history at Tufts.

How you can help:

1. Visit the Tufts Progressive History Project
2. Take 10 minutes to add something from your experience as an
activist at Tufts to the wiki.
3. Come back in a week and do it again.

That's it! And its a big deal!

We figure, if we can get 10 people to collectively spend almost two
hours a week to help out Tufts activists, then we will be saving a lot
of people a lot of trouble trying to re-invent the wheel.

Thanks for pitching in!

As always, we love you,

Cindy Chang LA'03
Mara D'Angelo LA'02
Louis Esparza LA'03
Gary Goldstein, PhD
Eva Skillicorn LA'06
Tahira Pratt, LA'08
Danika Kleiber, LA'03
Jean Wu, PhD
Jenny Lau LA'10

Camarilla Advisor submissions

Hello TPANers!

It's time for another Camarilla Advisor, and I can't do it without you. 
Please send me (danika@ekit.com):

1)Your Name
2)Your class year
3)What you've been doing
4)What you're going to do next
5)Your favorite ngo/community organization/group
of people changing the world(and 2 sentences on what they do and
why they're your favorite)

And for the love of little fuzzy things please (oh please) send me a
picture of your beautiful self!  Also please feel free to send photos
of you and yours raising a ruckus/building community TPAN style.  As
per new Camarilla Advisor policy we will only post photos of people
who have given us express permission to do so, so fear not.

In keeping with tradition I'm also going to ask people to send me
articles (lots and lots of articles!). Did you have an epiphany about
global justice while gardening?  Did you find a new and helpful way to
smash the state and desperately want to share?  Did you just finish a
thesis on the DIY philosophy of education?  We want to hear about it!
If you are inclined towards brevity you are as always encouraged to
send me haikus/limericks/bullet points.

More particularly I would also like to solicit opinions for and
against TPAN joining TUAA.  This has been debated a few times in the
past and I'd like to open it up to the TPAN as a whole.  Should we,
shouldn't we?  Let me know.

Love,
Danika

Constitutional Convention

For TPANners in the Bay Area, you might be interested in a conversation to include human rights in the US constitution hosted by Sociologists Without Borders. Registration is $15-30 sliding scale. View the post on my website for more info.

film fest june 19 and 20 nyc

Dear Friends,

Please save the date for Friday, June 19th @ 7pm and Saturday, June
20th @ 2pm for the Youth Producing Change Screening, as part of the
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. Celebrate the work of
these young filmmakers from around the globe and learn about the
issues that are impacting them (homelessness, child labor,
immigration, access to water, poverty, violence and more).

We are also very excited to be offering a special ticket deal: BUY ONE
TICKET ~ GET ONE FREE to the YPC screenings (including the world
premiere and reception)! In addition we will also be hosting an
exclusive press conference for members of the press and youth media
organizations to meet and interview the Youth Producing Change
filmmakers. Tickets Now on Sale at: www.filmlinc.com


We hope that you will pass this information along to students,
colleagues, friends and parents at your school, organization and
community. More information is soon to follow, but please feel free to
contact me if you have any questions or are interested in attending.
I look forward to seeing you all there!

All the best,
Cynthia
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Cynthia Carrion
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Youth Outreach Coordinator
Phone: 917-447-0991
Fax: 212-736-1300
Email: carrioc@hrw.org
Film Festival: www.hrw.org/iff

Restoration Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator, Save the Bay, Oakland

Job Title: Restoration Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator
Organization: Save The Bay
Location: Oakland
Salary: $35,000-$40,000
FT Regular

Job Description:
The Community and Outreach Coordinator is responsible for recruiting and engaging thousands of volunteers to participate in wetland restoration service programs. The Coordinator will engage the community in Save The Bay’s work to protect the San Francisco Bay by strategically marketing programs to recruit new volunteers; targeting partnership opportunities; participating in key Community-Based Restoration events; and coordinating sign ups and program logistics. This includes public Community-Based Restoration programs, outings for private and corporate groups, and occasional community outreach events. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has strong customer service and organizational skills and is passionate about protecting and restoring the San Francisco Bay. This position reports to the Habitat Restoration Director.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Marketing and Development:
• Lead program marketing and outreach efforts to current and new audiences to ensure program goals are met;
• Work with the Communications and Development Departments to identify areas and volunteers that help Save The Bay achieve organizational goals and determine outreach strategies accordingly;
• Prepare all event-related materials, including trip packets and volunteer confirmation information;
• Coordinate and implement strategic outreach on Web site, community calendar postings, and other tactics to fill public programs;
• Identify and cultivate community fundraising leads in coordination with Development Department;
• Represent Save The Bay at corporate and community outings as needed;
• Develop and implement follow-up strategies with program participants to further engage them in Save The Bay’s work.

Program Coordination:
• Provide exceptional customer service and coordinate paperwork and follow-up strategies for all potential, current, and past participants;
• Maintain records of trips, contacts, volunteers, invoicing, and program statistics for outreach, grant proposals, reports and annual work plans;
• Provide program statistics and analysis quarterly and annually for department planning and management;
• Develop new and strengthen existing pathways between restoration programs and other Save The Bay programs, membership and involvement.
• Serve as the primary liaison between participants and other staff, providing excellent costumer service on the phone and through email, answering inquiries and signing up participants.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Undergraduate degree (B.A. or B.S.) in ecology, environmental studies, marketing or other applicable field.
• Excellent phone manner, speaking skills and customer service.
• Detail-oriented with a high degree of reliability in managing data and records using Excel.
• Computer proficiency with Windows software package and Internet research applications.
• Flexibility to work occasional weekends.
• Must present evidence of clean driving record, proof of auto insurance, valid California’s driver’s license and submit to a criminal background check.
• Ability to set appropriate priorities, meet deadlines, manage multiple projects and relationships simultaneously
• Ability to work effectively with teams and diverse individuals

Highly desirable
• Two-three years professional experience in communications and marketing, volunteer recruitment and coordinating logistics large-scale volunteer programs.
• Two to three years experience in leading high quality outdoor environmental education programs and/or habitat restoration projects
• Knowledge of basic Bay ecology, wetland habitats, and California native plants


How to Apply:
The position is open until filled. Salary: $35,000-$40,000 depending upon experience, plus excellent benefits.

Woman and people of color are encouraged to apply. EOE

Email resume and cover letter to Darcie Collins, Habitat Restoration Director:
Darcie@savesfbay.org
Subject Line: Restoration Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator search

Or mail it to:
Restoration Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator search Save The Bay 350 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Suite 900 Oakland, Ca 94612

Organization Web Site: www.savesfbay.org/jobs

Email replies to: darcie@savesfbay.org