[Aphio-L] Careers in Community Organizing for Social Justice for Alpha Phi Omega members at OU!

[Whitney Durban]

Hey Everyone:)

Take a second from finalizing and look at this email! Sounds like it  
is right up the AphiO alley:) Stop studying and breathe!

Whitney
>
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> Social Justice Jobs Available to OU graduating students and alums!
>
> Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will be on the OU
> campus on Monday April 6 @ 7:00 PM in the Baker University Center,  
> Room 341 to discuss careers in the field of community organizing,
> and to schedule interviews with students interested in empowering  
> their communities and
> working for social change.
>
> Please RSVP if you are interested by contacting Melissa Pluss at  
> melissa at thedartcenter.org or
> calling 785.841.2680 with your name, phone # and email address.
>
> DART is now accepting applications for the 2009 DART Organizers  
> Institute, the paid,
> four-month field school for people interested in launching a career  
> in community
> organizing. Participants will undergo a combined classroom and  
> field training covering such
> topics as:
>
> • Entering a community
> • Identifying and training local leaders
> • Strategic planning and issue cutting
> • Relationship and community building
> • Direct Action on community issues
> • Fundraising
>
> The DART Center, has built coalitions throughout the country that  
> have won important
> victories on a broad set of justice issues including:
>
> • Education reform in low-performing public schools
> • Job Training
> • Drugs and Violence
> • Criminal Recidivism
> • Living Wage
> • Neighborhood Revitalization
> • Predatory Lending
> • Affordable Housing, etc.
>
> The DART Organizers Institute combines a 7-day classroom  
> orientation with 15 weeks of
> infield training at a DART host organization. This is a paid  
> training program that
> includes: a $7,000 living stipend, transportation to the classroom  
> orientation and host
> city, and mileage reimbursement during the infield training. Room,  
> board, and tuition will
> also be paid by DART during the 7-day classroom training. After  
> successful completion of
> the program, DART will work to place graduates into permanent full  
> time salaried positions
> ranging from ($27-30,000/year for Associate Organizers and  
> $30-34,000 for Lead Organizers).
>
> Graduates from the four month DART Organizers Institute have gone  
> onto accept Executive
> Director and Associate Community Organizing positions throughout  
> the country.
>
> The 7-day classroom orientation and 15 week infield training starts  
> July 12, 2009 and runs
> through November 7, 2009. Training locations will include  
> placements in several states
> around the country.
>
> Although it may be helpful, no direct experience is necessary.  
> Organizer Trainees (OTs)
> hired to participate in the DART Organizers Institute must  
> demonstrate a desire to pursue
> community organizing as a long-term professional career. A master's  
> degree or similar life
> experience is preferred though unnecessary. Candidates must have a  
> college degree or be
> graduating prior to June 1, 2009. Also, candidates must display a  
> workmanlike diligence, be
> driven to produce sustained results, have proven capacity to build  
> relationships of trust,
> create and execute a plan, act professionally, feel comfortable  
> working with religious
> institutions, be accountable and willing to hold others  
> accountable, demonstrate
> disciplined thought and action, and work in a team setting.  OTs  
> must also have access to a
> car during their training and be flexible regarding relocation.  
> Fluency in Spanish/English
> is a plus and people of color are encouraged to apply.
>
> To find out more about DART or to apply, we encourage you to send  
> your resume to: Melissa
> Pluss, DART Network, 820 New York Street Lawrence, KS 66044 or by  
> email:
> melissa at thedartcenter.org. If you have any questions, please call:  
> (785) 841-2680. Also,
> you can download applications or view profiles from previous OTs at  
> the DART website:
> www.thedartcenter.org.
>
> Melissa Pluss
> DART Network
> ph: (785) 841-2680
> email: melissa at thedartcenter.org
> www.thedartcenter.org
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