Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:03:00 -0800 From: richter@eecs.berkeley.edu (Jean Richter) Subject: 3/26/97 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. Summer internships 2. Another info source for gays & the holocaust ======================================================================= Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 20:47:05 -0600 >From: Matt Zeidenberg >Subject: Summer Internships >To: np-build@igc.apc.org > >[Note: send replies to studorg@igc.apc.org] > >Are you looking for something exciting to do this summer? Looking to learn >new skills, and meet great people? > >Democracy Summer teaches young people about progressive activism and trains >them in the basic tools of civic organizing. Participants will learn how to >build grassroots coalitions by working with professional organizers on >campaigns for economic rights, democratic political reform, and civil >liberties. > >Democracy Summer will begin with a training program in the Washington, D.C. >area. Democracy Summer participants will be trained in basic campaign >skills such as voter education, coalition building, and fundraising. At >this training, interns will hear from leaders of progressive organizations >and participate in workshops on issues such as economic justice, democratic >reform, race relations, and community outreach. > >Democracy Summer is open to any young person between the ages of 18 and 25. >Full-time interns will be provided with housing, transportation, and a >stipend (additional funding may be available based on need). The program >will begin with a training in mid-June and will last through early August. >Potential sites include Boston, Denver, Little Rock, New York City, St. >Paul, and Washington D.C. > >Democracy Summer interns will have the opportunity to play a critical role >in the campaigns to which they are assigned. Activities will vary with the >site, but will likely include voter registration, doorknocking, research, >phone banking, volunteer recruitment, and media outreach. > >Interested? GREAT! >Please send a cover letter and resume to Cassie Ehrenberg, Democracy Summer; >227 West 40th Street - Suite 1303; New York, New York 10018 by April 1, >1997. If you have questions, please feel free to call us (212-302-0638) or >send an email (studorg@igc.apc.org). > >Democracy Summer is a project of the New Majority Education Fund, a >non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to help progressive >organizations and coalitions build an infrastructure for social >change. The New Majority Education Fund is a project of the Tides Center. > ===================================================================== Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 21:14:38 -0600 (CST) From: mached16@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu (Daevid MacKenzie, UltimaJock! ) Subject: Re: Another info source for gays & the holocaust ...you may also want to try to contact Dr. Terry Boughner at the Wisconsin Light newspaper in Milwaukee...ten years ago he published a year-long series of articles based on interviews he did with LesBiGay victims/survivors of the Holocaust, and I've been after him for years to put the articles together and publish them as a book... Daevid MacKenzie, UltimaJock! mached16@uwosh.edu, ultimajock@geocities.com, http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/7853 NEWLY UPDATED! Seeking employment in talk or oldies radio---PDs invited to e-mail with potential offers (time 'n temp wimps shouldn't bother) "A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence."---Bruce Lee ,d88b.d88b, 88888888888 `Y8888888Y' `Y888Y' `Y' ======================================================================= Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) CHECK OUT OUR INFO-LOADED WEB PAGE AT: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/