[NV Greens] Community Organizers scholarships

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Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:44:59 -0500
From: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
Subject: [usgp-dx] FW: Applicants Wanted for Paid Community Organizing
	Training
To: national comm affairs <natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org>

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From: Ben MacConnell <ben at thedartcenter.org>
Organization: Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center
Reply-To: ben at thedartcenter.org
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:28:15 -0600
To: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
Subject: Applicants Wanted for Paid Community Organizing Training

DART is now accepting applications for the 2006 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
· Affordable Housing
· Access to Healthcare
· Living Wage
· Neighborhood Revitalization, 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 $6,500 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 fulltime salaried positions.

Graduates from the four month DART Organizers Institute have gone onto
accept Executive Director and Associate Community Organizing positions
throughout the country. We continue to train the best of those working
to build the power of
low-moderate income communities to win victories on important issues in
their community.

The program starts June 18, 2006 and runs through October 6, 2006.
Training locations will include placements in several states including
Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana, and Florida.

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, 2006. 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 congregations, 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: Ben MacConnell, DART Network, 820 New York Street, Lawrence,
KS 66044 or by email: institute 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. The 2006
DART Organizers Institute Application Deadline is January 1, 2006.