Civics Quiz

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The Edmund Burke Association...

will host a discussion on...

"What does it Mean to be a Conservative?"

Monday, November 17 at 7:30 PM

At the Alexander Hamilton Institute

Rides will be available from ELS at 7:15

We will discuss the following two articles:

By Russell Kirk: http://www.kirkcenter.org/kirk/ten-principles.html

By Michael Oakeshott: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4887/conservative.html

The Edmund Burke Association is a student group dedicated to discussion of the foundational principles of conservatism.

Mark your calendar

Lecture on civic engagement by John Werner '92, Executive Director of Citizen Schools Boston on Wednesday, December 3 at 7:30 in Chapel.

Mark your calendar!

Town hall meeting on diversity and social capital in Chapel at 7:30PM on Tuesday, December 2.

Careers in International Affairs

The Career Center, Government Department & HCAWEG (Association of Women in Economics & Government)
present
Careers in International Affairs
an information session with panelists from the National Endowment for Democracy, Government Department & the Brookings Institute

Wednesday, November 12th at 7:30pm
Dwight Lounge (dress is business casual)
Please reserve your seat on HamNET

John Squier
National Endowment for Democracy
Senior Program Officer for Russia and Ukraine

Shelly McConnell
Hamilton College
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government
Former Senior Associate Director of the Americas Program at The Carter Center

Emily Alinikoff '07
The Brookings Institution
Research Assistant, Foreign Policy

Just some of the topics you can look forward to:

• What are some recent trends or events that will impact a person's starting in the field of International Affairs?
• What are some of the typical career options within International Affairs?
• Plus, panelists' own experiences regarding their education and career paths

The Blob

Campaign 2008 and the Future of American Politics

Mark your calendars. On Sunday, November 9 at 7:30 in the Chapel the Government Department will sponsor a panel discussion by distinguished alumni about the election and its implications for governance.

Subprime turmoil

Good analysis of financial crisis.

It's not too early......

to join LinkedIn, the Facebook for professionals. LinkedIn's CEO Dan Nye was a Government major at Hamilton. He told students last spring that if that joined, fully completed a profile, and built a list of 100 contacts, he guaranteed that something good would happen.

Women behaving badly?

Knowledge is good.

But is the Electoral College? Come to discuss at Publius Society meeting this Sunday, September 28 at 7:30PM at Alexander Hamilton Institute in Clinton. Rides available from ELS at 7:15.

Post-graduation fellowship in DC

IWF essay prize

Publius Society

The Publius Society, which is co-sponsoring Sutton lecture, is a student group that sponsors student-faculty discussions about constitutional issues. The group meets over scrumptious desserts at the Alexander Hamilton Institute in Clinton. After the Sutton lecture, the next meeting will be on the evening of 9/28 to discuss the Electoral College. Publius is a very politically diverse and fun group. To get on their mailing list, contact Sanjana Nafday '10 (snafday) or join Publius Society Facebook group.

The Fun Science

Since economics is the dismal science, I hereby declare political science the fun science. To help spread the word, I'll post news about interesting, timely, and accessible political science research. Today's Washington Post has a great example:

Political scientists Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler provided two groups of volunteers with the Bush administration's prewar claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. One group was given a refutation -- the comprehensive 2004 Duelfer report that concluded that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction before the United States invaded in 2003. Thirty-four percent of conservatives told only about the Bush administration's claims thought Iraq had hidden or destroyed its weapons before the U.S. invasion, but 64 percent of conservatives who heard both claim and refutation thought that Iraq really did have the weapons. The refutation, in other words, made the misinformation worse.

A similar "backfire effect" also influenced conservatives told about Bush administration assertions that tax cuts increase federal revenue. One group was offered a refutation by prominent economists that included current and former Bush administration officials. About 35 percent of conservatives told about the Bush claim believed it; 67 percent of those provided with both assertion and refutation believed that tax cuts increase revenue.

In a paper approaching publication, Nyhan, a PhD student at Duke University, and Reifler, at Georgia State University, suggest that Republicans might be especially prone to the backfire effect because conservatives may have more rigid views than liberals: Upon hearing a refutation, conservatives might "argue back" against the refutation in their minds, thereby strengthening their belief in the misinformation. Nyhan and Reifler did not see the same "backfire effect" when liberals were given misinformation and a refutation about the Bush administration's stance on stem cell research.

The full paper is here. Also Brendan Nyhan, one of the co-authors runs a great blog, so check it out.

Judge Sutton to speak on Constitution Day

The Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, will present the inaugural David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence on Constitution Day, 17 September, at 7:30 pm in the Hamilton College Chapel. The lecture, sponsored by the AHI in conjunction with Senior Fellow Ted Eismeier and the Hamilton College government department, is open to the public.

Judge Sutton received a B. A. from Williams College in 1983 and LL. B. from the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University in 1990. He served as a law clerk for Judge Thomas Meskill of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice Lewis Powell and Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court. Nominated for the Sixth Circuit by President George W. Bush, Judge Sutton was confirmed by the Senate in 2003. He will be presenting on "Originalism or the Living Constitution? Interpreting the Supreme Court."

The lecture honors David Aldrich Nelson, whom Judge Sutton succeeded on the Sixth Circuit. Judge Nelson was graduated from Hamilton College, 1954, valedictorian of his class. He attended the Harvard Law School and read law as a Fulbright Scholar at Cambridge University, in England. He began the practice of law with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Cleveland, Ohio, and served on active duty at the Pentagon as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel of the Secretary of the Air Force. President Nixon appointed him General Counsel of the Post Office Department in 1969, and he later became Senior Assistant Postmaster General and General Counsel of the reorganized United States Postal Service. He rejoined his former law firm in 1972, remaining with it until President Reagan appointed him to the bench in 1985. Judge Nelson took senior status in 1999 but continued to hear cases until he closed his chambers in 2006. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was a long-standing member of the Criminal Law Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He has served as a trustee of Hamilton College and as a member of the National Council of the Ohio State University College of Law.

GOP job bank

NYC Urban Fellows Program

Should APP be abolished?

How law schools game rankings

Voter Registration Drive

Hamilton Engage 08, a non-partisan student voter engagement campaign, will hold a voter registration outside of the Kirkland Cottage during Matriculation on Tuesday, August 26. The table will be open from 11:00 am - 5:30 pm.

RSVP on Facebook

Email karowe@hamilton.edu if you'd like to help or if you have questions.

More about Hamilton Engage 08

Mark your calendars

A sampling of events this semester:

September 17, Constitution Day lecture by Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

November 9, Alumni panel on the election

December 2, Town hall meeting on diversity and social capital

December 3, lecture on civic engagement by John Werner, Executive Director of Citizen Schools

Be Sure to Check Out Wednesday's Congressional Record

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed this resolution by a recorded vote of 423-0; it recognizes the women's lacrosse team's NCAA championship.


Rep. Mike Castle '61 (R-Del.) spoke about the resolution on the House floor, at some point cutting his prepared remarks to say, "in short, Hamilton College is the finest college in the United States."


If it says so in the Congressional Record, it must be true?

Constitution Day Lecture

On Wednesday, September 17 at 7:30 PM in the chapel, Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton will deliver a public lecture in honor of Constitution Day. The lecture is sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Institution.

Bill Purcell '76 named to direct Harvard's Institute of Politics

A Government major at Hamilton. Click on title to see press release.

A skeptic about law school

Champions!

Reception at AHI

The Alexander Hamilton Institute will host a reception for graduating seniors and their parents from 9AM-1PM on Saturday. Come chat with faculty, tour the stately mansion, and receive a priceless graduation gift.

Facebook and Blackboard

Procrastination

Congratulations to lacrosse team

The current electoral map

Obama Clinton Star Wars

Candidate videos

Courtesy of Ed Ajaeb.

Gas prices

Environmental Consortium

You can become a student member.

Dinner for the Government Imperium

Government students and faculty gathered on Monday, May 5 for a sumptuous repast and a thoughtful keynote address by Professor Peter Katzenstein of Cornell University.

Continental Marriages

Of all Hamilton and Kirkland graduates who are married, about 16% are married to a Hamilton or Kirkland graduate. But that includes those who graduated prior to the creation of Kirkland in 1968 or the merger in 1978. For post-merger grads, I estimate the percentage to be 20-25%.

Video of AHI Conference on Gerrit Smith

Introductions and a thought provoking keynote address by Harvard's John Stauffer. Gerrit Smith, Class of 1818, played a pivotal role in the abolitionist movement.

New Publius officers

Sanjana Nafday '10 has been elected as President of the Publius Society and Evan Klondar '11 Vice President for fall, 2008. Tim Eismeier '10 will be the DC lobbyist for Publius. Thanks to Steve Sallan '08 for his leadership of Publius this year.

The Publius Society is a diverse group of students and faculty who meet monthly for refreshment and discussions about American constitutional democracy at the Alexander Hamilton Institute.

Watch for notice of first event in September. Join the Publius group on Facebook.

Global warming?

Global cooling?

Don't forget Govt Department dinner on Monday

Congratulations to women's lacrosse team

The entire race for Democratic nomination in 7 minutes!

Voter ID law upheld by SCOTUS

Hamilton alumnus, Government major, visits campus

Stuart Ingis '93 gave a talk titled "The Policy of Privacy" concerning Internet law and privacy protection on Thursday, April 24. Ingis, a partner in the law firm of Venable LLP, discussed current topics of debate around Internet policy and the possible implications that shaping Internet policy has for democracy in the near and distant future.

Green Party Wins Mock Election Debate

The Green Party, led by Sam Dwyer, won a mock parliamentary debate sponsored by the students in Government 112: Introduction to Comparative Politics. The debate was held in the fictitious country of West Europa on April 17 and was the capstone of a semester-long project in the course taught by Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera.

Six party leaders faced a lively and enthusiastic audience as they debated issues pertinent to real European countries, such as immigration policy, unemployment, regional separatism, and the war in Iraq. In addition to Dwyer, debate participants included Heather Prigg, Ricky Bottini, Steve Mello, Sophie Boehm, and Joe Buicko. Parties ran the gamut of Western Europe's political spectrum, from neo-fascist to communist, and included—aside from the Green Party—the Conservative Revolutionist Party, Progressive Economic Party, United Socialist Party, New Workers’ Party, and Cultural Preservation Party.

The panel of expert judges, which decided the winner based on the content and delivery of the presentations, included Professor of Communication Catherine Phelan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Shelley McConnell, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Oral Communication Lab Peer Tutor Ntokozo Xaba '08, and David R. Foster '10.

Government Department Dinner

May 5, 6PM. Don't miss it!

Bitter beer face

The image the Clinton campaign should have used to capitalize on "bittergate" in Pennsylvania.

A 21st century campaign

Seniors dissect politics

Don't miss your colleagues speaking about their research for senior theses. Reception in Little Pub follows each set of presentations.

Monday April 21 7PM

Matt D'Amico, "Digital Pluralism: The Internet and Interest Groups"
Jack Prior, "Don't Tase Me Bro, but Vote for Me: Youtube and Campaigns"
Sarah Bryant, "Money and Politics: Assessing BCRA in 2006 and 2008"
Reid Snyder, "The Selling of the President 1968-2008: The Changing Role of Campaign Consultants"

Location Science G041

Tuesday, April 22 7PM
Richard Bryan, "Before Steroids: The Political History of Congress and Baseball"
Jon Glusband, "Magnum Force: Gun Control as a Campaign Issue"
Katie Plummer, "We are the Change:The Electoral Significance of Generation Y"

Location Science G041

Wednesday April 23 7PM

Garrett Reeb, "Barack Obama and the Politics of Racial Identity"
Ann Bickerton, "Is a Woman's Place in the White House? Hillary Clinton and the Politics of Gender"
Emanuel Rosario, "Issues of Race and Ethnicity in Disaster Preparedness and Planning: The Case of Katrina" Location: Kirner-Johnson 223

Who Killed the Electric Car?

On Wednesday, April 16, Democracy Matters is showing the documentary film "Who Killed the Electric Car?" at 8pm in the KJ Red Pit (109). The showing is free and open to the public, and will include a discussion at the end of the film about its political implications, and those of alternative energy, climate change, and the environment more broadly.

Contact: karowe@hamilton.edu
RSVP: Facebook

John Hewko '79 visits campus

John Hewko '79, Vice President of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, was on campus on April 9 and 10th, giving a public talk, meeting with students at the Career Center, and visiting Professor Orvis's class. Hewko was a Government major and lacrosse player at Hamilton. To see a summary of his distinguished career, click on title.

50 greatest political moments

Mock Trial

From Wenxi Li :

Hamilton College Mock Trial (HCMT), started by Alex Kaufman '06 and Adam Gordon '06, is now in its sixth year of competition. This past March, one of Hamilton's competitiong teams qualified for the American Mock Trial Association National Tournament in Hamilton, Ohio. This is the second consecutive year that a Hamilton team has qualified for the national tournament. The eight person team who traveled to Ohio included Andrew Bjorkman '10, Megha Hoon '11, Caitlin Fitzsimons '11, Eddie Ajaeb '11, Liz Farrington '10, Tim Kubarych '10, Ngoc Nguyen '11, and Wenxi Li '10. Liz Farrington was awarded an Outstanding Witness Award.

The Mock Trial team travels to compete in a few invitational tournaments each year, such as at Lafayette College and Cornell Univeristy, and attends the regional competition at Syracuse University in February. Comprised of students who play lawyer and witness roles, the team is given one civil or criminal case to prepare each year for competition. The team practices a few times each week, and is always looking for new memebers. If you are interested in joining, please be sure to look out for our e-mails!

Student Summit on the Environment

Hamilton is a member of the group sponsoring the event.

Summer Seminar in Leadership Skills

Summer seminars in free market economics

Scholarships available. Click on title for more info.

Obama in 30 seconds

I recently received the email below. Any budding media gurus?

Hi again,

I wrote a few weeks ago about MoveOn.org's "Obama in 30 Seconds."

I wanted to let you know that we've set a new deadline for submissions: April 15th.

f you know of students who are working on an ad, it'd be great if you could let them know about the extra time. And if you posted the flyer that we sent, we've posted a new one with the updated dates at: http://cdn.moveon.org/content/pdfs/Obama30Flyer-color.pdf

Thanks so much for your time!

-Laura Dawn, Creative Director, MoveOn.org

Citizen Schools

Citizen Schools, a remarkably successful non-profit organization providing apprenticeships, mentoring, and after school learning to middle school students, has launched a paid Teaching Fellow program leading to an M.A. degree in education. To find out more about the program click on title of this post. The Executive Director of Citizen Schools Boston is John Werner '92.

Comings and goings

Congratulations to Nick Tampio, who has accepted a tenure track position at Fordham University. He served Hamilton admirably as a visiting professor.

Congratulations to Peter Cannavo, who was hired in a national search for a newly authorized tenure track position in environmental politics. Peter will be on a research leave in 2008-2009, and the department is in the process of hiring a visiting professor to teach his courses.

After a term as Associate Dean of Students, Phil Klinkner will be on research leave in 2008-2009.

Carol Drogus continues her service as Associate Dean of Students. She will be replaced again next year by Shelley McConnell.

Cheng Li continues his leave at the Brookings Institution. He will be replaced again by Dingding Chen.

Frank Anechiarico will be teaching at the Air Force Academy in 2008-2009. He will be replaced by Morgan Marietta, who will teach Con Law, APP, Parties and Elections, and a new course called the Politics of the Supreme Court. .

Rob Martin will direct the Semester in Washington Program in fall, 2008. Ted Eismeier will direct the program in spring, 2009.

Hamilton was Ahead of the Curve

In case you had not heard . . .

When the House of Representatives returned from recess in January, the Rayburn and Longworth cafeterias greeted us with a new food service provider. The new service is more ecologically friendly, sustainable, part of Speaker Pelosi's "Greening the Capitol."

But those white and green coffee cups STILL get too hot. Thankfully, I went to Hamilton College and spent enough time in the Green Cafe at McEwen dining hall to remember that.

Perhaps when Amb. Walker holds his discussion on April 10, I'll bring a cup of Cafe Kilimanjaro from Cannon carry-out, just for old time sake (even if it isn't 8:30 in the morning).

Beyond Red State Blue State

Click on title to see CSM's interactive electoral map.

What you need to know about race for Democratic nomination for president

A new course on lobbying

This fall, George Baker '74 and Frank Vlossak '89 will co-teach a course on lobbying and government relations. Partners in the firm of Williams and Jensen, one of the nation's leading independently owned government relations law firms, Baker and Vlossak will bring their great experience as practitioners into the classroom. See course description below. To learn more about them, click on title of this post to go to Williams and Jensen website.

Lobbying and Government Relations

Analysis of the representation of interests in American national government. The history of the role of lobbyists in the Washington community and the contemporary profession of government relations. Strategies of lobbying Congress and the executive branch. Issues of reform, including ethics rules and campaign finance. Emphasis on exploring theories and practice of lobbying/government relations through use of case studies and engagement of the class in practical “real world” lobbying exercises

Internship Opportunity

If anyone is looking for an advocacy-focused internship at a non-profit in D.C., please get in touch with me. I'm the Director of Government Affairs at AANMA--Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics--and I would love to have a college student available to help me out with some legislative research projects, Hill visits, etc. Our office is in Fairfax, Virginia, but I would be more than happy to pick you up at the Metro each morning. Hours are very flexible. E-mail me at srussell@aanma.org and check out our advocacy page at http://www.capwiz.com/aanma/home/.

Thanks!

How much do you want to know about your professor?

And how much do you want him to know about you?

D.C. Media

I would begin by concurring with my colleagues in the D.C. alumni universe who have already posted on this blog. First, paying ones dues as an intern in this city yields invaluable dividends -- even with the current turbulence on Wall Street. Second, I find the turnover rate in the job market in this city nothing short of amazing. As a practical matter, that means doors open all the time.

I grew up in a small town without many opportunities for a young professional with a top-tier college degree. So, I came back down to D.C. without a formal job offer and started pounding pavement. After a summer of relative frustration, I landed on my feet working as the House Committees Editor for the GalleryWatch division of the Roll Call group, part of the company that owns the iconic British magazine The Economist.

To see what that actually means, your best bet would be to log in to your Lexis-Nexis account and search for my name; my exploits writing for our subscription-based online publication CongressNow are well archived.

Back when you went through your freshman orientation, President Stewart probably gave you a copy of The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. Remember that. The ability of Hamilton students to write well is recognized in this city. Those writing-intensive courses at the 100-level in the Government department (and the History department . . . ) that you may have despised in progress really do provide a marketable skill.

Feel free to e-mail me at niels.lesniewski (AT) gmail.com with any questions you may have or if you are on the hunt.

By the way, anyone looking for an internship in political journalism this summer for the Hamilton semester in D.C. in the fall, should absolutely contact me with your resume ASAP. No promises, but . . .

Students: Don't forget the Govt. essay prizes! Due 7 April.

The Government Department, on behalf of the College, invites entries for the following significant essay prizes: The Dean Alfange Essay Prizes, awarded to the students who write the best and second-best essays on a feature or an issue of American constitutional government. The Pruyn Essay Prize, awarded to the senior or junior writing the best essay on “The Duties of Educated Young Citizens.” Papers originally submitted in a class are eligible. Application process: Submit one copy of the essay **using a pseudonym instead of your real name** and attach a sealed envelope with your pseudonym on the outside and your real name on the inside. Submit to Prof. Rob Martin, Govt. Dept., KJ 217A. Deadline: Monday 7 April. Questions should be directed to rmartin@hamilton.edu.

First Job in DC

I graduated from Hamilton last Spring and my first real job was on Fred Thompson's presidential campaign. As Jessica mentions below, working on a political campaign of any sort is an invaluable experience; I consider working on a presidential campaign to be a sort of necessary apprenticeship for the national political scene, but working on any campaign will give you the experience and on-the-job training that human resource officials across D.C. look for.

I did the D.C. program with Professor Eismeier in the Spring of 2006 interning for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Fox News' D.C. bureau. That summer, I stayed in D.C. and interned at the Republican National Committee. These opportunities - thanks to Hamilton's D.C. program - gave me a pretty strong resume coming out of Hamilton when I graduated last spring and allowed me to jump right on a presidential campaign.

I lucked out in a couple different ways. For one, the timing of my graduation coincided with the presidential campaign cycle so that campaigns were gearing up as I was coming on the professional scene. Also, because the Thompson campaign started later than others, and because I was willing to start as an unpaid volunteer (read intern), I truly got in on the ground floor and was in the office when it was pretty much just department heads. Before the campaign ended, I had two people working under me.

I also recommend working on a presidential campaign because they are filled with young people. On the Thompson campaign, there were at least ten kids who had also just graduated in 2007. Though I worked seven long days a week, I was always with my friends, so it often didn't feel like work at all.

The biggest reason I would recommend working on a presidential campaign is the opportunity that comes afterwards. Though Fred's bid for the White House ended prematurely, my young friends from campaign and I have all gone on to bigger and better things. One of my friends got a job at one of the premier public relations firm in the country. Another is now in charge of surrogate scheduling in the media shop at the McCain campaign. One friend now works at the White House and another in fundraising for McCain. I got a job as the executive assistant to a former governor and senator from Virginia who now has a consulting/lobbying firm.

To make it in D.C., the first thing one must do is get his or her foot in the door. Hamilton's D.C. program is an unbelievable way to do this. The next thing to do is turn relationships you make while getting your foot in the door into a real job where you can show someone your abilities and work ethic. There is always a high rate of turn-over in D.C. and other than the entertainment industry and professional sports, there is no better place where a young person can make an impact and move up quickly than politics in Washington D.C.

And it all starts with the D.C. program. Whether you want to one day be a chief of staff on the Hill or give your life to spreading awareness about your favorite cause, any Hamilton student who's interested in working in D.C. should absolutely do the D.C. program. If I can ever be of any help to any student, please feel free to email me at timothy.nussbaum@gmail.com.

Working for Congress

As a Hamilton Washington, DC Program Alum and a former Congressional staffer, I wanted to offer a few tips about landing an internship or a job on Capitol Hill. I know that one of the biggest challenges is finding a job opportunity. Whether you have recently moved to DC or are searching for an internship from your library cubicle in Clinton, NY - I know it can be difficult to figure out where to find Congressional jobs. Thus, I'd like to offer a few places that may help you find these types of opportunities. Best of luck!

Websites To Visit
Roll Call Magazine
The Hill Magazine
The Leadership Institute
Hill Zoo
U.S. Senate Employement Bulletin
House of Representatives Employement Resources

People To Contact
Hamilton Alum with Congressional Backgrounds (LinkedIn can help you find them)
Hamilton Washington Semester Professors
Congressional Committees (Pick a few whose jurisdiction interests you and then cold call them to inquire about internships)
Your Members of Congress (Whether it's the House or Senate, Members are always looking for applicants from their district or state)

Still Looking...
2008 offers many chances to volunteer for legislative campaigns. Both the DNC and RNC have headquarters in DC. Contact their offices for opportunities.

One Last Tip
Feel free to shoot me an email at jess.a.taylor@gmail.com and I'd be more than happy to let you know when I hear of openings from friends and former colleagues.

Ringtones08

Fun, free political ring tones, including "yes we can" and "client number 9"

Dapper Staffers

Tips for the fashion minded intern.

Campaign jobs for this summer and beyond

Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. (GCI), a national firm specializing in building
grassroots support for progressive causes, political candidates, public
interest campaigns, and non-profit fundraising operations, is interviewing
potential staff for their campaigns to Take Back the White House.
Grassroots Campaigns’ current and past clients include MoveOn.org, the
Democratic National Committee, the ACLU, and the League of Conservation
Voters. We are hiring for the following positions:
Position: Citizen Outreach Director
Citizen Outreach Directors and Assistant Directors manage grassroots
fundraising offices. They work with a team of other directors to recruit,
train, and work with a staff of up to 100 paid canvassers to build support
for the 2008 elections and a wide range of nonprofit organizations.
Position: Field Organizer
Field Organizers work in targeted Congressional districts and major
metropolitan areas around the country. They will recruit, train, and work
with volunteers to build the support needed to win on critical issues and
get good candidates elected. In fall 2008 Field Organizers will help run
one of the largest get-out-the-vote drives in the country.
For all positions:
Qualifications:
Sound communication and motivational skills, strong desire for political
change, and work ethic are essential. We are looking for people who have a
strong leadership background, and who are ready to take on a lot of
responsibility. Previous field organizing or canvass experience is a plus,
but not a pre-requisite.
Salary/Benefits
Annual salary begins at $24,000, and increases commensurate with
experience. Staff may opt into our health care plan. Student loan
assistance repayment program offered.
Summer Jobs:
Not a Senior? Grassroots is running one of the largest field operations in
HISTORY. We are hiring students for SUMMER JOBS in our offices across the
country. You can expect to earn anywhere from $4,800-$8,000 a summer!
Learn great communication skills and get to participate in one of the most
important campaigns the US has seen in years! Leaderships positions are
available. NOW HIRING NATIONWAIDE call Sarah 1-888-999-8852 to apply. And
check out www.bringchange2008.org to find out more information.
Locations:
Nationwide, ask recruiter for more details.
TO APPLY:
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646-428-4867
WEBSITE: http://www.grassrootscampaigns.com

LinkedIn

Dan Nye '88, CEO of LinkedIn and a Government major at Hamilton, was on campus recently to speak about social networking. LinkedIn, which some have described as Facebook for adults, has become the leading site for professional networking. It's not too early to get started. At his talk, Dan guaranteed students that if they developed a complete profile and established 100 connections, something good would happen.