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

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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
>  
> ************************************************** 
> 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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