[Peace-discuss] Applicants Wanted for Paid Community Organizing Training

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

Begin forwarded message:
From: Ben MacConnell <ben at thedartcenter.org>
> Date: March 7, 2007 5:35:40 PM CST
>
>
> Ben MacConnell
> Recruitment Director
> DART Network
> ph: (785) 841-2680
> email: ben at thedartcenter.org
> www.thedartcenter.org
>
> ****
>
> 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 apply, folks must send an updated resume and completed application 
> to: Ben
> MacConnell, the Recruitment Director at: institute at thedartcenter.org 
> before March
> 19, 2007. You can also call him with questions: (785) 841-2680. To 
> find out more
> about the DART center, check out our website: www.thedartcenter.org
>
>
>

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