Power Shift 2007

Hi Students for Environmental Action,

I just came across your blog and website, and first off: impressive
site. Pretty spiffy!

I'm a fellow blogger and a young climate activist. I live in Oregon,
but I blog on climate change and energy issues regularly at my blog,
Watthead and at It's Getting Hot In Here (the youth climate
movement's blog). I thought you'all might be interested in a couple
of recent posts on the upcoming Power Shift 2007 national youth
climate summit, Step it Up 2, and the growing strength of the youth
climate movement. Feel free to repost these at your blog. Hopefully
I'll see some of you at Power Shift

http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/24/watch-out-for-the-echo-boom-
why-politicians-had-better-start-paying-attention-to-the-millennial-
generation/
http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/22/generation-anything-but-
quiet-just-wait-for-the-noise-at-power-shift-2007/

Also attached is a short news blurb on Power Shift.

Power to the (young) people!

Jesse Jenkins
________________________
WattHead - Energy News and Commentary
http://watthead.blogspot.com
watthead.blog@gmail.com


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Lou Douglass Lecture

An activist dubbed one of the most powerful people in the nonprofit sector will be the next Lou Douglas Lectures speaker on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 7:00 pm in Forum Hall of the K-State Student Union.

Robert Egger, founder and president of the D.C. Central Kitchen in Washington, D.C., which combats hunger and creates jobs for unemployed and homeless men and women will speak on “Our 40 Year Journey from Charity to Change.”. His talk is free and open to the public.

At the D.C. Kitchen, unemployed and homeless men and women learn marketable skills by turning foods donated by restaurants, hotels and caterers into balanced meals and then serving them at the D.C. Central Kitchen. Since opening in 1989, the Kitchen has distributed 17.4 million meals and helped more than 605 men and women gain full-time employment.



Egger is also developing the Campus Kitchens Project, which brings colleges and universities together with student volunteers, dining service workers and community organizations to combat hunger across the country.

Valerie Coltharp
Special Projects Coordinator
UFM Representative Payee
UFM Community Learning Center
1221 Thurston, Manhattan, KS 66502
(785) 539-8763
(785) 539-9460 (fax)

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Field School for Environmental Organizing

Green Corps is the non-profit Field School for Environmental Organizing,
founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to train environmental
organizers. Our program includes intensive classroom training, hands-on
experience running urgent environmental campaigns, and placement in
permanent positions with leading environmental and social change groups.
Jesse Littlewood
Recruitment Director, Green Corps
jesse@greencorps.org
617-426-8506
www.greencorps.org
Celebrating 15 Years: Green Corps, Field School for Environmental
Organizing




** Applications due Oct. 26, 2007 - apply online today at
http://www.greencorps.org **

Green Corps is the non-profit Field School for Environmental Organizing,
founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to train environmental
organizers. Our program includes intensive classroom 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 combines issue
briefings, workshops and skills trainings to prepare 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 trainings include Leadership Development,
Training
Volunteers and Running Effective Meetings. Training is run by the Green
Corps Central Staff, as well as environmental and social change experts
such
as John Passacantando, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA, Bill
McKibben,
author and climate change expert, and Wendy Wendlandt, Political
Director,
U.S. PIRG.

Field Training. Our field training puts you on the front lines of
today's
most urgent environmental campaigns. With Green Corps, you will work in
multiple cities nationwide, chosen for their ability to make an impact
on
critical environmental problems. Potential locations include, but are
not
limited to, San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC and Boston,
MA.
You must be willing to relocate during your year with Green Corps.

Dates. The program begins in August 2008 and concludes with graduation
in
August 2009.

Responsibilities. Plan and implement a series of critical environmental
campaigns with groups like Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and
Greenpeace. You will secure media coverage, recruit and manage
volunteers,
train new leaders, and mobilize grassroots activists.

Career Development. Upon completion of the training program, Green Corps
will connect you to organizations that are seeking full-time
professional
staff. Green Corps graduates hold positions with MoveOn.org, Sierra
Club,
Greenpeace, Global Exchange, Endangered Species Coalition, Global Trade
Watch, Corporate Accountability International, ForestEthics, and many
other
environmental and progressive groups.

Qualifications. Each year we select 35 recent college graduates to join
Green Corps. 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.

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 to Green Corps, fill out our online application by
the
Early Application Deadline of Oct. 26, 2007. Deadlines, 2nd round
interview
locations and our online application are at http://www.greencorps.org.

Contact. Jesse Littlewood, Recruitment Director, at jobs@greencorps.org,
617-426-8506,

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