[Peace-discuss] DART

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

FYI:

Message to forward: Applicants Wanted for Paid Community Organizing 
Training

DART is now accepting applications for the 2007 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
· Congregation-based coalition building

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, 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 17, 2007 and runs through October 7, 2007. Host 
organizations
are located in several cities throughout Florida, Ohio, Michigan, 
Virginia, Kentucky,
and Indiana. Applications are being accepted now.

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, 2007. 
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 2007 DART 
Organizers Institute
Application Deadline is January 1, 2007.