WUSTL Political Science Message Board

Internships with MoPIRG (Missouri Student Public Interest Research Group)

MoPIRG is a statewide, student-directed and student-funded organization
that gives students a vehicle to address real problems in their
communities.

Combining professional staff with the resources of college campuses,
MoPIRG provides students the opportunity to take education out of the
classroom, learn important skills, and make a direct impact on public
interest issues.

Whether crafting public policy that brings renewable energy technology
from the laboratory to the market or ensuring that ground-breaking academic
research reaches the public and policy-makers, MoPIRG projects have helped
college students serve their communities for the past 35 years.

We are currently working on the New Voters Project – a non-partisan
campaign to register and turn out over 1000 student-voters at Washington
University.  We are working within a coalition that includes the Brown
School Student Coordinating Council, College Democrats, College
Libertarians, Gephardt Institute for Public Service, Green Action, and the
Political Review.

MoPIRG interns are overseen by a faculty sponsor and a professional
organizer.  A typical internship covers a wide range of topics, including
campaign strategy, event planning, public relations, volunteer management
and current events.

We have plenty of opportunities, but here are a couple examples:

Organizing Interns:  coordinate a campaign on campus or in the community –
a process that includes building coalitions, recruiting volunteers,
coordinating events and developing campaign strategies

Media Interns:  develop persuasive messages, organize press conferences
and reach out to campus and community media outlets to educate the public
about critical issues

If you are interested in an internship opportunity, please sign up at
www.mopirgstudents.org/internships or email Jarod Gregory, the MoPIRG field
organizer, at jarod@mopirgstudents.org.

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Jarod Gregory
MOPIRG – New Voters Project
St. Louis, MO
573.820.0661
jarod@mopirgstudents.org

Job Opportunity

Green Corps 2011-2012 Field School for Environmental Organizing

Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.

In Green Corps’ year-long paid program, you’ll get intensive training in the skills you’ll need to make a difference in the world. You’ll get hands-on experience fighting to solve urgent environmental problems — global warming, deforestation, water pollution and many others — with groups such as Sierra Club and Greenpeace. And, when you graduate from Green Corps, we’ll help you find a career with one of the nation’s leading environmental and social change groups.

For more information, read below or visit our web site: www.greencorps.org.

In your year with Green Corps:

You’ll get great training with some of the most experienced organizers in the field: Green Corps organizers take part in trainings with leading figures in the environmental and social change movements: people such as Adam Ruben, political director of MoveOn.org, and Bill McKibben, author and organizer of the “Step It Up” rallies for climate action.

You’ll get amazing experience working on environmental issues across the country: Green Corps sends organizers to jumpstart campaigns for groups such as Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Greenpeace and Environment America in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and dozens of other places in between.

You’ll have a real impact on some of the biggest environmental problems we’re facing today: Green Corps organizers have built the campaigns that helped keep the Arctic safe from drilling, that led to new laws that support clean, renewable energy, that convinced major corporations to stop dumping in our oceans andmuch, much more.

You’ll even get paid: Green Corps Organizers earn a salary of $23,750. Organizers also have a chance to opt into our health care program with a pre-tax monthly salary deferral. We offer paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation and a student loan repayment program for those who qualify.

And when you graduate from the program, you’ll be ready for what comes next: Green Corps will help connect you to environmental and progressive groups that are looking for full-time staff to build their organizations and help them create social change and protect our environment.

In the next few months, we‘ll invite 35 college graduates to join Green Corps in 2011-2012. We’re looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, people who have taken initiative on their campus or community, and people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work for change over the long haul.

If you think you’re one of those people, visit http://www.greencorps.org/apply to submit your application to join the 2011-2012 class of Green Corps’ Field School for Environmental Organizing.

Green Corps’ year-long program begins in August 2011 with Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. Candidates must be willing to relocate.

For more information, visit www.greencorps.org or contact Aaron Myran, Green Corps Recruitment Director, at Aaron@greencorps.org or (617) 747-4302.

The New Voters Project is a non-partisan initiative to register students to vote and help them turn out to the polls on Election Day.  Since our inception 25 years ago, the Student PIRGs’ New Voters Project has played a leading role in mobilizing young voters, highlighting their importance and developing and refining the techniques and technology used to reach them.  At Washington University, we are working in a coalition with the Gephardt Institute, the College Democrats and College Libertarians to register and turn out as many student voters as possible.

www.mopirgstudents.org

www.studentpirgs.org/new-voters-project/

www.studentvote.org

My name is Greg Allen, and I graduated from WashU last May with a degree in Political Science.  I now work for the Avascent Group, a Washington D.C. based consulting firm.  We are kicking off our fall recruiting season and looking for WashU’s top seniors with backgrounds in Political Science, International Relations, Economics, and Business.   If you, like me, never thought your Political Science degree could take you into consulting, consider that Avascent is a company every bit as interested in political and foreign policy outcomes as you are.  Our clients include the top leadership of leading firms in defense, space, aviation, government, and related commercial markets.  At Avascent, you can expect to immediately begin developing real expertise, interacting with clients, and producing research analysis that actually influences the real world outcomes you care about.

Avascent’s recruiting team will be on campus September 13 for the Weston Career Center’s Meet the Firms event in the Knight Executive Education and Conference Center. Please see the attached flyer.  For more information or to get in touch, email me at gallen@avascent.comor visit www.avascent.com.