Tuesday, 29 May 2012

(Career Progress) Fwd: [jobsthatareLEFT] JOB: Research Analyst (Atlas Project) - deadline 6/4

    Mario Semiglia <msemiglia@gmail.com> May 29 12:48PM -0700  

    *Position Announcement*
     
    *Research Analyst – The Atlas Project*
     
    *Washington, D.C.*
     
    The Atlas Project is committed to building the institutional memory of the
    progressive movement. Our mission is to arm the progressive community with
    historical elections data, sophisticated analysis, and real time updates
    for all 50 states. We are providing political campaigns and progressive
    organizations with a baseline set of information to work from – helping
    them learn from the past to ensure more progressive victories in the future.
    * *
     
    *Research Analyst*
     
    The Research Analyst is a permanent position responsible for conducting
    media monitoring and high -level political research for our clients. This
    position is a part of the Atlas Project team consulting for Service
    Employees International Union. The Research Analyst will fulfill research
    projects and daily media monitoring duties for multiple departments at SEIU.
     

     
    The Research Analyst must have the ability to work in a fast-paced
    environment and respond to incoming requests in a timely manner. The
    analyst will conduct extensive legislative and issue-based research and
    author concise reports and memos. In addition, the analyst will compile
    daily media monitoring reports (clips), provide rapid response support, and
    fact check paid communications.
     

     

     
    Responsibilities Include:
     
    · Compile morning and afternoon news clips;
     
    · Develop and author research reports on 2012 political landscape
    and issues related to the labor movement;
     
    · Fact check materials, including electoral reports and paid
    communications;
     
    · Assist media monitoring operation that tracks traditional and new
    media outlets, both nationally and in targeted states;
     
    · Compile standard electoral data, including polling data; election
    results; candidate background information; campaign finance data; ballot
    initiatives, filing deadlines/qualifications, poll watching.
     

     
    Minimum Qualifications:
     
    · Prior research experience required.
     
    · Excellent research and writing skills.
     
    · 1 cycle of political communications or research experience
    required.
     
    · Ability to multi-task and manage time effectively.
     
    · Ability to work collaboratively as a member of our fast-paced
    team.
     
    · High proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point.
     
    The Atlas Project provides excellent benefits. Salary is commensurate with
    experience. The Atlas Project is an equal opportunity employer.
     
    To apply, please send resume and cover letter to info@atlasproject.net by
    June 4, 2012.

     

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(Career Progress) TOMORROW: Ad 2 DC's Water Cooler Wednesday @ Local 16! (free food & drinks)

Ad 2 DC's Water Cooler Wednesday @ Local 16!


Water Cooler Wednesday is our special FREE monthly event, where you can relax, exchange ideas, and hang out with talented young professionals in the industry! Come learn more about opportunities to serve on or lead committees for both Ad 2 DC and DC Ad Club.

Rocket Fuel
will be providing free drinks, food, and commemorative beer steins and holding a giveaway for a Kindle Fire!


The location changes each month so stay tuned to our website to see where the happy hour will be from month to month!

 

WHAT: Water Cooler Wednesday


WHEN: 
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 from 6:30 – 9:00 pm


LOCATION:
 Local 16 // 1602 U Street NW, Washington, DC 20009


METRO:
 U Street (Green, Yellow)


COST:
 Free!  No cost for registration.


Sponsored By:


RocketFuel


 

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[SCOW] SCOW Cruising Skipper wanted

Dear SCOW Cruising Sskipper:

I am in need for a Skipper to show me the "ropes" on how to take out a
SCOW cruiser, go sailing and return to the dock in preparation for
doing a Skipper check out. If you can tutor me would be fantastic! I
will be available with my wife Rose Anna as crew as well this coming
Sunday June 3 or a week night next week or the following weekend.

Please let me know if you will be interested in doing this.

I will provide for the gas for the boat and liquid refreshments for
the Skipper and crew.

Kind Regards
Ebbe Hassl
410-937-5556

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as
simply messing about in boats.
-- Water Rat, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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[SCOW] ANNOUNCING SOCIAL SAIL THIS THURSDAY MAY 31 6 PM

ANNOUNCING SOCIAL SAIL THIS THURSDAY MAY 31
 
Come to our social sail this Thursday at 6 PM. There will be sumptuous homemade chili and veggie platter by our friend and long-time member Rob VanTassell, with co-host Rose Anna.  Don't miss this rare opportunity for homemade dinner by one of our club's culinary experts!  If you came last Thursday you know how much fun we had eating pizza and enjoying a lively sail in 10 kts.  We had several new visitors also who seemed to really enjoy themselves.
 
As usual, we  ask a $5.00 donation for food, but the sailing is free as always. 
 
 
We are still looking for a dockmaster for this Thursday. Can anyone fill this important position? Please reply to me if you can.
 
 
Jim
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[news] Memorial Day becomes religious battleground

(video at the source)

source:

Monday, May 28th is not only Memorial Day, but the day when theLiberty Institute will ramp up the fight over religious symbols in military cemeteries and memorials. Monday will see the official release of a new song and accompanying video called "Don't Tear Me Down" and once again, Americans motivated by some quite honorable desires, will tear each other down at a moment we should be building each other up. 

The catchy tune and touching images of veterans' faces, are actually pretty moving, however one feels about the ongoing battles over the Mt. Soledad Veterans' Memorial, or any of the other battles The Liberty Institute has been waging in the courts, for years, with the both ACLU and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The latter two organizations want to see the symbols and statues removed, and the Liberty Institute has fought for their preservation.
Unfortunately, neither side seems terribly concerned about the real impact of their actions on those who don't share their beliefs. For the ACLU and FFRF, that has meant a headlong march to strip religious symbols out of locations where their presence brings great comfort and meaning to the families and friends of thousands of fallen heroes. No, not to all, but to many and probably to most.
Don't get me wrong, the principle of separation of church and state for which the ACLU fights, and the right of people to be free from religious coercion of any kind, are not simply good ideas that also happen to appear in our Constitution. They are bedrock principles without which America would not be America and its citizens would not enjoy the life we do. They are principles which must be defended as much as any border which defines our sense of who we are as a nation. But the question is how that defense is mounted.
Securing the rights of some by stripping away those of others is a dicey process, and one for which both the ACLU and FFRF advocate all too easily. They litigate to get rid of things which could often be accommodated, if the human needs and sensitivities were genuinely respected. Unfortunately, they seem to prefer a rather sanctimonious winner-take-all approach.
Just as unfortunately, is that with the release of their new music video especially, the Liberty Institute falls into the same trap as their opponents. In fact, whether intentional or not, the lyrics are every bit as arrogant as the actions opposed by the Liberty Institute, and maybe even more offensive.
With the constantly repeated words "I was there" sung as a variety of famous battles are mentioned, the song suggests that those opposed to religious symbolism are somehow less concerned about these battles and how to properly honor those who fell in them. That's just wrong. Not to mention the threat implicit in suggesting that the ACLU and FFRF should, in the words of the song, "just walk away in the name of peace." Again, it's just wrong.
Both sides in this ongoing battle are actually motivated by some very good things, but each fails to see that the principles for which they are fighting are not as important as the real lives of the people these memorials commemorate. Perhaps both sides could rethink their actions this Memorial Day, especially as it is a day whose origins lie in the desire to honor the Union dead of the Civil War, and came to include all fallen soldiers, including those who fell on the side of the Confederacy.
As we honor fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, perhaps it's time for both the Liberty Institute, the ACLU and the FFRF to commit themselves to a new mission: figuring out how to honor the memories, and respect the families, of those same fallen heroes regardless of how they feel about their beliefs. On Memorial Day, if not on every day, we owe them at least that.
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[SCOW] Friday June1st Moonlight Raft-up - RSVP

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Monday, 28 May 2012

(Career Progress) Fwd: [yda-jobs] Director of Development & Fellowships (Groundswell)



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Groundswell: Director of Development - Washington DC

Posted by: "Erica Stout" erica.stout@thedcproject.org

Sat May 26, 2012 8:00 pm (PDT)



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position.
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For more information and to apply, please visit www.groundswell.org. With
questions, please contact hiring@groundswell.org.

Groundswell makes clean energy services more affordable for individuals and
community groups and creates local economic opportunity in the process.
Through two programs, the Community Power Project and the Strong Homes
Program, Groundswell brings together communities by linking mission-based
organizations, membership groups and other civic networks interested in
efficiency or clean energy upgrades. To increase their purchasing power,
Groundswell bundles the demand for clean energy, and local businesses
compete for the purchasing groups' business. Community members select a
business for their project based on three core criteria: cost savings,
environmental impact and community benefit.

Responsibilities

The Director of Development is a Senior Management position reporting to
the Executive Director. The Director of Development will:

· Lead the development, implementation and oversight of
comprehensive growth strategy for nationally leading social enterprise
working at intersection of community economic development and clean energy

· Execute blended-revenue strategy that balances philanthropic and
public sector resources with social investment and earned revenue

· Develop and sustain revenue-bearing partnerships with businesses
and social sector organizations

· Directly cultivate and solicit major investments, including
grants, performance-based contracts, or returns-based investment. Support
Executive Director in cultivating and securing major opportunities

· Inspire and involve staff, governing board, and advisory board in
raising capital

*Apply
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Qualified Applicants

An ideal candidate will have the following experience, skills and qualities:
**

*Experience*

- Proven success with direct external donor/investor cultivation and
solicitation, including major gifts and philanthropic grants
- Proven success in raising enterprise-based capital, including angel,
venture or equity capital
- Leadership within blended-revenue, social enterprise organizations
- Development leadership during rapid organizational growth
- Demonstrated success building private sector partnerships around
social impact
- Editorial and grant writing fluency

*Skills*

- Staff Management (minimum three years)
- Strategy Development (short term and multi-year)
- Direct solicitation and cultivation of investment
- Comfort navigating the intersection of development and organizational
finance
- Project management capacity
- Exceptional, persuasive verbal and written communicator*
*

*Qualities*

- Creative, entrepreneurial approach
- Effective collaborator and empathetic communicator
- Self-directed, resourceful, candid and assertive contributor
- Dynamic and flexible team member
- Comfortable "managing up" to Executive Director, Board, and advisors
- Has connections to network of major donors/social investors in related
sectors, including community development, energy, sustainability, civic
engagement
- Comfortable with the field of applying market mechanisms for social
good
- Proactive about personal leadership development and growth
- Passionate about transforming communities for the better
- Traditional or social marketing experience preferred

Application Instructions
*Apply online at: **bit.ly/groundswell-jobs*<http://bit.ly/groundswell-jobs>
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Compensation
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