Houston, USA: Take a Stand for the Environment-$23,750/year

2008-01-16, 11:58AM CST

Program Description: We are a year-long, paid program that offers intensive training, hands-on experience running urgent environmental campaigns, and placement in permanent positions with leading environmental and social change groups.

Classroom Training: Our intensive classroom training prepares you to run a grassroots campaign. Issue briefings include Clean Cars, Renewable Energy, Forests and Endangered Species. Strategy workshops include The Legislative Process, Social Change Methodology and Effective Media: Messaging and Framing. Finally, hands-on skills training include leadership development, training volunteers, and running effective meetings. Trainings include our central staff, as well as experts in the field of environmental and grassroots organizing.

Field Training: Our field training puts you on the front lines of today�s most urgent environmental campaigns. Our organizers work in multiple cities nationwide, chosen for their ability to make an impact on critical environmental problems. Locations include, but are not limited to San Francisco, CA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; and Houston, TX. You must be willing to relocate during your training year.

Qualifications: Each year we select 35 college graduates to join the training program. We are looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, have demonstrated leadership experience, and want to work for change over the long haul at the grassroots level.

Dates and Application: The program begins in August 2008 and concludes with graduation in August 2009. The preferred spring application deadline is January 20, 2008. For more information please respond to this posting.

Compensation: $23,750/year
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