[Relay-L] Fwd: Community organizers wanted at Ohio University

[Madeleine M. Stevens]

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From: campus.life at ohio.edu
To: MS222706 at OHIO.EDU
Subject: Community organizers wanted at Ohio University
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:00:17 -0400 (EDT)

Dear Student Organization members:

Please see the information below regarding jobs in community organizing.  I
would appreciate your assistance in forwarding this to members of your
organizations. Responses should be directed to Sunil Joy of the Dart Network.
The contact information is below.

Best,
Anne E. Lombard, Ph.D.
Director of Campus Life

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Social Justice Jobs in Community Organizing Available to OU graduating students
and alums!

Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will be on the OU campus on
Mon., April 6 @ 7PM in the Baker University Center, Rm 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 Sunil Joy at
sunil 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.

Recently, Jeff Modzelewski, a 2006 Organizers Institute graduate, worked on
Ohio's 2008 predatory lending campaign resulting in a reduction in the payday
lending interest rate from 391% to 28%.  Ohio now has the lowest payday lending
interest rate in all 50 states.

More information can be found here: 
http://www.mott.org/recentnews/news/2009/organizersinstitute.aspx

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
($30-33,000/year for Associate Organizers and $32-37,000 for Lead Organizers
starting salary + health & benefits).

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
July 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: Sunil Joy, DART Network, 820 New York Street Lawrence, KS 66044 or by
email: sunil 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.  


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Madeleine Stevens
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
Public Relations Major
Relay for Life
Co-President
PRSSA
Sigma Alpha Lambda Honors Fraternity
Delta Zeta