The Corporation for National and Community Service is seeking two outstanding communicators to help carry out their mission to improve lives, strengthen communities, and build a culture of service in America. An agency with 600 employees, the Corporation oversees AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America - programs that engage millions of citizens in results-driven service to meet local needs. They are seeking experienced, hard- working, creative, and savvy communicators to fill two senior-level discretionary positions in the Washington D.C.

The Corporation is a fast-moving, forward-looking agency with a vital mission and a bold strategic vision. The Press Secretary and Speechwriter are senior level positions that work closely with the CEO, Executive Team and our vast network of grantees to advance communication strategies that help build a culture of service, responsibility, and citizenship in America.

Press Secretary: Experienced and savvy Press Secretary to plan and execute communication strategies to advance the mission and programs. The Press Secretary serves as agency spokesperson, develops media plan and calendar, writes and edits press materials and newsletters, and oversees all aspects of day-to-day press operation. The Press Secretary is an exceptional communicator who is articulate and persuasive in writing and speech. S/he is a tested media professional with multiple years of experience who can develop powerful messages, meet tight deadlines, juggle multiple tasks, and achieve demonstrable results.

Speechwriter: Talented and experienced Speechwriter who is an idea generator and strategic thinker who will write clear, creative, and persuasive speeches and other communications to advance the mission and programs. The Speechwriter helps to articulate a vision for national service and the Corporation and supports the CEO in writing speeches, articles, talking points, messages and high- level correspondence.

Details and an online application are at the Employment section of our website for more information and to apply, visit http://www.cns.gov/about/employment/index.asp.

The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) is seeking a Program Assistant dedicated to providing learning events to youth policymakers. In this position you will help maintain, update, and manage their Microsoft Access database of individuals who attend various events and purchase publications and many other tasks.

AYPF is a non-profit professional development organization based in Washington, DC. They provide nonpartisan learning opportunities for professionals working on youth policy issues at the national, state and local levels. Their goal is to enable policymakers and their aides to be more effective in their professional duties.

American Youth Policy Forum
1836 Jefferson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20036
202-775-9733 fax or aypf@aypf.org
(No phone calls please)

Each day in Indonesia, thousands of men and women work for a daily wage of a mere $1.25 making Nike shoes. Come hear the true accounts of Leslie Kretzu and Jim Keady, two individuals who spent a month working in a Nike Indonesian factory, living a $1.25 a day, a typical wage paid to Nike's subcontracted workers. Hear about their experiences and learn about Nike's labor and environmental practices that Educating for Justice-sponsored teams researched in Indonesia from 2000 to the present. The presentation attempts to de-commodify "labor" and as such, challenge their audience to deal in human terms with the women, men and sometimes children, who are the foundation of global manufacturing.

Educating for Justice, Inc. (EFJ) is a US-based non- profit organization that develops, produces and distributes justice-oriented programming and content to the educational marketplace. Through research, online resources, digital filmmaking, and grassroots educational events, EFJ seeks to raise awareness about issues of justice and spark efforts for social change.

City Gate is looking for caring, committed individuals with a passion for teaching and/or mentoring at-risk children ages 5-16. They have both full-time and part-time openings for both teachers and classroom assistants for their summer day camp. No certifications are required, however, they are especially interested in people with teaching, tutoring, mentoring, and/or coaching experience, as well as those who have special skills in recreations, sports, arts & humanities, computer work, and/or science and nature.

City Gate is a non-sectarian, faith-based community ministry that provides out-of-school programs for approximately 300 children every year throughout Washington, DC, with a special focus upon the underserved neighborhoods of Southeast DC. This summer, they will be running seven weeks of quality academic and extra-curricular day camp programming, focusing on preventing summer learning loss and expanding the horizons of their participants.

NotJustSkin is seeking immediate summer help from students to:

* conduct research and develop content for publication in the Resource Guide, and aid with the graphic design and layout of the Resource Guide (experience pref).

NotJustSkin is currently developing a Resource Guide for Prospective Parents, to be distributed for free to all prospective parents in Maryland, DC, and Virginia.
In a 16 or 32 page, full-color format, this Guide will provide clear information that supports positive parenting and healthy birth choices. It will include human- interest stories, factual and referenced information, lists of additional resources for information and support that are available to parents, and respond to all of the areas the organization has so far identified as critical to the improved wellbeing of children and parents. This project will help address the critical information gap most parents face in our community.

The extensive mission of NotJustSkin.org is to address the information gaps, the social pressures, and the human rights issues around childbirth and early childhood. For more information about the project, which is listed on Project Finder contact: Ryan McAllister, Ph.D., Executive Director, ryan@notjustskin.org, 202-486-8849, www.notjustskin.org

Evaluating University Mental Health Policies in the U.S.

The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is seeking research partners for a large-scale project that will entail:

1) Collecting data on mental health policies, procedures and practices from a large number of college campuses around the USA.
2) Evaluating campus mental health policies to find trends among campuses, and also comparing campus mental health policies against a set of best practices provided by the Bazelon Center research team.
3) Ranking college campuses according to how closely their policies match the best practices, and identifying areas that need improvement.
4) Drafting findings.

University professors are invited to incorporate parts of this project into courses they will be teaching in the coming semesters (or even summer sessions). For more information about the project, which is also listed on Project Finder, please contact: Abe Rafi, aber@bazelon.org; 202.467.5730x120; www.bazelon.org

If you would like to share any announcements from your organization or campus with the CoRAL Network community, send a brief blurb to kcarter@coralnetwork.org by close of business each Thursday for inclusion in the following Monday's Newsbits.

Please note that submissions MUST be about local events, news, opportunities and activities that are related to community affairs in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Northern Virginia.