Students -- especially graduating seniors -- read on for info about a group 
called DART seeking community organizers. Info meeting is April 16. -- PGN

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Careers in Community Organizing for Social Justice Available to MU 
graduating students and alums!

Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will be on the MU campus on 
Thur., April 16 @ 7PM in Upham Hall, Rm 275 to discuss careers in the field 
of community organizing, and to schedule interviews with students interested 
in empowering their communities and working for social change.

Please RSVP if you are interested by contacting Sunil Joy at 
[log in to unmask] or calling 785.841.2680 with your name, phone # and 
email address.

DART is now accepting applications for the 2009 DART Organizers Institute, 
the paid, four-month field school for people interested in launching a 
career in community organizing. Participants will undergo a combined 
classroom and field training covering such topics as:

• Entering a community
• Identifying and training local leaders
• Strategic planning and issue cutting
• Relationship and community building
• Direct Action on community issues
• Fundraising

The DART Center, has built coalitions throughout the country that have won 
important victories on a broad set of justice issues including:

• Education reform in low-performing public schools
• Job Training
• Drugs and Violence
• Criminal Recidivism
• Living Wage
• Neighborhood Revitalization
• Predatory Lending
• Affordable Housing, etc.

The DART Organizers Institute combines a 7-day classroom orientation with 15 
weeks of infield training at a DART host organization. This is a paid 
training program that includes: a $7,000 living stipend, transportation to 
the classroom orientation and host city, and mileage reimbursement during 
the infield training. Room, board, and tuition will also be paid by DART 
during the 7-day classroom training. After successful completion of the 
program, DART will work to place graduates into permanent full time salaried 
positions ranging from ($30-32,000/year for Associate Organizers and 
$32-35,000 for Lead Organizers).

Graduates from the four month DART Organizers Institute have gone onto 
accept Executive Director and Associate Community Organizing positions 
throughout the country.

The 7-day classroom orientation and 15 week infield training starts July 12, 
2009 and runs through November 7, 2009. Training locations will include 
placements in several states around the country.

Although it may be helpful, no direct experience is necessary. Organizer 
Trainees (OTs) hired to participate in the DART Organizers Institute must 
demonstrate a desire to pursue community organizing as a long-term 
professional career. A master's degree or similar life experience is 
preferred though unnecessary. Candidates must have a college degree or be 
graduating prior to June 1, 2009. Also, candidates must display a 
workmanlike diligence, be driven to produce sustained results, have proven 
capacity to build relationships of trust, create and execute a plan, act 
professionally, feel comfortable working with religious institutions, be 
accountable and willing to hold others accountable, demonstrate disciplined 
thought and action, and work in a team setting.  OTs must also have access 
to a car during their training and be flexible regarding relocation. Fluency 
in Spanish/English is a plus and people of color are encouraged to apply.

To find out more about DART or to apply, we encourage you to send your 
resume to: Sunil Joy, DART Network, 820 New York Street Lawrence, KS 66044 
or by email: [log in to unmask] If you have any questions, please 
call: (785) 841-2680. Also, you can download applications or view profiles 
from previous OTs at the DART website: www.thedartcenter.org.

Sunil Joy
DART Network
ph: (785) 841-2680
email: [log in to unmask]
www.thedartcenter.org