DART Center Organizers Institute

Opportunity: Organizers Institute
Organization: Direct Action and Research Training Center (DART)
Contact: Ben MacConnell, the Recruitment Director at institute@thedartcenter.org or call (785) 841-2680
Deadline: January 1, 2008

DESCRIPTION
The Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center is currently accepting resumes from alums and spring graduating college students interested in social and economic justice issues for their paid, four-month community organizing training program known as the DART Organizers Institute.

The DART Center has built non-partisan community organizations throughout the country that have won important improvements on a broad set of issues affecting low-moderate income people including:
· Education reform in low-performing public schools
· Job Training
· Drugs and Violence
· Affordable Housing
· Criminal Recidivism
· Neighborhood Revitalization, etc.

The DART Organizers Institute starts June 17, 2008 and combines a 7-day classroom with 15-week field training. Organizer Trainees will learn such things as:
· Entering a community
· Identifying and training local leaders
· Strategic planning and issue cutting
· Relationship and community building
· Direct Action on community issues
· Fundraising

This is a paid training program designed to promote successful graduates into permanent salaried positions making up to $35,000/year in starting salaries, plus benefits. Graduates from the 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 neighborhoods to win victories on important issues in their community.

QUALIFICATIONS
Click here to go to the DART website and learn more about applicant qualifications.

APPLICATIONS
To apply, University of Virginia students must send  an updated resume to: Ben MacConnell, the Recruitment Director at: institute@thedartcenter.org before January 1, 2008. You can also call him with questions: (785) 841-2680. Click Here to find out more about the DART center.

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