National Task Force Positions
The following job descriptions offers a brief overview of particular task force positions on STAND's national leadership team.
Advocacy Task Force
We are currently recruiting six Regional Advocacy Coordinators (RACs) to help empower students across the America with the tools they need to effectively advocate to render genocide extinct. Each RAC will be responsible for both communicating with STAND chapters in the region, responding to their questions, alerting them to important pieces of legislation, training them to lobby their elected officials successfully, and implementing the advocacy side of STAND's programming. The time commitment (and nature of the position itself) will vary over the course of the year and week by week. On average, RACS will spend somewhere between two and six hours carrying out their tasks.
To apply for a Regional Advocacy Coordinator position click the link below. Please indicate the region in which you will be residing during the Fall semester of 2007 and the Spring of 2008. To find out which region you are in, see this map.
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Communications Task Force
Regional Media Coordinators
Regional Media Coordinators, or RMCs, will be trained by the Communications Coordinator to help answer all media-help requests for the assigned region. The RMC will also help edit media alerts, press releases, and be responsible for tracking media coverage in their region.
To apply for a Regional Media Coordinator position, click the link below.
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Messaging and Editing Specialist
To apply for this position click the link below.
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Programming Task Force
Regional Conference Assistants
The Regional Conference Assistants will help plan one of STAND's six regional conferences in the Spring. The RCA will be expected to be one of the primary organizers of the conference, handling all logistical details and planning decisions. The RCA and Regional Conference Coordinator, along with Programming Coordinators, will work hand in hand, making decisions and planning the conferences together.
Campaign Assistants
The Campaign Assistants will plan and help to implement STAND's specific programming initiatives. The Campaign Assistants will be expected to be one of the key organizers of STAND campaigns, helping to provide ideas, feedback, and support to campaigns and Programming Coordinators. The Campaign Assistants and Programming Coordinators will work hand in hand, creating exciting initiatives to energize the work of STAND students across the country. Campaign assistants will be needed on both the college and high school levels.
To apply for either one of these positions click the link below.
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Genocide Education Task Force
The role of the Genocide Education Task Force is to educate and inform both STAND chapters and the STAND Leadership Team on the backgrounds and current statuses of the conflicts we're focusing on, which range from the genocide in Darfur to the atrocities in East Burma. STAND is looking for a dedicated group of task force members, each of whom will focus on one specific crisis by staying on top of the news and condensing that information into an intelligent and accessible form for our movement. To find out more about these positions, email jobs@standnow.org.
To apply for this position click the link below.
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New Chapter Outreach Task Force
The Outreach Team is currently looking for students interested in helping new chapters throughout the country. The New Chapter Outreach Team will work with our New Chapter Outreach Coordinator, Will, to develop new resources for new chapters, find students to start chapters in strategic locations and communicate on a regular basis with new chapters. Applicants do not need to have founded their chapter to join the team.
To apply for this position click the link below.
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Chapter Highlights
- Event
On Wednesday October 22nd, STAND will have a booth set up all day at Stockton with videos, slideshows, wristband sales, and chocolate covered pretzels. We will be accepting donations for Darfur and handing out brochures explaining the need to get involved. Hopefully our demonstration day is effective in recruiting new members and raising awareness.
Date:22 October 2008 - 8:00am - 22 October 2008 - 4:30pm - Event
We will be having a state conference at Desert Vista High School on November 14th. All Arizona chapters are invited. We are planning on having multiple workshops, discussion groups, and speakers. Lunch is included as well. We are hoping this will be a great event! Registration is from 8am-9am. Please contact me (Naina Dinesh) for more details. My email address is naina_dinesh@yahoo.com.
Date:14 November 2008 - 8:00am - 14 November 2008 - 3:00pm
Testimonials
Person:John Prendergast, Co-Chair of the ENOUGH ProjectPlace:STAND National Conference 2007When I worked in the White House, every time we wanted to do something on an issue like Congo or Rwanda, we'd turn around and hope that citizens across the country were going to push our issue forward, but there was nothing but a big, big silence. So what we need, all over this country, is people who are willing to stand up and make noise whenever there is a situation that demands the United States attention and our action.
