Hey, hey, History Loggers. Hope you've had another fantastic week. I know for some of you out there, the time is drawing nigh to the end of your adventures here at college! With that excitement also comes the stress of figuring out what you're gonna do after graduation! Well, a wonderful alumni has sent us a couple of job opportunities from her current place of employment, the Washington Public Interest Research Group (WashPIRG), that are available for graduating seniors, especially, those of you who are civic and service oriented!

Campus Organizer: 2013-­‐2014 Job Description
Students have stood on the front lines of important social movements, from civil rights to gay rights to antiwar efforts. U.S. PIRG campus organizers tap student idealism and energy, and help student volunteers and activists turn their concerns into effective action. Campus organizers work on three to six campaigns in a semester, such as working to pass clean energy legislation, increasing youth voter turnout on campus, fighting hunger and homelessness in the local community, and other important public interest campaigns.
-The role of a campus organizer is two-­‐fold: to achieve concrete social change and to develop the next generation of leaders. Through this approach, campus organizers build the kind of power it takes to solve our country's current problems while ensuring that

Responsibilities include:
-Recruiting and training volunteers on grassroots tactics, media outreach and more
-Teaching an internship class on activism skills
-Building relationships with faculty and administrators
-Holding events with decision-­‐makers
-Generating the grassroots support it takes to win campaigns
-Fundraising and building the organization by canvassing for portions of the year, in addition to running a citizen outreach office in the summer months


Qualifications:
-Strong work ethic
-Outstanding verbal and written communication
-Proven leadership skills
-Strong commitment to getting results
-Passion for making positive social change
-We value experience with campus groups or student government and academic achievement

Training & Experience
Campus organizers participate in regional and national trainings throughout the year as well as trainings on-­campus. Training includes fieldwork with experienced U.S. PIRG staff and a classroom training of lectures, briefings, discussions and role-­‐plays. Throughout the year you gain valuable skills and hands-­on experience.

Salary & Benefits
As a recent graduate, you will earn $23,750-­‐$24,000 over the course of your first year with U.S. PIRG. In addition, full‐time staff can opt in to our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick days and vacation days, can apply for our college loan assistance program, and are also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year.



Fellowship Program: 2013-­‐2015 Job Description
From the U.S. Congress down to city halls, everywhere important decisions are being made, powerful interests are pushing for laws and policies that are not in line with the public interest. As a U.S. PIRG fellow, you will stand up to powerful interests like Wall Street lobbyists and pharmaceutical companies as you work to win concrete results for consumers. You'll work closely with experienced advocates and organizers, and you'll learn to make the case for reform through targeted research, coalition building, outreach to citizen activists and the media, and direct lobbying of decision-­‐makers.
As a fellow, you might work on transportation, food safety, government aid to education, toxic pollution cleanup, money inpolitics, voting reform and more. Through the course of the two-­year fellowship, you will get the skills, experience and trainingnecessary to be a leader in the social change movement.

Responsibilities include:
-Developing issue expertise through research and report writing
-Planning campaigns and developing strategies to win
-Building and demonstrating public support through media events and by working with activists and like-­minded organizations
-Making the case to decision-­‐makers in one-­‐on-­‐one meetings and through legislative testimony
-Building your program through fundraising
-Building the organization by canvassing for portions of the year, in addition to running a citizen outreach office in the summer months

Qualifications:
-Strong work ethic
-Outstanding verbal and written communication
-Proven leadership skills
-Strong commitment to getting results
-Passion for social change
-We value experience with campus groups or student government and academic achievement

Training & Experience
Fellows participate in regional and national trainings throughout the year. Training includes fieldwork with experienced U.S. PIRG staff and a classroom training of lectures, briefings, discussions and role-­plays.Throughout the year you gain valuable skills and hands-­‐on experience.

Salary & Benefits
As a recent graduate, you will earn $23,750-­‐$24,000 over the course of your first year with U.S. PIRG. Salary for experienced candidates is commensurate with relevant professional experience. In addition, full-­time staff can opt in to our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick days and vacation days, can apply for our college loan assistance program, and are also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year.


FOR BOTH OF THESE POSITIONS

Find out more
Watch profiles of our staff and find out more information at JOBS.uspirg.org. If you have any questions you can contact Sarah Mitnick, U.S.PIRG Recruitment Director at 617-­‐747-­‐4370 or jobs@uspirg.org.

How To Apply
Apply online at uspirg.org/apply


This Day In History
-1783: General George Washington presents his "Farewell Address to the Army"
-1917: Britain presents the Balfour Declaration which supports the establishment of a new homeland for Jewish people in Palestine
-1983: President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

--Your super, helpful History Department assistant