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CPU > Newsletter > 2005-2006 > 9/10/06 CPU NewsletterSeptember 10, 2006COLUMBIA POLITICAL UNION Newsletter 9/11-9/17 CPU Announcements: Week of September 11 - 17 1. Columbia Political Union Meet & Greet, Wednesday 9/13, 9 PM, Location TBD. Free pizza. 2. Open positions on the Executive Board and the Columbia Political Review Board 3. CPU Upcoming Event: "A Nation of Immigrants No More?" Featuring Michele Wucker, author of Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong When Our Prosperity Depends on Getting It Right September 20, Hamilton 503, 8:00 PM 4. CPU Voter Registration Drive: September 20 & 21 5. September 11 Name Reading Memorial: Volunteers needed! 6. Internship opportunities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Columbia Political Union Meet & Greet, Wednesday 9/13, 9 PM, Location TBA Join us on Wednesday for CPU's annual Meet & Greet to learn more about our events, publications, and getting involved with CPU. You'll have a chance to talk to our Executive Board members about applying for deputy and committee positions. Visit www.cupolitics.org for a complete listing of open positions this semester. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Open positions on the Executive Board and the Columbia Political Review Board We are looking for a Business & Finance Manager for the Columbia Political Review and a Technical Director for CPU. If you're good with computers or business, these are the perfect opportunities for you. Contact information is below for more information. Business and Finance Director for the Columbia Political Review Editor-in-Chief: Paul Sonne, psonne@cupolitics.org The Columbia Political Review is recruiting a Business and Finance Director. The B&F Director will be responsible for tracking and increasing revenues, and managing billing and payments. In addition, the B&F Director will be responsible for designing a marketing and circulation strategy for the publication. Experience with the business side of publications is a plus, as is any sales or marketing experience. Please contact Paul for more details. Technical Director, Executive Board Member For more information, contact Alastair Shearman, ashearman@cupolitics.org The Technical Director is a full-fledged member of the CPU Executive Board and will be responsible for performing both position-specific duties as well as general duties expected of all board members, such as attending weekly board meetings and voting on all board decisions. Principal responsibilities of the position include managing the website and e-mail system, taking photos and videos of all our events, and maintaining our listserv. As the webmaster of the Political Union's website, the Director will have creative control in designing the site's layout and operation. This also requires posting upcoming and past events, speaker bios, minutes, newsletters, and publications to the website on a regular basis. Additionally, the Technical Director also serves as the Web Editor of the Political Review and posts each issue of the CPR online. A basic understanding of UNIX, HTML, PHP, and MySQL is helpful but not required from the outset. Contact Alastair Shearman at ashearman@cupolitics.org for more information on how to apply. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. CPU Upcoming Event: Michele Wucker, "A Nation of Immigrants No More?" Michele Wucker is author of Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong When Our Prosperity Depends on Getting It Right and Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola. Wucker is co-director of the Immigrant Voting Project and Director of the Program on Citizenship & Security. She specializes in immigration and assimilation, transnational political processes, the politicsl of culture, Latin America and the Caribbean, and international finance and debt crisis. She is a graduate of Rice University and of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. For more information, please visit www.wucker.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CPU Voter Registration Drive: September 20 & 21, College Walk Are you registered to vote? If not, drop by CPU's voter registration table on College Walk on 9/20 or 9/21 from 9 AM-5 PM to fill out a registration form. Volunteers are needed to staff the table both days. Please e-mail Alastair Shearman at ashearman@cupolitics.org if interested and include the dates and times you're available. To register online, visit our website at http://www.cupolitics.org/links/vote.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. September 11 Name Reading, co-sponsored with Students United for America On Monday, September 11,2006, join Students United for America and the Columbia community to pause and remember September 11, 2001 with the Annual 9/11 Name Reading Memorial at Columbia University. This year the memorial will take place between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm at the Sundial on College Walk. If you are a student group or an individual and would like to read names on Monday, September 11th, please visit <http://www.columbia.edu/cu/su4a/911signup.htm> to find a schedule, then e-mail David Mazzuca at drm2103@columbia.edu with a time slot. Volunteers are asked to read names for approximately 30 minutes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Internship Opportunities **** Assemblymember Rosenthal seeks committed interns to be a part of her energetic and resourceful team. Interns must have a strong academic ability, solid writing and communication skills, proficiency with basic computer applications (MSWord, Excel, Internet) and a commitment to public service. College courses or interest in public policy, government, or social work is preferred but not required. Interns will work closely with the Assemblymember and her staff, but are expected to be able to work well independently. Intern responsibilities include but are not limited to: constituent casework, independent research on legislation and policy, constituent correspondence, assisting with events in the district, and administrative office duties including but not limited to answering phones, filing, mailings, copying, and data entry. We are accepting resumes on a rolling basis. The internship is unpaid, although school credit is available if applicable. The internship can be full-time or part-time. To apply, email your resume, cover letter and brief writing sample (academic is fine) to rosenthall@assembly.state.ny.us. If you prefer, you can fax your resume to (212) 873-6520 or mail to: Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal
**** Paid Internship: Start-up phase of exciting new global version of MoveOn.org Global public opinion has been called the world's "Second Superpower", but a yawning gap persists between the views and values of the world's peoples and the policies that govern them. Res Publica, in partnership with MoveOn.org, is launching an online activist community to fill this gap using the proven organizing techniques of online activism. The community will address pressing The organization will begin with 20 full time staff located in 6 countries and a much larger number of volunteers, and will follow an ambitious growth path. It will launch with 700,000 members spread across 148 countries. An Advisory Board for the project comprises politicians, diplomats, activists and celebrities from around the world. What we are looking for: We are currently recruiting for two interns to assist in the critical start-up phase of the organization, as we prepare to launch in late summer/early fall. Interns may assist with research, outreach, campaign development and strategy, liaising with web and communications partners, development of online content and some administrative tasks. You should be: politically progressive, internet savvy, have a strong educational background, be passionately interested in international affairs and politics, have sophisticated written and oral communication skills and enjoy working in a start-up environment. Experience working on political or NGO campaigns is a plus, as is a policy/academic background in international affairs. Applications from students (undergraduate or graduate) are encouraged. If you're interested, send a short resume ASAP to Jeremy Heimans at recruitment@therespublica.org along with a brief cover note explaining why you are interested in the position. Interns will be paid a stipend – this is negotiable depending on level of experience. Positions may be full or part-time, and length of internship will be determined on a case-by-case basis. or see: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/etc/187027699.html **** Intern for the Democracy Program at NYU's Brennan Center Undergraduate intern positions available for FALL 2006: The Brennan Center's Democracy Program seeks to bring the ideal of representative self-government closer to reality through scholarship, public education, legislative counseling, and legal advocacy. The program collaborates with grassroots groups, advocacy organizations, and reform-minded government officials to eliminate barriers to full and equal political participation in the following projects: Campaign Finance Reform—This project works to prevent the unfair influence of money on our electoral and legislative processes Voting Rights and Elections—This project works to promote fair representation of disempowered constituencies, and to eliminate unnecessary burdens on voting. The project includes work on the Right to Vote Campaign, which seeks to eliminate laws that disfranchise people with felony convictions. Fair Courts—This project seeks to nurture conditions under which courts will assure a fair hearing even to the most vulnerable populations and controversial ideas. Government Accountability—This project promotes accountability, transparency, and ethics of government at all levels of government. Free Expression Policy Project—This project provides research and analysis on difficult issues of censorship, access to ideas, and media democracy. The ideal candidate will have an interest in law and public policy. He or she should also have strong written and oral communication skills. Interns will be general to the Democracy Program but are also encouraged to express interest in working on specific projects. The Brennan Center is in New York City, and while the intern may be required to come to the office for various meetings and to complete specific projects, he or she will be able to complete certain tasks from home. To apply, please send a cover letter, including your time availability, and a resume to Seema Shah at sshah @nyu.edu. Application deadline: September 15, 2006. However, we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. This is an unpaid internship. Please see our website at www.brennancenter.org Seema Shah sshah@nyu.edu ***** ::To unsubscribe from this list, do not respond to this email. Visit www.cupolitics.org and enter your e-mail address in the "unsubscribe" box::
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