[ESSP] Fwd: [Job]Green Corps Environmental Fellowship

[Vanessa Paulman]

>This is a year-long job/fellowship. Nomination by a faculty member is
>recommended. If interested, consider taking the initiative to ask a faculty
>member to nominate you. Contact information appears below.
>
>Salary & Benefits: Salary of $23,750. Optional 
>group health care coverage, paid
>sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation, and a student loan repayment
>program for qualifying staff.
>
>GREEN CORPS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
>
>Each year, Green Corps offers one-year paid fellowships to recent
>college graduates, providing them with the hands-on training and
>experience they'll need to launch their social change or
>environmental organizing careers. Fellows in the program spend a
>year participating in a rigorous classroom training program and
>coordinating field campaigns with national environmental groups.
>Our recent campaigns have included working to protect the Arctic
>National Wildlife Refuge with the Alaska Wilderness League,
>educating the public about global warming with the World Wildlife
>Fund, and protecting communities from toxics with the Toxics
>Action Center.
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>At the end of the year, Green Corps fellows can go on to start
>their own non-profit groups or run the field operations of leading
>state, local or national groups. In the past twelve years, Green
>Corps has trained over 180 young people who have held leadership
>positions in environmental and social change groups like Sierra
>Club, Rainforest Action Network, and Corporate Accountability
>International.
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>MOST GREEN CORPS FELLOWS ARE NOMINATED BY FACULTY OR OTHER STUDENTS.
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>Ask one of your professors to nominate you by contacting Hampshire recruiter
>Saerom Park at saerom at greencorps.org, or 
>(718)757-0352. Saerom will also answer
>any questions you may have. Your professor should provide contact information
>for you (such as an email or phone number) so Green Corps can reach you.
>
>Early application deadline is January 14th, 2005.
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>MORE INFORMATION:
>
>We're looking for the next generation of environmental leaders.
>
>Can you imagine yourself running a campaign to defend old growth
>forests from corporate logging companies, protecting local
>communities from pesticides, or starting your own environmental
>group? Green Corps' one-year, full-time, paid Environmental
>Leadership Training Program gives you the best training available
>to launch an organizing and advocacy career.
>
>Organization:
>Green Corps is a non-profit Field School for Environmental
>Organizing, founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to
>identify and train the next generation of environmental leaders.
>Our program includes intensive classroom training, hands-on
>experience running urgent environmental and public health
>campaigns, and placement in permanent leadership positions with
>leading environmental groups.
>
>Training:
>The Introductory Classroom Training, held in Boston, Mass.,
>exposes you to the environmental movement and teaches you to
>mobilize grassroots support, train community leaders, and work
>with the media. You will learn about issues you care about
>including global warming, corporate accountability, toxic threats,
>and sustainable development. You will learn from environmental
>leaders who have real-life experience fighting to protect our
>environment like Bob Bingaman, National Field Director of Sierra
>Club, and Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of United Farm Workers. Four
>subsequent week-long classroom training sessions held throughout
>the year teach you additional skills and hone your ability to plan
>and implement effective campaigns.
>
>Locations & Dates:
>We place Field Organizers in cities across the nation, which
>may include Washington, D.C., and cities in California, Colorado,
>Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
>New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and
>Wisconsin. The program begins in August 2005, with the
>Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and concludes with
>graduation in August 2006.
>
>Responsibilities:
>As a Green Corps Field Organizer, you'll plan and implement
>a series of environmental campaigns conducted on behalf of groups
>like Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and World Wildlife
>Fund. Your responsibilities will include recruiting, training, and
>supervising volunteers, interns, and staff; working with the
>media; fundraising; and mobilizing grassroots support.
>
>Job Placement:
>Our graduates are in high demand and quickly find jobs
>working on issues they care about. After you complete the training
>program, Green Corps will connect you to organizations with open
>positions and other opportunities for full-time social change
>work. Green Corps' graduates have held positions of leadership in
>organizations such as the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Global
>Exchange, Rainforest Action Network, U.S. PIRG, Natural Resources
>Defense Council, Environmental Defense, ACLU, United for a Fair
>Economy, and Friends of the Earth.
>
>Qualifications:
>We will invite 25 people to participate in the 2005-2006
>Environmental Leadership Training Program. We are looking for
>people who are serious about saving the planet, have experience
>working with environmental or social change issues, and have
>demonstrated leadership experience.
>
>Salary & Benefits:
>Salary of $23,750. Optional group health care coverage, paid
>sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation, and a student
>loan repayment program for qualifying staff.
>
>To Apply:
>To apply for Green Corps' 2005-2006 Environmental Leadership
>Training Program, fill out our online application by the Nation
>Early Submission deadline of January 14th, 2005. Regional
>deadlines, campus interview dates, and online application are at
>http://www.greencorps.org>www.greencorps.org.
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Vanessa Paulman       
Center for Science Exploration
Hampshire College

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