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Want to Live and Work in Latin America?

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Graduating this year?
Looking for a unique opportunity to live and work in Latin America?
Embark on the adventure of a lifetime with
Manna Project International!
Project Director applications are due DECEMBER 1!

Manna Project International is a non-profit organization that specializes in holistic community development. We connect recent college graduates and young professionals with international service opportunities in Ecuador and Nicaragua.

Apply to be a 5, 7, or 13 - Month International Program Director! The day-to-day operations at each of our sites are run by teams of international Program Directors who design and implement community development initiatives in a range of fields, including health, environment, education, and micro-finance.

Looking for a shorter term commitment abroad? Be a part of our Summer Internship Program! Through MPI's 4 to 8 week Summer Internship Program, interns assist the Program Directors in planning and leading programs on the ground in Ecuador and Nicaragua. Interns use their skills and interests to determine the programs with which they work, and many choose to design and lead their own project.

For more information on these unique opportunities, visit www.mannaproject.org or contact Virginia Green, our Recruitment Coordinator, at virginia.green @mannaproject.org.

Apply Online by October 1st!

Tags: careers, internship, jobs, social justice, social work, volunteer, work abroad |

Opportunities with AmeriCorps

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AmeriCorps engages more than 75,000 Americans in intensive service each year at nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country.

Since the program’s founding in 1994, more than 900,000 AmeriCorps members have contributed more than 1.2 billion hours in service across America while tackling pressing problems and mobilizing millions of volunteers for the organizations they serve.

Learn more about AmeriCorps here.

Tags: international, social work, volunteer, work abroad |

WINGS for Kids Looking for Student Employees

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Heather Williams, the Regional Operations Director for WINGS for kids, a local non-profit organization, is looking for a student employee for the 2014-2015 school year. WINGS is an education program that teaches kids how to behave well, make good decisions and build healthy relationships. We do this by weaving a comprehensive social and emotional learning curriculum into a fresh and fun after school program. Kids get the life lessons they need to succeed and be happy and they get a safe place to call home after school.

WINGS for kids is looking for students that have an interest in pyschology, Education, Sociology, Social Work, Policy, or Political Science, coupled with a passion for working with young children. The deadline to apply is April 15th.

Tags: children, jobs, policy, politics, social work, sociology |

Interested in Law? Hear from an HTS Alum Who is a Judge!

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Interested in being a lawyer? Or maybe you want to be a judge? Curious to hear about the exciting things that one HTS alum is doing? Don't miss the opportunity to learn from this HTS alumni expert! The SAA is hosting an "Expert Jacket" event on 1/28 at 11.00 AM.

Judge Michelle Homier (HTS 99) was elected the first female state court judge in Cherokee County in July 2012 and took office on Jan. 2. She remains committed to the promises of her campaign: offering alternatives in hardship cases where defendants can’t pay legal fines, developing a mental health court for Cherokee County and encouraging substance abuse treatment for first-time DUI offenders. Join us for lunch and to hear from this alumni judge!
http://gtsaa.com/events/expert-jacket-judge-michelle-homier-hts-99

Tuesday, 1/28 @ 11.00 AM

Bradley Building (Highland Bakery) Conference Room
Contact: getready@gtsaa.com

Lunch will be provided

Open To: GTSAA Members Only
Register Today!

Tags: alums, HTS, law, social justice, social work, speaker |

GESI: Global Engagement Studies Institute Deadline April 1

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Are you passionate about global change, committed to learning by doing, and ready to engage in hands-on international development? If so, the summer 2013 Global Engagement Studies Institute at Northwestern University will equip you to:

Work directly with local communities and community organizations in Uganda, India, Bolivia, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, or South Africa

June 17 - August 24.

Earn two Northwestern course credits (the equivalent of 6 semester credits)

Leverage the strengths, rather than list the weaknesses, of the communities in which you live and work abroad

Live with a host family and immerse yourself in another culture for eight weeks

Work in teams to design and implement an original development project in youth and education, environmental development, microfinance, gender and development, global health, social enterprise, human rights, and more

Apply online at www.gesi.northwestern.edu/application-process. Visit www.gesi.northwestern.edu, or email gesi@northwestern.edu for more information. The final application deadline is April 1, 2013 for summer 2013. Apply today for the best chance of being accepted to your first choice GESI location.

Tags: education, environment, health, human rights, international, social work |

Hunger and Homelessness Week Awareness

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This week, many students will turn their attention from textbooks to world hunger in an effort to spotlight the issues of hunger and homelessness.

Mobilizing Opportunities for Volunteer Experience (MOVE) has partnered with Campus Christian Fellowship (CCF) in order to expand the week’s activities from previous years. Activities begin Saturday for this year’s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and are open to all. This year’s activities include volunteer projects, campuswide events, guest speakers, activist demonstrations and a candlelight vigil. One campus-wide event, Sting Hunger Now, will take place Friday and have students, faculty and staff pack meals to be delivered to those in developing countries or crisis situations. MOVE is accepting food donations throughout the week and volunteers for the day of the event.

For more information: http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=195571

Tags: campus, events, social work, volunteer |

Two Internship Openings @ CaringWorks

Posted by Angela Valenti On 3:44:00 PM 0 comments

CaringWorks has two internship positions open: Operations Intern and Marketing Intern.
For more details on each of these positions, please click READ MORE.

Tags: internship, social work |

Fourth R Recruiting

Posted by Angela Valenti On 11:51:00 AM 0 comments

Fourth R: Human Rights Education, places volunteer facilitators in Atlanta classrooms to empower students to be active global citizens.

They are currently recruiting heavily for a number of leadership positions, including Executive Board positions, Campus Coordinator positions, and Volunteer Facilitator positions. All of these positions will provide you with a number of leadership opportunities, and the Executive Board positions can be completed as internships for academic credit.

They will be having an information session next Tuesday, April 12th at 11:30 AM in Room 332 of the Student Center. They are looking for students from a number of academic backgrounds for positions including but not limited to Webmaster, Recruitment Director, and School Partnerships Coordinator.

WHAT:  Fourth R Information Session
WHEN:  Tuesday, April 12th at 11:30 AM
WHERE:  Student Center Room 332

Please do not hesitate to contact with any questions at hrefourthr@gmail.com or at 404.630.6852.

Tags: recruitment, social work, volunteer |

REMINDER: Internships at the SEF, March 1st Deadline

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The Southern Education Foundation (SEF), www.southerneducation.org, is reaching out to tomorrow’s leaders, through the 2011 Southern Education Leadership Initiative. We are seeking outstanding upperclassmen, graduate and law school students to apply for this wonderful opportunity.

The aims of the Southern Education Leadership Initiative are to:

expose the South’s best and brightest college students to contemporary strategies being mounted by the policy, non-profit, foundation, and business sectors to improve education opportunity and quality;
provide such students with inspiration, information, and a top quality work experience at leading organizations involved in cutting edge policy and practice efforts to address education problems;
develop students’ research and leadership skills by providing a forum for independent research and study and for the sharing of knowledge gathered and lessons learned with peers on campus, and in the community or the workplace.

Students will be placed in leading policy institutes, non-profit organizations, foundations, and corporations, helping to build awareness of the interdependence of groups and communities, and the need to improve public education for low-income students as a means to enhance the quality of civic life, democratic participation, and economic growth.

Since 2004, 130 students have been placed at various sites including CARE USA, National Disability Rights Network, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, Foundation for the Mid South, Center for Women Policy Studies, Rural Community Alliance, Southern Regional Education Board, Assisi Foundation, and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. Through this effort, SEF is exposing the next generation of leaders to opportunities to use their talents in service to the public interest.

The deadline to apply is March 1st. You can access the application here. If you have any questions about the program, please contact Katherine Dunn at kdunn@southerneducation.org.

Tags: careers, education, internship, jobs, professional development, social justice, social work, teaching |

Fourth R: Human Rights Education

Posted by Angela Valenti On 11:30:00 AM 0 comments

Fourth R organization is looking for reliable and passionate volunteers interested in education, human rights, and working with children. The Fourth R is a student-led program that promotes human rights by designing and delivering lessons to fifth grade students at local Atlanta schools, giving human rights presentations throughout Atlanta, and conducting workshops throughout the region to encourage and empower others to be human rights educators.

They are currently looking for 2 types of volunteers:
* Volunteer Facilitators: people who would be interested in going into 5th grade classrooms and conducting weekly lessons

* Campus Coordinators: people who would work on campus to raise awareness and funding to sustain our work with Atlanta 5th grade students

So if you are interested in working with children, learning more about the teaching profession, and promoting human rights, please attend for one of two INFORMATION SESSIONS on volunteer opportunities with their program. They will provide additional information about the Fourth R program as well as the application process.

Info Session 1:
WHAT: The Fourth R: Human Rights Education Info Session
WHEN: Tuesday, November 16th 11:30 AM
WHERE: Student Success Center President's Suite C

Info Session 2:
WHAT: The Fourth R: Human Rights Education Info Session
WHEN: Thursday, November 18th 11 AM
WHERE: Instructional Center Room 109

If you are interested but unable to attend, applications for the Fourth R program can be found online. Applications must be submitted by November 27th along with a resume with contact information for a reference emailed to hrefourthr@gmail.com.

Tags: recruitment, social work, students, volunteer |

New Ph.D. Program in Sociology, Urban Studies, & Social Work

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New Ph.D. Program: Sociology, Urban Studies, & Social Work

Tulane University has awarded funding for a new Ph.D. Program in Sociology, Urban Studies, and Social Work titled City, Culture and Community (CCC) (website: http://tulane.edu/ccc/). The newly formed CCC Ph.D. Program is a broad-based and integrative graduate education-research program that addresses interrelationships between the physical environment, the built environment, and social, economic, and political institutions and processes that shape urban areas. The intellectual focus of the CCC program is unique in bringing together interdisciplinary approaches in the social sciences, social work, architecture, law, humanities and applying them to understand a range of issues pertaining to cities, culture, and communities. The new CCC program reflects Tulane University's effort and commitment to further interdisciplinary research and education to achieve greater synergy among related disciplines, to focus resources on programs of existing strength, and to put greater emphasis on subjects related to the transformation of urban communities. The CCC's breadth of interdisciplinary study allow students considerable flexibility to tailor their training to individual research interests while providing a depth of disciplinary skills in sociology, urban studies, or social work.

For details on the program, click "Read More."

Tags: graduate school, professional development, social justice, social work, sociology |

Want to Live and Work in Latin America?

Opportunities with AmeriCorps

WINGS for Kids Looking for Student Employees

Interested in Law? Hear from an HTS Alum Who is a Judge!

GESI: Global Engagement Studies Institute Deadline April 1

Hunger and Homelessness Week Awareness

Two Internship Openings @ CaringWorks

Fourth R Recruiting

REMINDER: Internships at the SEF, March 1st Deadline

Fourth R: Human Rights Education

New Ph.D. Program in Sociology, Urban Studies, & Social Work

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