| Opportunities
for PAGS Majors and
Others Dedicated to Peace and Justice
Added
11/14/03
IslandWood's Graduate
Program in Education for Environment and Community
Bainbridge Island, Washington
The
IslandWood/University of Washington Partnership trains educators
in environmental, experiential, and multicultural education through
in an intense residential experience that includes both academic
study and teaching practicum.
Graduate students complete 38 credits in educational theory and
methods using natural and cultural communities as a context for
integrated learning. The IslandWood program culminates in a Certificate
in Education for Environment and Community. During a second year
of study, students can complete one of four Master's Degrees including
foci in Curriculum and Instruction, Science Education, and Teacher
Certification through our partnerships with University of Washington
and City University.
Graduate students have the opportunity to integrate theory and practice
through a carefully mentored teaching practicum. Every other week,
students teach in the School Overnight Program and visit schools
through the innovative school partnership program. The opportunity
to engage in both action and reflection, by alternating teaching
weeks with intense study weeks, provides a wonderful learning experience
for young adults dedicated to environment, community and stewardship.
Grad students live in cabins on IslandWood's sustainably designed
255-acre campus, only 35 minutes from downtown Seattle!
For more information, visit www.islandwood.org/graduate
program. Application review begins February 1, 2004.
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National
Fellowship of Reconciliation Conference 2004
August 5-9, Los Angeles, CA
Join 700 peace and justice advocates for five powerful days of peacebuilding
and justice-making as FOR celebrates its 90th year of exploring
the power of love to resolve conflict. The biennial National Conference,
held at Occidental College, will feature excellent speakers, workshops
and events including a benefit concert, a protest in the streets,
and many opportunities to enjoy both the FOR family hospitality
as well as the excitement of vibrant, multicultural Los Angeles.
The Conference theme is "Organizing the Real Superpower, People
of the World Choose Peace". The real superpower has always
been, in the words of FOR's Statement of Purpose, 'the power of
love and truth to resolve human conflict,' and the courageous people
who are committed to this vision.
Workshop Proposals are being solicited: FOR is looking for workshops
that will enlighten and inspire participants to do the work in their
communities across the world. Especially welcomed are workshops
that are creative, imaginative and effective - perhaps being interactive
and breaking out of the bounds of the typical 'classroom' structure.
The FOR National Conference 2004 Workshop Proposal Form will be
available at www.forusa.org.
Submissions by e-mail are welcomed.
Go
to www.forusa.org
soon for more info!
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AFSCME
(American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees), the
largest public service union in the country, has entry level openings
in our Organizers in Training Program. We are looking for
dynamic graduates who want to be part of a movement of working class
people in this country. AFSCME's Organizer in Training Program places
new organizers with experienced mentors who guide them through their
year long training. Successful applicants will have leadership abilities,
a commitment to social justice, a willingness to work long and irregular
hours and travel throughout the country. Visit http://www.afscme.org/about/hrindex.htm
for more information about this opportunity and many others. Also
contact me at rpanciera@afscme.org or 202-426-5091.
Rachel Panciera
Organizing Recruitment Coordinator
Department of Organizing and Field Services
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The
Nuclear Policy Research Institute Presents: Three Minutes to Midnight:
The Impending Threat of Nuclear War - A Symposium
The Cold War is Over.
The Nuclear Threat is Not.
The U.S. and Russia each retain 2500 hydrogen bombs
poised on tenuous hair-trigger alert. This chilling reality and
other critical nuclear issues will be examined in depth at The Nuclear
Policy Research Institute’s groundbreaking conference
January 25-27, 2004
The Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC
Topics:
• Accidental nuclear exchanges
• Nuclear terrorism
• Proliferation
• Science, business and military roles in nuclear development
• Nuclear Winter – a new examination
For more information on attending or volunteering,
please contact NPRI:
Nuclear Policy
Research Institute
1925 K Street NW, Suite 210
Washington, DC 20006
202-822-9800
www.nuclearpolicy.org
bah6@georgetown.edu
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