{news} Fw: AFSC Staff Search and Community Calendar
edubrule
edubrule at sbcglobal.net
Sun Apr 2 11:32:54 EDT 2006
6-Story Newsletter Template + Images
----- Original Message -----
From: AFSC Connecticut
To: edubrule at sbcglobal.net
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:53 PM
Subject: AFSC Staff Search and Community Calendar
American Friends Service Committee Connecticut
In This Issue:
. Message from Kasha
. Connecticut Calendar: April 06 - April 12, 2006
. Job Opening: AFSC Connecticut Program Coordinator
. Connecticut Calendar: April 13 - April 19, 2006
. Connecticut Calendar: March 30 - April 05, 2006
Message from Kasha
Greetings Friends,
In my final week of work for AFSC I wish to thank you all for contributing to the work for social justice and peace in Connecticut. I am taking with me many lessons learned much inspiration for the struggle.
AFSC is currently searching for a new Program Coordinator for the Connecticut Area Office - please see the job description below.
During the next three months, Amy Harris will serve as the interim staff person here in the AFSC-CT office. The email: connecticut at afsc.org and phone: 860.523.1534 will remain active.
Please remember that you can post your own community social justice and peace-related events on the AFSC Online Calendar: http://www.afsc.org/ct/ A brief summary of upcoming events in the next three weeks follows.
Be well,
Kasha
Job Opening: AFSC Connecticut Program Coordinator
JOB TITLE: Connecticut Program Coordinator (Community Organizer)
LOCATION: The program is statewide and based in Hartford
SUPERVISOR: New England Regional Director of Programs
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF RESUMES: May 1, 2006
INTRODUCTION: The American Friends Service Committee, established in 1917, is a Quaker-based organization that conducts social change, service, and education programs across the United States and internationally. AFSC work is rooted in the testimonies and principles of the Society of Friends (Quakers.) It seeks to eliminate the causes of war, oppression and injustice and to promote understanding and reconciliation among people holding differing views. AFSC's commitment to nonviolence is integral to all of its work.
The New England Regional Office (NERO) of AFSC operates programs for justice, peace, and youth development in the six-state New England Region.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CONNECTICUT PROGRAM: The Connecticut program, begun in 1973, is based in Hartford and works throughout the state. AFSC-CT's program work focuses on three major areas: peacebuilding and demilitarization, social justice, and youth empowerment work. The program works primarily with and through community-based networks and coalitions, while also developing its constituencies, taking initiatives on its own as necessary, and organizing independent AFSC events.
AFSC-CT strives for social change and anti-racist education through all its program commitments and activities. Connecticut AFSC plays a critical and unique role in building and supporting the peace movement and related networks and coalitions, and is relied on to provide the glue - and some of the inspiration - to hold the peace movement together. It co-founded and is a lead partner in Connecticut United for Peace and works closely with community-based peace and disarmament organizations. In recent years, AFSC-CT's social justice commitments have deepened and expanded. In addition to long-term work to oppose the death penalty, the program has become more active in support of community-based immigrant rights work, urban economic and social justice issues, and LGBT rights initiatives and advocacy. The program's youth work is currently focused on counter-military recruitment, and support of youth-led initiatives
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
Initiate, coordinate, support, and provide leadership for coalitions, networks and campaigns on a local and state-wide basis, concentrating on U.S. foreign military interventions (currently Iraq); preparations for war; elimination of the causes of war; social and economic justice. Activities include - in part - mobilization; production of resources; organizing lobbying; sponsoring speaking tours; and organizing workshops, conferences, and popular education initiatives.
Network with community-based peace and justice activists and community, religious, and school-based organizations across the state.
Maintain and creatively use the program's web page, e-mail lists and online community calendar to augment organizing; emit action alerts; and connect and unite different constituencies in the state.
Provide support for the AFSC-CT Program Committee, helping it to become a more diverse and fully engaged body.
Identify and develop constituency. Work with the Program Committee to identify, nurture, and develop key constituencies as the program's base, including Quakers, youth, urban justice activists, peace movement activists.
Provide public communication, including serving as the spokesperson for AFSC in Connecticut, working with the print and electronic media, editing and producing the program's newsletters (electronic & hard copy).
Fundraise a significant portion of the AFSC-CT program budget in collaboration with the Program Committee. This includes producing two direct mail fundraising appeals per year, organizing annual fundraising events, writing grants to support AFSC-CT's program.
Administer and manage the operations of the Hartford office. This includes budgeting and basic recordkeeping; regular reporting of financial and program work; handling of mail and telephone communication; attracting, supervising, managing, and supporting interns and volunteers; meeting and coordinating regularly with supervisor; and attending New England AFSC staff and appropriate committee meetings.
QUALIFICATIONS
Demonstrated understanding of the theory and practice of nonviolence and commitment to its use as a means of effecting social and political change
Demonstrated history of inclusive and successful networking, organizing and coalition work with diverse communities
General familiarity with current peace and justice issues and related organizations and organizing campaigns
Ability to maintain an office, including familiarity with office equipment and procedures; computer literacy
Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
Ability to work with Quaker process, including consultation and decision-making by consensus; ability to work cooperatively with other AFSC staff and Friends Meetings
Ability to recruit, supervise, and work cooperatively with volunteers and interns
Familiarity with Connecticut communities, political culture, and social change dynamics an asset
Valid driver's license and access to a car
Ability to manage time and energy effectively
Ability to set personal limits
SALARY: The salary range for this position is $28,235 to $35,293, depending on experience; excellent fringe benefits include health and dental insurance; dependent allowance; four weeks paid vacation; sick and personal days; etc.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Submit resume and letter of interest by May 1st to Phyllis Cohen Gately at: 2161 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140, or (Fax) 617-354-2832, or (e-mail) pcohengately at afsc.org.
The AFSC is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. People of color; women; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people; people with disabilities; and ex-prisoners are especially encouraged to apply. All applicants will be considered on the basis of their qualifications. The New England Regional office of the AFSC is a unionized workplace. This position is included in the bargaining unit.
Connecticut Calendar: March 30 - April 05, 2006
Mar/30
THU Education Day: Death Penalty (Details)
Sponsor(s): CT Network to Abolish the Death Penalty
Legislative Office Building, 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Mar/30
THU Save the Constitution Conf Planning (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
United Church Parish House, 323 Temple St/ Wall St; New Haven
4:15 PM
Mar/30
THU Living and Learning in El Barrio: A Disc (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
La Paloma Sabanera Care, 405 Capitol Ave, Hartford
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mar/30
THU March for Hope: Planning Mtng (Details)
Sponsor(s): Variety
Jackson Memorial Church, 2338 Main St - corner of Main and Sanford, Hartford
6:30 PM
Mar/30
THU MARK CRISPIN MILLER: THE RED MENACE IN (Details)
WILDE AUDITORIUM, UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, Bloomfield Ave, Hartofrd
7:00 PM
Mar/30
THU Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Mar/31
FRI Activist Retreat at the Voluntown Peace (Details)
539 Beach Pond Road (Route 165), Voluntown, CT
Mar/31
FRI Friday Vigil Against the War - Hartford (Details)
450 Main St., Hartford, CT
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Mar/31
FRI Hope Out Loud Coffeehouse (Details)
Sponsors: AFSC, Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice
555 Asylum Avenue,, Hartford, CT
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mar/31
FRI Chocolate & Cheesecake for a Cause (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Anthony's Ocean View Restaurant, 450 Lighthouse Road, New Haven
7:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Mar/31
FRI Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/01
SAT Activist Retreat at the Voluntown Peace (Details)
539 Beach Pond Road (Route 165), Voluntown, CT
Apr/01
SAT Democracy & Education Conference (Details)
Sponsor(s): Various
Arjona Building, University of Connecticut
9:30 AM
Apr/01
SAT Democracy & EducationConference (Details)
Arjona Bldng, UCONN, Storrs, CT
9:30 AM
Apr/01
SAT VIGILS: EVERY SATURDAY IN WEST HARTFORD CENTER (Details)
Farmington Avenue and Main Street, West Hartford, CT
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Apr/01
SAT Movie Night at Infoshop (Details)
Sponsor(s): Variety
Behind the Rocks Infoshop, 418A New Britain Ave., Hartford
6:00 PM
Apr/01
SAT Movie: La Trinchera del Honor (Details)
La Paloma Sabanera, 405 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Apr/01
SAT 10th Anniversary Concert: Kate Callahan (Details)
Sponsor(s): Center for Serenity
Center for Serenity - First Baptist Church, 90 North Main Street, West Hartford, CT
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Apr/01
SAT Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/02
SUN Activist Retreat at the Voluntown Peace (Details)
539 Beach Pond Road (Route 165), Voluntown, CT
Apr/02
SUN Democracy & EducationConference (Details)
Arjona Bldng, UCONN, Storrs, CT
9:30 AM
Apr/02
SUN Winsted Vigil for Peace (Details)
Sponsor(s): Winsted Area PeaceAction
East End Park, Rt. 44, Winsted, CT
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr/02
SUN Bethlehem Peace Vigil (Details)
junction of routes 132 and 61, Bethlehem, CT
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr/02
SUN March For Hope: Stop Urban Terrorism (Details)
2550 Main Street, Hartford, CT
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Apr/02
SUN Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/02
SUN David Rovics Performs at UConn (Details)
Whitney Dining Hall, 1346 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Apr/03
MON Changing Lives & Renewing Possibility In (Details)
Church of the Good Shepherd, 155 Wyllys Street, Hartford, Ct
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Apr/03
MON Film showing: Allah Made Me Funny (Details)
Mather Hall, Trinity Campus, Hartford, CT
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Apr/03
MON Quaker Silence as a Spiritual Practice f (Details)
Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Apr/03
MON Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/04
TUE Talk and Discussion: American Muslims (Details)
Trinity Campus, Hartford, CT
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Apr/04
TUE Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/05
WED James Gustave Speth--Natl Library Week (Details)
Sponsor(s): West Hartford Public Library
West Hartford Town Hall, 50 S. Main Street, West Hartford, CT
7:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Apr/05
WED Prophet Muhammad Through Muslim Eyes (Details)
AASA House 65 Vernon Street, Trinity Campus, Hartford, CT
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Apr/05
WED Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
View Calendar Details Here
Connecticut Calendar: April 06 - April 12, 2006
Apr/06
THU Conversation about Islam and Women (Details)
Mather Hall, Trinity Campus, Hartford, CT
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr/06
THU Wesleyan:End the War March and Rally (Details)
Olin Library, Wesleyan Campus, Middletown, CT
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Apr/06
THU Living and Learning in El Barrio: A Disc (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
La Paloma Sabanera Care, 405 Capitol Ave, Hartford
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Apr/06
THU Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/07
FRI Free Reproductive Rights Conference (Details)
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Apr/07
FRI THE 4th ANNUAL NORTHEAST CLIMATE CONFERENCE (Details)
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Apr/07
FRI Friday Vigil Against the War - Hartford (Details)
450 Main St., Hartford, CT
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Apr/07
FRI Muslim Celebration of life and culture (Details)
Mather Hall, Trinity Campus, Hartford, CT
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Apr/07
FRI Arts for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
539 Beach Pond Rd., Voluntown, CT
6:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Apr/07
FRI Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/08
SAT Free Reproductive Rights Conference (Details)
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Apr/08
SAT THE 4th ANNUAL NORTHEAST CLIMATE CONFERENCE (Details)
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Apr/08
SAT VIGILS: EVERY SATURDAY IN WEST HARTFORD CENTER (Details)
Farmington Avenue and Main Street, West Hartford, CT
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Apr/08
SAT Movie Night at Infoshop (Details)
Sponsor(s): Variety
Behind the Rocks Infoshop, 418A New Britain Ave., Hartford
6:00 PM
Apr/08
SAT Arts for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
539 Beach Pond Rd., Voluntown, CT
6:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Apr/08
SAT Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/09
SUN Free Reproductive Rights Conference (Details)
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Apr/09
SUN THE 4th ANNUAL NORTHEAST CLIMATE CONFERENCE (Details)
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Apr/09
SUN Bethlehem Peace Vigil (Details)
junction of routes 132 and 61, Bethlehem, CT
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr/09
SUN Arts for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
539 Beach Pond Rd., Voluntown, CT
6:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Apr/09
SUN Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/10
MON Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/11
TUE Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty Meeting (Details)
United Methodist Church of Hartford, 571 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Apr/11
TUE Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/12
WED Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
View the Calendar Details Here
Connecticut Calendar: April 13 - April 19, 2006
Apr/13
THU A. Arnove: Iraq the Logic of Withdrawal (Details)
Labyrinth Books, 290 York St, New Haven, CT
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Apr/13
THU Living and Learning in El Barrio: A Disc (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
La Paloma Sabanera Care, 405 Capitol Ave, Hartford
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Apr/13
THU Candlelight Peace Vigil (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quaker Meeting House, Quaker Lane, West Hartford, CT
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Apr/13
THU Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/14
FRI Friday Vigil Against the War - Hartford (Details)
450 Main St., Hartford, CT
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Apr/14
FRI Dead Man Walking + Death Penalty Forums (Details)
Sponsor(s): not AFSC
Quinnipiac Univ, Various Locations, Hamden
8:00 PM
Apr/15
SAT VIGILS: EVERY SATURDAY IN WEST HARTFORD CENTER (Details)
Farmington Avenue and Main Street, West Hartford, CT
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Apr/15
SAT Movie Night at Infoshop (Details)
Sponsor(s): Variety
Behind the Rocks Infoshop, 418A New Britain Ave., Hartford
6:00 PM
Apr/15
SAT Weapons of the Spirit (Details)
Friends Meeting House, 144 S. Quaker Lane, West Hartford, CT
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Apr/16
SUN Winsted Vigil for Peace (Details)
Sponsor(s): Winsted Area PeaceAction
East End Park, Rt. 44, Winsted, CT
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr/16
SUN Bethlehem Peace Vigil (Details)
junction of routes 132 and 61, Bethlehem, CT
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr/16
SUN Connecticut United for Peace Meeting (Details)
The Church of the Holy Trinity, 350 Main St., Middletown, CT
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Apr/17
MON Ackerman/Odom:Civil Rights and Terrorism (Details)
Labyrinth Books, 290 York St, New Haven, CT
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Apr/19
WED Broadcast Live (Details)
Sponsor(s): Clash collective
Behind the Rocks Infoshop, 418A New Britain Ave
7:00 PM
View the Calendar Details Here
American Friends Service Committee
Connecticut Area Office
56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860.523.1534
Fax: 860.523.1705
Email: connecticut at afsc.org Visit AFSC CT Online
Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Confirm | Forward
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist10.pair.net/mailman/private/ctgp-news/attachments/20060402/dd2be796/attachment.html>
More information about the Ctgp-news
mailing list