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• Reminder to Contribute to the E-Newsletter!!!
Ideas for what could go in the newsletter are:
- Job Postings
- Articles about you or the work you're doing
- Updates on your life
- Community events wherever you live
- Resources that you would like to share with other alums
- Anything else that you can think of.
So, I am aiming to have these done by the 1st of each month and if you send me information, I promise to include it. I hope to hear from you soon!
Take care, Lauren lauren@jewishorganizing.org
Alumni Committee Updates
WE HEAR YOU!!!
JOI Alumni Discussion Series
After many 1:1’s and conversations, the JOI Alumni Committee has organized a discussion series to get us through the winter. All of these discussion subjects have come from you and we appreciate your ideas and creativity regarding alumni programming. We hope you come out for and enjoy this first, in hopefully many, programmatic series!! SO, SAVE THESE DATES!!!
Spring into Organizing: Organizing Skills for Non-Organizers
New Date: Monday, April 16th , 2007 7 pm -9 pm
Would you like to use your organizing skills at your non-organizing job but aren’t sure how? Do you have negative or positive feelings around having a non-organizing job? Could your volunteer activities benefit from your organizing skills? This is an opportunity for alums, from all jobs and professions, to discuss their feelings and experiences around organizing. Some alums remain paid organizers after JOI but the reality is that these jobs are hard to find and maintain. This discussion will focus on how to enable you to utilize your organizing skills in whatever you are doing. Let’s discuss…Location TBA
Facilitators: Jesse Kanson-Benanav & Rebecca Swartz
Sweeten Your Life with Jewish Ritual
Friday, May 18, 2007 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Learn how to incorporate Jewish ritual into your every day life & celebrate Shavuot with JOI alums and friends!!! Even if you are not staying up all night, come eat ice cream and cheesecake with us and share the practices that are important to you.
Location & Facilitator(s) TBA
Bagels, Lox & Lefties
Sunday, July 22, 2007 12 noon – 2 pm
Come learn and discuss the history and present state of the Jewish Left, while preparing ourselves for the Tisha B'av fast over brunch! Are you a Jewish Left history junkie? Did you always want to know more about historical figures, such as Emma Goldman? Do you feel that there is a Jewish Left movement? Do you feel connected to it? If not, how can we connect this rich history to our present day lives and activism?
Location & Facilitator(s) TBA
*Communications Officer: Abortion Access Project
*Manager of Advocacy and Community Relations : Alzheimer's Association, MA Chapter
*Organizing for Social Justice Organizer: American Jewish World Service
*Office Coordinator: War Resisters League
*Community Organizing Consultant : Watertown Community Housing
Watertown Community Housing (WCH) is a community development corporation that has promoted, preserved, and developed affordable housing in Watertown since 1991.
WCH seeks a Community Organizing Consultant to engage residents in determining the future of the Pleasant Street Corridor, a primarily industrial area that is adjacent to a mixed income neighborhood. Developers are building over 400 luxury condominiums in the vicinity, and WCH wants to mobilize residents in response to current and future developments.
Between April and December of 2007, the Consultant will:
- Conduct outreach (1:1 meetings and door-knocking) to neighborhood residents and businesses, involving over 200 residents
- Plan an event/walking tour to introduce WCH to the neighborhood.
- Conduct neighborhood/house meetings to identify issues/concerns/opportunities.
- Help residents develop principles and goals for submission to the Town Council.
- Prepare a final summary report.
Desired Qualifications:
- Community organizing experience
- Meeting facilitation experience
- Background in community planning/economic development
- Ability to work evenings and some weekends as required
- Access to a car
Compensation: Hourly rate commensurate with experience: approximately 100 hours of billable time are expected over an eight month period.
The Consultant will work closely with the WCH Executive Director and several members of the Board of Directors. Responses to this RFQ must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 20th. Send cover letter and resume to Dori Peleg, executive director, dori@watertowncommunityhousing.org.
*Mentoring/Group Program Specialist: Jewish Vocational Service
Summary: Develop innovative and cost-effective strategies to expand a strong Jewish Women’s Mentoring Network (JWMN) that will help build a community, provide support and connections, and help women get started, change, manage or move forward in their careers. In addition, the Group Program Specialist will identify and recruit volunteers working in various professions to serve as members of Career Moves’ Career Advisory Network (CAN).
Essential Job Functions:
- Devise and implement innovative, cutting-edge strategies to promote access and connection among the participant communities
- Provide leadership, expertise and ongoing support to program participants
- Develop outreach programs and marketing strategies to attract and retain participants
- Attend and/or present on programs at relevant events
- Continually evaluate and revise programs to increase effectiveness
- Solicit feedback from program participants
- Maintain confidentiality in communication with all program participants
- Staff the JWMN Advisory Committee
- Assist in designing, scheduling and implementing Career Moves group programs in the community
- Maintain databases of program participants; produce monthly, quarterly, annual reports
- Perform administrative support duties as required, including backup reception
Non Essential Functions:
- Participate in meetings, in-service trainings, committees
- Actively participate in interagency planning to assure the participants’ needs are being effectively addressed
Requirements:
- Strong communication, presentation, negotiation and leadership abilities
- Experience with building and maintaining supportive relationships with volunteer membership
- Experience organizing and building member involvement
- Familiarity with organizations in the Boston young adult Jewish community, such as YLD and GesherCity
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), use of the Internet and web-based applications
- Keen attention to detail is a must
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Ability to successfully work in a team environment
- Flexibility, creativity and a sense of humor
- Ability to organize, meet deadlines, and manage multiple projects.
- Marketing experience a plus
Education Required: Bachelors degree plus 1-3 years experience
Submit resume to: Judy Bottkol, Jbottkol@jvs-boston.org
*Teen Empowerment Youth Peace Conference
*Unite for Quality Care
Thursday, May 3 at 1PM
State House
Boston, MA
Please join the healthcare workers of 1199SEIU to Unite for Quality Care and to bring our message of quality care and good healthcare jobs to the State House.
More details to follow soon.
If you have questions or want to be involved, please call
Becca Gutman at 617-989-8033.
Midwest Academy: California Training
Midwest Academy: Workshop for Supervisors of Organizers