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Metro Organizer March 3, 2009 |
Event I Central Corridor Community Summit Event I HIRE Minnesota Town Hall -- Sabathani Community Center Event I Organizer Roundtable: The Importance of Organizing in Community Development Event I Framing up a New Era of Housing: Learning from What We Know? Training I You Be the Change! Community Engagement Training Program Resource I Call For Nominations for the Windcall Award to Social Justice Leaders Article I States Wear Blinders On The True Costs of Sprawl Job Opportunity I ISAIAH seeks Organizers and Administrative Assistant Announcement I Stay connected to the Alliance on Facebook Event I 2009 Regional Equity Series: The Emerging Green Jobs Movement featuring Majora Carter 1 - 4:30 pm Please join the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability for a stimulating afternoon forum on the Emerging Green Jobs Movement. Majora Carter, one of the nation's pioneers in successful green-collar job training and placement systems, will present the keynote address. A panel of local and national experts will discuss how tensions in the movement can be addressed, highlight climate justice principles, point to best practices and model campaigns, and recognize the future opportunities for collaboration and coalition building. A reception will follow. This event is free, but an RSVP is required. This is the first event of the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability's 2009 Regional Equity Series. The series will bring local and national leaders together to talk about emerging issues that are critical to creating an equitable Twin Cities region. Event I Central Corridor Community Summit Over the past several years community members, businesses and organizations have been asked to share their concerns about the impacts of the Central Corridor LRT project. From the loss of on-street parking to missing stations at Western, Victoria and Hamline, to gentrification and increases in neighborhood traffic, the issues are many and very real for those who live and work in the corridor. Event I HIRE Minnesota Town Hall -- Sabathani Community Center Event I Organizer Roundtable: The Importance of Organizing in Community Development Noon - 1:30 pm Come join in the dialogue about the importance of organizing within local community development corporations. Organizers will discuss their strategies to build community within their development corporations and how these strategies strengthen and revitalize their work. Event I Framing up a New Era of Housing: Learning from What We Know? Noon – 1:30 pm CURA Housing Forums are free of charge and open to the public. RSVP required by March 11 to 612-625-2086 or curahf@umn.edu. Training I You Be the Change! Community Engagement Training Program Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties is excited to be accepting acpplications for its You Be the Change! Community Engagement Training Program for individuals living in or near the poverty level. This free training is designed to increase low-income leadership in Ramsey and Washington counties. The individuals selected will be expected to commit to approximately 50 hours of participation (including 20 hours of training in leadership and civic engagement skills) over a six-month period, beginning in March 2009 and ending in December 2009. Please note that applicants must be over the age of 18 and be a resident of Ramsey or Washington County. To request an application or to get more information please contact Sina Black at 651.603.5879 or e-mail sblack@caprw.org. Applications are due by March 13. Resource I Call For Nominations for the Windcall Award to Social Justice Leaders Article I States Wear Blinders On The True Costs of Sprawl These days, recession-pummeled Americans are avidly following the federal stimulus package. They’re arguing whether stimulus money should go to the arts, or to repair and expand infrastructure, such as fixing bridges, boosting transit or finishing urban loop roads. It’s about time people noticed those public works projects. But is the welcome public attention also spotlighting one of the reasons our infrastructure spending is so high–the vast sums required by suburban sprawl? Amid plenty of talk at a recent two-day conference about huge needs and inadequate money, one topic went all but unmentioned: sprawl and its costs. Read more at citiwire.net. Job Opportunity I ISAIAH seeks Organizers and Administrative Assistant ISAIAH, a faith-based community organizing organization committed to racial and economic justice, is seeking individuals to fill the following positions: Full-time entry-level organizer In addition, ISAIAH and the national Gamaliel Foundation are seeking a shared full-time administrative assistant with 5+ years experience. Please spread the word about these exciting opportunities to promote social, racial and economic justice. Announcement I Stay connected to the Alliance on Facebook The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability is now on Facebook! Through our Facebook page, you can connect with other people who are concerned about racial, economic and environmental justice in growth and development patterns in the Twin Cities region. Share your ideas and resources with us and your peers. Learn about exciting events. Build connections and network with individuals and organizations. Help us make our Facebook page a powerful and current resource. Visit our page and become a fan. To contribute a news item for the next Metro Organizer, please contact Tracy Nordquist Babler at tracy@metrostability.org. Like the Metro Organizer? Donate to the Alliance. Get this from a friend? Subscribe to the Metro Organizer. Alliance for Metropolitan Stability I 2525 Franklin Ave E, Suite 200 I Minneapolis, MN 55406 I 612-332-4471
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