Job description
This is a new community education program working with our member campuses located in areas with highest poverty rates in our region to provide sustainability, climate change, and environmental justice education and engagement opportunities to the surrounding communities. Communities with high rates of poverty bear the harshest impacts from climate change, environmental degradation, and global and local inequities and therefore should be on the forefront of knowledge and learning about these issues - both their causes, their interconnectedness, and the possibilities for our collective responses. The program will run for three years and involve planning, fundraising, community listening, and fostering campus-community dialogue. It is a great opportunity for a VISTA member to apply their passion and skills while gaining meaningful professional development.
Member Duties : The TMA AmeriCorps VISTA member will help coordinate conversations and meetings with campus and local community leaders, help find and pursue grant support for this and related TMA programs, and help facilitate community events and engagements promoting sustainability, climate resilience, and environmental justice learning and impact. This position allows for flexibility, creativity, and opportunity both to make a difference and to gain meaningful professional development.
Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Relocation Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service , Training , Living Allowance , Health Coverage* .
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended , Permits attendance at school during off hours .
Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended , Permits attendance at school during off hours .
Service Areas :
Education , Health , Community Outreach , Community and Economic Development , Environment .
Education , Health , Community Outreach , Community and Economic Development , Environment .
Skills :
Fund raising/Grant Writing , Community Organization , General Skills , Writing/Editing , Computers/Technology , Communications , Education .
Fund raising/Grant Writing , Community Organization , General Skills , Writing/Editing , Computers/Technology , Communications , Education .
SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
TMA Community Education and Grants Support Project
Program Start/End Date
07/17/2023 - 07/15/2024
Work Schedule
Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None
Program Locations
MARYLAND
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From 05/01/2023 To 06/15/2023
Contact
Martha Bishai
401 Rosemont Ave
Frederick MD 21701
(301) 696-3280
Listing ID
118043
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