CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Building Environmental Community (BEC) -
Public
Education
Campaign Steering Committee
The Sierra Club's
Building Environmental Community (BEC) Public Education
Campaign seeks two
new members. The committee's goal is to build long-term
grassroots
political power and create a community dialog through one-on-one
contact and
communications around local issues, selected by participating
Groups
and
Chapters, and national priority environmental issues. By
establishing
one-on-one relationships with community members, it engages the
community
in
taking responsibility for addressing these issues.
The
BEC Program is designed as a 10-year Sierra Club grassroots
organizing
program which will seek to build long-range citizen power in
the
communities
selected for participation in the program. It was launched
in 2003 and its
initial focus was to encourage communities to take action to
stop the Bush
Administration assault on the environment within their local
community and
state.
Current BEC committee members are Don Parks
(Chair), Tarren Collins (Vice
Chair), Nathan Wyeth (Secretary), Dave Karpf,
and Tom Wolper.
Objectives of BEC are to:
(A) Build grassroots
citizen power in targeted communities, through
effectively
executing local
grassroots organizing campaigns around local and national
conservation
issues.
(B) Build one-on-one relationships within the targeted community
around
local
and national environmental issues.
(C) Promote
visionary solutions to environmental problems.
(D) Hold local and
national government leaders and corporations accountable
for
their
environmental decisions and actions.
(E) Double the size of the activist
and leadership base of the Sierra Club
by
recruiting and training at least
10 new leaders and 100 new activists per
year
in every targeted
location.
If you would like to nominate yourself, please complete the
application
below
and send it to Doris Cellarius via e:mail at
[log in to unmask] If you
want
to
nominate someone else, please (a) forward this message to that person
with
your
suggestion that he or she apply and (b) send Doris Cellarius
their name,
email
address, and a brief description. Please feel free to
post this call for
nominations to Club discussion lists, being careful not to
duplicate
postings.
For more information about the Building
Environmental Communities Program,
contact BEC Program Director/National
Field Director, Bob Bingaman,
[log in to unmask],
202-675-7904 or BEC CSC Chair, Don Parks,
[log in to unmask].
The deadline
for receipt of completed nomination forms is March 30, 2006.
COMMITTEE
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Participate in monthly conference calls.
*
Contribute to the design, implementation, and evaluation of the
BEC
public
education campaign plan for targeted locations.
*
Contribute to the design, implementation, and evaluation of the
BEC
organizing
site planning guidance.
* Make final selection
decisions for BEC organizing sites.
* Contribute to the design,
implementation and evaluation of fall and
spring
outreach events.
*
Ensure maximum integration between BEC organizing sites and
sponsoring
chapters/groups.
* Provide feedback to staff and other
volunteers on ideas for building
environmental community action
improvements.
* Take on specific internal tasks, such as working with
individual sites to
develop and improve site plans.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR
APPOINTMENT
We seek individuals with broad Sierra Club experience who are
interested in
building environmental community and grassroots organizing and
who,
ideally,
have on-the-ground experience working with one of our BEC
organizing sites.
The Conservation Covernance Committee (CGC) will make
the appointments.
They
plan to appoint 2 volunteers to 2-year terms.
Maximum continuous service is
three consecutive 2-year terms. If you
are interested in applying, please
submit the application
below.
Sierra Club of Canada members are not eligible to apply. Please
contact
Sierra
Club Canada at
[log in to unmask] for information on Canadian
participation in
this
kind of work.
Completed applications are due
March 30,
2006.
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APPLICATION:
BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
COMMITTEE
(PLEASE DELETE ALL TEXT ABOVE THE *****************)
The Subject line of
your message should be "BEC APPLICATION: (your
last
name
here)"
Send completed form to
Doris
Cellarius <
[log in to unmask]>
Don
Parks <
[log in to unmask]>
Completed
responses are due March 30, 2006.
(1) Name, address, phone(s), e-mail
address, and best times to reach you
(2) How long have you been a member
of the Sierra Club?
(3) Sierra Club experience, including volunteer
positions held, campaigns
worked
on, and dates
(4) Other relevant
experience and qualifications including other
environmental
campaigns not
included in item 3 above you would bring to this effort
(5) Do you have
on-the-ground BEC organizing experience? If so, in
which
BEC
organizing site?
(6) Why do you want to serve on the BEC
Program Committee?
(7) Names, phone numbers, and email addresses of two
Sierra Club
references,
including best times to reach them. Also give name
and contact information
for
your Chapter Chair if that person is not one
of your references.
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