Applicants Wanted for Paid Community Organizing Training
The Direct Action & Research
Training (DART) Network
The Direct Action & Research
Training (DART) Network is a national network of grassroots,
metropolitan, congregation-based, community organizations spread
throughout the United States.
Application Deadline is January 1, 2005.
DART is now accepting applications for the 2005 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
• Affordable Housing
• Criminal Recidivism
• Living Wage
• Neighborhood Revitalization, 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 $6,500 living stipend, all
transportation costs 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 fulltime salaried positions.
Graduates from the four month DART Organizers Institute have gone onto
accept Executive Director and Associate Community Organizing positions
throughout the country. We continue to train the best of those working
to build the power of low-moderate income communities to win victories
on important issues in their community.
The program starts June 20, 2005 and runs through October 7, 2005. Host
organizations are located in several cities throughout Florida, Ohio,
Michigan, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. Applications are being
accepted now.
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 20, 2005.
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 congregations, 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 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: Ben MacConnell, DART Network, 820 New York Street, Lawrence,
KS 66044 or by email: institute@thedartcenter.org. If you have any
questions, please call (785) 841-2680. Also, you can download
applications or view profilesfrom previous OTs at the DART website:
www.thedartcenter.org.
The 2005 DART Organizers Institute
Application Deadline is January 1, 2005.
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