[Counselor_Educ] Community Organizers Wanted

[mizerm at ohio.edu]

Here is a message I received from Melissa Pluss regarding social justice jobs 
available to OU graduating students and alums.

-Marissa

Marissa Mizer
Chi Sigma Iota, President
Allen Student Help Center, G.A.
Wellston City Schools, School Counseling Intern
mizerm at ohio.edu
mm138007 at ohio.edu



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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