Dear Service Learning Colleague:
Many of you will have received the following material and
announcement through postal services. In hopes of reaching even more
of you, or that you will forward this electronic message to your 'on-
line' colleagues, I send it to you this way.
I am requesting your assistance in helping locate students who might
be interested in The Sixth Annual Institute in Social Movements and
Strategic Nonviolence: An Experiential Inquiry Into Environmental
Justice. This combined seminar and internship project will explore
the environmental movement's response to the disproportionate impact
on people of color from pollution and other problems linked to
corporate and government policies and decisions.
Each student will intern with a member organization of the
Environmental Diversity Forum, a coalition which advocates racial,
cultural and economic diversity at all organizational levels and in
all policies and programs of the environmental movement. Please note
that the internships offer a $1,800 stipend (minimum) to each
student. Funds for travel and living expenses may also become
available.
I am now looking forward to receiving student applications for this
innovative and intensive project. Given the theme and internships
with EDF members and, moreover, the inattention (until recently) to
this problem by environmental organizations and academia, we are
attempting to expand our outreach to as many people of color as
possible, especially.
I would appreciate your fowarding and/or downloading and posting the
following brochure. For additional information or copies, please
contact me via email: dbryan@pearl.tufts.edu
I appreciate your making this opportunity known to your students and
colleagues. This experiential-learning project offers students an
exciting and challenging opportunity in an important subject matter.
For peace and justice,
Dale Bryan
Program Coordinator
A Project of Peace and Justice Studies
in collaboration with The Environmental Diversity Forum
The 6th Annual
Institute in Social Movements
and Strategic Nonviolence
An Experiential Inquiry Into Environmental Justice
May 28 - August 2, 1996
The Institute
The institute will explore both the limits and potential of strategic
nonviolence in the environmental justice movement, in particular, and
the prevailing social science theories about social movements,
generally. To more fully accomplish its objectives, the institute
provides internships at organizations advocating social change and
public agencies implementing policy on key environmental issues.
This intensive action-learning program offers a seminar exploring
academic analyses, social movement theory, nonviolence, strategies
for social change, and participants' internship experiences.
Topics To Be Explored:
- social movements and social forces of change
- environmental degradation and the disproportionate impact on people
of color and on women
- theory and principles of nonviolence in the work of Gandhi, King,
and Sharp
- values of green politics, deep and social ecology, and ecofeminism
Who May Apply
Juniors and seniors enrolled in peace studies programs are especially
encouraged to attend. Students in environmental studies, African
American studies, Latino/Chicano studies, Asian American/Pacific
Islander studies, Native American studies, women's studies, or one of
the social sciences would also find the institute useful. Master's
candidates will be considered.
Academic Credit
Participants may earn two Tufts course credits (equivalent to eight
semester-hour credits elsewhere) for the seminar and internship.
However, academic credit for the internship is optional.
Cost
$1,980 for seminar and internship (2 credits), or $1,490 for seminar
(credit) and internship (audit); plus $40 Summer School registration
fee. Tuition and housing costs are due at the time of registration.
Stipends and Scholarships
All institute participants will receive a $1,800 minimum stipend as
compensation for internship responsibilities. Additional stipend and
travel scholarships may be available. Stipends (and scholarships)
will be paid during the institute.
How to Apply
Complete the attached application form and mail the requisite
supporting information to the Peace and Justice Studies office no
later than April 1, 1996 (postmarked). Materials received after that
date will be reviewed on a space-available basis.
Application on reverse side.
Internships Available
Each participant will intern twenty-five hours weekly with an EDF
member organization. The EDF advocates racial, cultural and economic
diversity at all organizational levels and in all policies and
programs of the environmental movement. Placements offer leadership
development opportunities among strategic decision-making, outreach,
mobilization, research, and coalition-building efforts. Internships
are available with the following groups:
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative - to assist this racially and
culturally diverse community group with efforts to reduce local
environmental hazards and to foster interracial and intercultural
understanding and collaboration among residents.
Eagle Eye Institute - to assist the Director in coordinating on-site,
multi-faceted, experiential education programs which aim to connect
underserved multi-cultural youth with rural and urban environments.
Environmental Diversity Forum - to assist the Executive Director with
implementation and coordination of community outreach, and research
and writing for internal publications and external media.
Lead Action Collaborative - to assist the project director in
organizing forums, workshops, outreach and funding research for this
coalition, whose goal is to substantially reduce the incidence of
childhood lead poisoning in Boston's highest-risk neighborhoods.
Mass. Campaign to Clean Up Hazardous Waste - to assist their Urban
Toxics Campaign with research, neighborhood outreach, and strategy
development to address both neighborhood and statewide environmental
problems.
Mass. Department of Environmental Protection - to assist the
Diversity Committee in reviewing the impact of DEP compliance
activities on low-income communities and communities of color in
Boston, and with the distribution of regulatory and environmental
hazards information.
Native Ecology Initiative - to assist the Director with coordination,
communications, and research in preparation for the New England
Tribal Environmental Summit -- a conference of all the New England
tribes, nations and grassroots native peoples to share resources and
strategies for environmental protection and economic development.
Native American student preferred.
Roca Revere - to assist the Director and youth leaders of YouthSTAR,
a youth service and conservation corps, with the promotion and
evaluation of a strategic plan which focuses on outreach, education,
networking, and tactical innovation among local organizations.
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay - to assist the Policy Director with
implementation of "Harbor Visions Crew 1996," which involves a youth
crew in a variety of educational presentations and service activities
for youth participants in community-based summer programs.
South African Exchange Program on Environmental Justice - to assist
in corporate responsibility campaigns, including research and writing
of publications and networking among U.S. and South African groups
which focus on the effects of toxics and environmental degradation on
public health.
Union of Concerned Scientists - to assist the Science Director of the
National Religious Partnership for the Environment, an alliance
between scientists and religious leaders representing four faith
groups - Catholics, Jews, Evangelicals, and Protestants - with
outreach to traditional Black churches and research on issues of
environmental justice, sustainability and consumption.
Wastewater Advisory Committee - to assist this citizen committee,
which advises the Mass. Water Resources Authority, in researching
policy issues on system growth, watershed planning, toxics reduction,
and public education.
For more information, contact Dale Bryan, Program Coordinator, Peace
and Justice Studies, 109 Eaton Hall, Tufts University, Medford, MA
02155
Phone: (617) 628-5000 ext. 2261.
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"For the experience of in-depth work with an organization, and for
the worth of in-depth theoretical analysis that provides a
constructive critique of that work, this program is good for anyone
who wants to understand and/or join the ranks of those working for
progressive social change."
Ginny Hamilton, Tufts University student, summer 1991
Faculty
Dale Bryan, Institute Director, is Program Coordinator of the Peace
and Justice Studies program at Tufts University. For twelve years he
has directed the program's internship component, and designed
service-learning and experiential-education projects. He is also a
Professional Development Associate with Educators for Social
Responsibility.
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"The institute was a tremendous program for me. It motivates and
educates. Anyone who is interested in real ways to implement peace
and justice into their lives, into their careers, would benefit from
this program."
Kathleen King, Clarke College student, summer 1991
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"The institute served as a vehicle for change in my life. The
program baptized me in social movement fire and renewed in me a
spirit for addressing the social ills of society."
D'Vell M. Garrison, Howard University student, summer 1993
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"Nonviolence is really tough. You don't practice nonviolence by
attending conferences you practice it on the picket lines."
Cesar Chavez
A Project of Peace and Justice Studies
in collaboration with the Environmental Diversity Forum
The 6th Annual Institute in Social Movements
and Strategic Nonviolence
An Experiential Inquiry Into Environmental Justice
A Summer Institute for juniors and seniors studying peace, conflict,
justice, global and ecological security...
Medford, Massachusetts
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"World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor
unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin
anew."
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tufts University
The institute will meet on the Tufts campus in Medford,
Massachusetts, a few minutes from downtown Boston and many points of
interest. The MBTA Red Line stop is a short walk away, and Harvard
Square can be easily reached by bus or subway. Cape Cod, Plymouth,
the Berkshires, Newport, R.I., and southern New Hampshire and Maine,
are all a day trip away by car.
Housing, Meals, Campus Facilities
Participants who require housing during the institute can reserve a
room in the summer residence hall for $775 for the ten weeks. Meals
may be purchased in several campus dining facilities. While on
campus, participants will have full campus privileges, including use
of the libraries, recreational facilitates, swimming pool, and dining
halls.
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Application Form: Institute in Social Movements and Strategic
Nonviolence
Name:________________Birthdate:____________Soc. Sec. #____-____-_____
Current year in school:_______________________School:________________
Current Address:_____________________________________________________
Current Phone: (_____)_______-_______Permanent Phone:(____)__________
Permanent Address:___________________________________________________
Major/Program:_______________________________________________________
Please indicate your 1st and 2nd choice among the available
internship placements:
1st_________________________________2nd______________________________
Along with a transcript and resume, please send a 1-2 page statement
that mentions: your interest in the institute; current academic
interests; activism experience (if any); reasons for your first and
second choices, as well as interest in others; courses completed that
relate to social movements, nonviolence, and environmental problems;
and travel scholarship needs, if any.
Check here if you want academic credit for the internship.
Check here if you will require campus housing.
Please return to Dale Bryan, Program Coordinator, Peace and Justice
Studies, 109 Eaton Hall, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155.
By fax: (617)627-3032
email: dbryan@pearl.tufts.edu