[ASU] Careers in Community Organizing for Social Justice

[Ebenezer Malcalm]

Hi Fletcher et al.
 We sent the same information round last year but members were turned down 
because they were not "Green Card' holders. I sopke with Melissa yesterday to 
find out if they have change their policies but the answer was "NO".
Please kindly cross check with Melissa about eligibility.
Thanks
Ebenezer


Quoting Fletcher Ziwoya <fz233105 at ohio.edu>:

> 
>
> ------------ Forwarded Message ------------
> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:12 AM -0500
> From: Melissa Pluss <melissa at thedartcenter.org>
> To: asu at ohio.edu
> Subject: Campus Leader - Careers in Community Organizing for Social
> Justice >
> for African Student Organization members at OU!
>
> Dear Campus Leader,
>
> I hope you are doing well.  My name is Melissa Pluss and I'm a
> community
> organizer with the
>
> Direct Action and Research Training (DART) Center.  I noticed on the
> student activities website that you are associated with African
> Student
> Organization, and
>
> I was hoping you may be able to help me identify graduating students
> or
> alums interested in
>
> a career in community organizing. We will be visiting the OU
>
> campus on Monday April 6 @ 7:00 PM in the Baker University Center,
> Room 341
> to recruit spring graduating students and alums
>
> interested in careers in community organizing.
>
> As you may know, the DART Center has been conducting a paid training
> program for those
>
> seeking a career in community organizing for the last several years,
> and
> has enabled dozens
>
> of people to launch permanent salaried positions in the field.
>
> You may remember my associates, Ben MacConnell or Sunil Joy, who had
> successful visits to
>
> OU in the past.
>
> It's an excellent opportunity for people interested in organizing at
> the
> local level around
>
> common issues affecting low-moderate income communities like
> affordable
> housing, immigrant
>
> rights, access to healthcare, quality public education, youth
> services,
> crime, etc.  Let me
>
> know if you know of any direct referrals to certain students involved
> with
> the . I would be happy to provide a personal invitation to our Info
> Session
> by
>
> phone or email anyone that you know that will graduate this spring
> with an
> interest in this
>
> area. Though I have learned over the years that the personal invite
> seems
> to work the best,
>
> I was also wondering if you could make an announcement during an
> upcoming
> meeting or pass
>
> along an announcement to any relevant list serves.   I have provided
> a
> brief description
>
> below and a flyer attached for the DART Center, and our efforts on
> campus.
> Please feel free
>
> to forward this announcement to available list serves, fellow
> student
> groups leaders,
>
> interns, or to anyone you know that might be interested in pursuing
> this
> line of work.
>
> Thank you for your help, and please let me know about certain
> students you
> could recommend.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Melissa Pluss
> DART Network
> ph: (785) 841-2680
> email: melissa at thedartcenter.org
> www.thedartcenter.org
>
> Message to forward to graduating OU students and alums:
>
> **************************************************
> 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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>
>
>
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Ebenezer Malcalm
Doctoral Student
Instructional Technology
Ohio University
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