You will earn $400/week and stay with a host family.
Here is the job description with information on how to apply:
Career-minded Political Organizers needed for summer campaign for safe redeployment out of Iraq, targeting congressional and senate war votes in selected states/districts. Job involves organizing direct legislative pressure on Members of Congress all summer long, on a series of votes related to bringing our troops home safely. You will be assigned a region or state to organize community and state leaders, students, churches, veterans, etc. Training in political messaging, earned media, legislative tracking, grassroots organizing, visibilities and other tools of a public campaign.
This is an incredibly meaningful campaign, with real not imaginary results. For those wishing to further a career in politics, the timing and training involved is a great opportunity to situate yourself for '08 races as an experienced campaigner.
Additional Qualifications:
You must have car available to you for the entire campaign. Good communication and public skills necessary, also political instincts, organizational abilities, and the commitment to democratic ideals. You must have the ability and expectation to fully apply yourself to the campaign for the duration, and be prepared to work in "campaign mode" i.e. 7 days/week, long hours, and political challenges. Second LANGUAGES a major plus, women and other minorities encouraged to apply.
How to Apply:
Hiring is underway and will continue through end of May, possibly longer if necessary. Please email asap your resume, a short cover letter and 3 professional or academic references to:
demcampaigns@aol.com. Please send these by May 8th to ensure consideration; resumes received after this date may be considered for backup placement.
Upon receipt of your resume a campaign rep will call you as soon as possible to schedule a phone interview.
For more info, check out the posting on Americans Against the Escalation in Iraq's webpage.
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