[ESSP] FW: Green Corps - Environmental Fellowship

[Vanessa Paulman]

Forwarded message - good opportunity for Hamp students


>Hi Professor Breitbart,
>
>My name is Saerom Park, and I'm currently a Field Organizer with
>Green Corps.  I’m contacting you about a unique opportunity for
>Hampshire students to launch a career in the environmental and social
>change fields.  It was about this time last year as a senior at
>Williams College when I began thinking about how I wanted to make
>that transition from a student of environmental studies to a
>participant in the environmental movement.
>
>Green Corps offers a one-year, full-time, paid Environmental
>Leadership Training Program, where we provide classroom training and
>field experience for recent college graduates.   We then work to
>place our graduates in leadership positions with a wide variety of
>environmental and social change groups like Rainforest Action
>Network, Global Exchange, Sierra Club, and National Resources Defense
>Council. More information is below, and also at www.greencorps.org.
>
>Most Green Corps fellows are nominated by faculty and staff or other
>students.  As a professor with the Environmental Studies and
>Sustainability Program at Hampshire, please reply with individuals
>you can nominate for our fellowship and provide any contact
>information (such as an email or phone number).  Second, please
>forward this email to any students, faculty or staff who might be
>interested as a job posting.  The regional deadline for Hampshire
>students is February 4th.
>
>Please feel free to contact me for more information or with any
>questions. I'm available at saerom at greencorps.org and at 718-757-0352.
>
>Best,
>Saerom
>
>
>
>Saerom Park
>Defenders of Wildlife
>CA Endangered Species Act Organizer
>(o) 916-313-5807
>(c) 718-757-0352
>(e) saerom at greencorps.org
>www.savetheesa.org
>
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>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 Hampshire
>deadline of February 4th, 2005. Regional interview dates and online
>application are at www.greencorps.org.
>
>Contact:
>       Contact Hampshire recruiter Saerom Park at
>saerom at greencorps.org, or (718) 757-0352 with any questions or for
>more information.



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