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Widmeyer Communications Fellowship Program Library of Congress Fellowships Center For Human Rights and Conflict Resolution |
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| Teach For America is building the movement to eliminate educational inequity in this country. Since 1990, | |||||
| more than 12,000 exceptional individuals have joined Teach For America, committing two years to teach in | |||||
low-income
rural and urban communities. Following this experience, many have become committed
leaders | |||||
in
the effort to expand opportunities for all children. | |||||
Admissions
Requirements | |||||
We
seek applicants from all academic majors, career interests, and backgrounds. No
previous teaching | |||||
experience
or education coursework is required. Teach For America seeks those who demonstrate
a record | |||||
of outstanding achievement in past endeavors, persistence in the face of challenges, and a strong sense of | |||||
personal
responsibility for outcomes. Applicants should have strong critical thinking skills,
the proven ability | |||||
to
influence and motivate others, excellent organizational ability, and the desire
to work relentlessly in | |||||
pursuit
of our mission. In addition, in order to comply with the regulations of the districts
with which we | |||||
| work, all applicants must meet certain minimum requirements. Applicants must have a cumulative | |||||
| undergraduate GPA of 2.50 on a 4.00 scale (as measured by the institution awarding their degrees) at the | |||||
| time we receive their applications, as well as at the time of graduation. Applicants must receive their | |||||
| bachelor's degrees from an accredited university by the first day of the summer training institute (mid-June | |||||
| to early July). Due to Teach For America’s affiliation with AmeriCorps, all applicants must be citizens, | |||||
| nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States. | |||||
| The deadline for this is usually early Febuary, so make sure to get an application in as early as possible. Teach for America Corps members receive a yearly salary of $22,000 to $41,000 depending on living situations. | |||||
| For More Information | |||||
| www.teachforamerica.org | |||||
Americorps
NCCC Members are enthusiastic and diverse youth leaders who want to help others
and are | |||||
| committed to serving community needs with creativity, leadership, and hard work. Members travel to | |||||
| communities throughout their region, completing four or rive different projects during their 10-month term of | |||||
| service. Upon successful completion of their term, members, recaive an education award of $4,725 to help | |||||
| pay for college or graduate school, or to pay back qualified student loans. During their service, members | |||||
| receive lodging, meals, uniforms, health benefits, loan forbearance, and living allowance of about $4,000. | |||||
| The Citizen Schools National Teaching Fellowship, a program supported by AmeriCorps, is a two-year | |||||
| professional development program for individuals with great leadership potential interested in gaining | |||||
| outstanding training and front line experience as out-of-school time educators and community organizers. | |||||
| The Fellowship is designed for recent college graduates and mid-career professionals seeking to transform | |||||
| the out-of-school time education field into a true partner with education reform initiatives nationally. The | |||||
| Fellowship is paid, with full health benefits, and offers the opportunity to work in a highly collegial and | |||||
| entrepreneurial environment at a nationally recognized leader in the out-of-school time field. The next class | |||||
| of Teaching Fellows involved in the Masters Program will begin on June 27, 2005. Teaching Fellows at | |||||
| Citizen Schools Affiliate Sites, who are not participating in the Masters Program, will begin in early August | |||||
| 2005. | |||||
| The National Teaching Fellowship is a paid position. Teaching Fellows receive an annual stipend of | |||||
| $21,200, plus a generous benefit package including a $4,725 AmeriCorps Education Award upon | |||||
| successfully completing each year of service, full health care coverage, 50% dental coverage, three weeks | |||||
| vacation (each year), 403B retirement benefits, free lease on a laptop for Masters classes, extensive | |||||
| training, and an annual housing or technology access allowance of up to $600. Fellows may either receive | |||||
| $50 per month for high speed internet to support Master's Program work or a housing benefit of $200 three | |||||
| times a year. Additional benefits through AmeriCorps include loan deferral for qualified student loans, and | |||||
| child care for eligible applicants. Next Steps: If you are interested in applying, please fill out an online | |||||
| application. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the deadline. The admissions process is | |||||
| highly competitive and interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply immediately. For a more | |||||
| detailed outline of the selection process, please see the full selection process outline. Citizen Schools is | |||||
| an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, sexual | |||||
| orientation, national origin, cultural heritage, ancestry, political belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, | |||||
| physical or mental disability or veteran status. | |||||
| http://www.citizenschools.org/jobs/teaching_fellow.cfm | |||||
WHO WE ARE |
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WHAT WE BELIEVE |
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| HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE • Identify Visionaries: Through a highly competitive selection process, Echoing Green identifies talented yet unproven social entrepreneurs who are dedicated to addressing the root causes of social problems. • Invest in Innovation: Each year, we invest at least $1 million to help Echoing Green Fellows transform innovative ideas into action. By applying entrepreneurial principles to social sector investment, we help launch cutting-edge organizations that transform communities. • Provide Hands-on Support: We provide technical assistance and consulting to help new leaders build organizations, increase their organization’s capacity and manage growth. We also facilitate peer-to-peer learning to enhance leadership skills and ensure organizational sustainability. • Connect People: We harness the experience and expertise of our global network of social entrepreneurs to share best practices and ensure success. |
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| INVESTMENT STRATEGY The entrepreneurial spirit has driven the U.S. economy throughout its history. We believe the same energy and creativity can foster new solutions in the social sector. That is why Echoing Green takes risks on undiscovered leaders when others won’t. Less than two percent of all foundation support is available for seed funding, making Echoing Green a leading global social venture fund that invests in new organizations at their earliest stages. |
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| SOCIAL RETURN Echoing Green has a proven track record of delivering a social return on investment. Since 1987, we have invested nearly $25 million to help more than 400 visionary leaders spark positive change in 30 countries. We have helped launch model organizations working in education, youth development, health care, housing, environmental justice, human and civil rights, economic and social justice, the arts and immigration. According to a recent study (conducted in 2004) Echoing Green fellows’ organizations have raised more than $930 million in additional funding beyond Echoing Green’s initial investment. Seventy-seven percent of organizations launched by Echoing Green Fellows are still in existence, and 85 percent of Echoing Green Fellows stay in leadership positions in the social sector. |
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Website: www.echoinggreen.org/index.cfm |
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| How to Apply: Click the link. Application is due December 1, 2006 | |||||
| Email: info@echoinggreen.org | |||||
| Widmeyer Communications, an award-winning public affairs and public relations firm based in Washington, | |||||
| DC, offers fellowships to recent college graduates to provide "hands on" experience in the field. the | |||||
| Fellowship Program is for recent college grads with prior knowledge and understanding of the profession. | |||||
| The program helps these individuals gain practical experience by working directly on issues they may have | |||||
| studied in school and may wish to pursue in their search for a permanent position in public affairs or public | |||||
| relations. Fellowships are available in the following practice groups: education, environmental affairs, public | |||||
| affairs, and multicultural communication. The Fellowship Program runs on a semester system to | |||||
| coincide wtih fall, spring and summer semesters. Shorter-term internships are open to individual | |||||
| consideration. Fellows work at Widmeyer Communications during each term and are compensated $10 per | |||||
| hour in addition to health insurance. | |||||
| For more information and application guidelines, contact: Laura Hamra, | |||||
| Fellowship Coordinator Widmeyer Communications | |||||
| 1825 Connecticut Ave., NW, 5th floor Washington, DC 20009 | |||||
| Email: fellowships@widmeyer.com | |||||
| Click to see their Careers link or their Fellowship link | |||||
| website: http://www.widmeyer.com/ | |||||
| American history and literature, music, preservation, cartography, American culture, history of graphic | |||||
| arts, history of photography and more. The Library of Congress Junior Fellows Program provides paid | |||||
| summer internships in one of several divisions of the Library, in order to increase knowledge and use of the | |||||
| Library's collections throughout the US and to help chronicle and make available hitherto unexplored | |||||
| materials. Fellows work full-time assisting selected divisions in fulfilling their mission of meeting arrearage | |||||
| reduction goals by doing bibliographical research, producing finding aids and bibliographic records, | |||||
| preparing materials for preservation and service, doing bibliographical research and contributing to the | |||||
| Library's efforts to digitize its historical collection. Projects may exist in any of the following subject areas: | |||||
| American history and literature, American popular culture, cartography, history of graphic arts, architecture, | |||||
| design and engineering, history of photography, librarianship, music or preservation. Selected divisions are | |||||
| announced each year. Fellows receive a stipend of $300 per week over two or three months, according to | |||||
| the needs of the Library and the Fellow. Applicants must be enrolled in an ongoing academic program at | |||||
| the junior or senior undergraduate level , or at the graduate level,at an accredited college or university. | |||||
| Applicants who have just completed their degree are also eligible. Academic credit for the fellowship work is | |||||
| at the discretion of the university. Application consists of: a cover letter, transcript, letter of | |||||
| recommendation and completed application for federal employment (SF171) or resume. | |||||
| For additional materials or information, contact: | |||||
| Junior Fellow Program Coordinator The Library of Congress Library Services, | |||||
| Room LM-642 Washington, DC 20540-4600 | |||||
| tel: 202-707-5330 email: jrfell@loc.gov | |||||
| web: http://www.loc.gov/rr/jrfell/ | |||||
| Check this link for fellowship opportunities | |||||
| http://www.chrcr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=6&allstories=1 | |||||
| For over two decades, the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton has hosted summer institutes as part of its proud tradition of promoting diversity in our own studnet body and in the public service arena. The 2007 PPIA Junior Summer Institute continues this tradition by training future leaders for government service and other public service careers and by cultivating the development of leaders equipped to interact effectively with people from diverse backgrounds in an era of globalization. | |||||
| MISSION: The program's mission is to increase leadership opportunities for future global policy leaders in both the public and nonprofit sectors. We believe that by encouraging a diverse cadre of leaders who are culturally aware and socially sensitive to consider careers in public service, we will strenthen the leadership capacity of government and nonprofit organizations throughout the world. | |||||
| GOAL: The goal of the program is to prepare students for graduate study and careers in public policy and international affairs. This goal is achieved by providing participants with the tolls of cricial thinking, speaking, writing, and quantitative reasoning and with the skills and experiences necessary to create, analyze, implement, evaluate, and affect policy in a multicultural, multiethnic society. | |||||
| The Princeton/PPIA Partnership: Our summer institute is part of the Public Policy & International Affairs Fellowship Program (PPIA), a national consortium of the top public policy and international affairs graduate schools that prepare college juniors for advanced degrees and careers serving the public good. In addition to Princeton's PPIA Junior Summer Institute, there are four other prominent schools that host a PPIA Summer Institute, including the University of California at Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Maryland, and the University of Michigan. | |||||
| For additional information, please visit the PPIA Program's website at | |||||
| www.ppiaprogram.org | |||||
| Change your Community. As an Ally, you work four days each week for ten months at a local nonprofit | |||||
| organization where you strengthen your community by working in areas such as youth development, | |||||
| community development, public health, and economic development. For example, Allies have created | |||||
| asthma outreach programs for school children, counseled first-time juvenile offenders, helped minority- | |||||
| owned small businesses gain loans, facilitated empowerment programs for teenage girls, taught teens how | |||||
| to create websites and established Girl Scout troops in local shelters and housing developments. One | |||||
| afternoon every week, you also collaborate with a team of Allies to design and implement a project that | |||||
| benefits your community. Examples include creating a housing access conference for low-income | |||||
| residents, creating a video about alternatives to incarceration, helping residents create a community | |||||
| garden, providing creative writing opportunities for the mentally ill and developing an after-school program for | |||||
| children in public housing. | |||||
Stipends
and Benefits | |||||
| Each Public Allies program provides a stipend of between $1,200 and $1,800 per month depending on the | |||||
| cost of living (contact each site for the stipend amount). In addition, Allies receive health insurance, child | |||||
| care, interest-free student loan deferment, and a post-service education award of $4,725 that can be used | |||||
| to pay off past student loans or future education. | |||||
| For more information go to: | |||||
| http://www.publicallies.org/ | |||||
| For international opportunities go to: | |||||
| http://exchanges.state.gov/ : You don't have to be a U.S. citizen for these possitions. | |||||
| Click on Civil Services for Job opportunities and Student Programs for internship Opportunities: | |||||
| http://careers.state.gov/ | |||||
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International
Cultural Studies |