Dear Service Learning Colleague:
The Seventh Annual Institute in Social Movements and Strategic
Nonviolence: An Experiential Inquiry Into Environmental Justice is
now accepting applications from students. 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. Once again we request your assistance in helping us
locate students, especially persons of color, who might be interested
in participating in this innovative and intensive project.
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 $2,000 stipend (minimum) to each
student. Additional funds for travel and living expenses may be
available.
We would appreciate your posting the enclosed flyers and using the
brochures for students that may inquire. For additional information
or copies, our address and phone number are below; via email, the
address is dbryan@pearl.tufts.edu
We 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 7th Annual
Institute in Social Movements
and Strategic Nonviolence
An Experiential Inquiry Into Environmental Justice
May 21 - August 1, 1997
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
$2,100 for seminar and internship (2 credits), or $1,550 for seminar
(credit) and internship (audit); plus $40 Summer School registration
fee. Tuition and housing costs (reverse side) are due at the time of
registration.
Stipends and Scholarships
All institute participants will receive a $2,000 minimum stipend as
compensation for internship responsibilities. Additional stipend and
travel scholarships may become 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, 1997 (postmarked). Materials received after that
date will be reviewed on a space-available basis. Interviews will
begin upon receipt of all material.
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:
Alternatives for Community & Environment - to assist this law office
with educational and legal/technical support programs specifically
focused on developing a blueprint for urban environmental organizing
with Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative.
Eagle Eye Institute - to assist the Director in coordinating on-site,
multi-faceted, environmental education programs which aim to connect
underserved multi-cultural youth with rural and urban environments.
Environmental Diversity Forum - to assist the Executive Director in
strengthening coalition activities addressing local watersheds,
developing a parents lead poisoning prevention network, and assisting
community efforts to identify and address neighborhood environmental
problems.
Lead Action Collaborative - to assist the project director in
coordinating community events such as Lead Awareness Week, organizing
press conferences and meetings, and creating written materials, all
of which aim to substantially reduce the incidence of childhood lead
poisoning in Boston's highest-risk neighborhoods.
Mass. Department of Environmental Protection - to assist the
Environmental Justice Committee with the distribution of information
concerning the DEP Language Bank, in reviewing the impact of DEP
compliance activities on low-income communities and communities of
color in Massachusetts, and with the distribution of regulatory and
environmental hazards information relating to low income communities.
Roca - 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
preparation and implementation of "Harbor Visions Crew 1997," which
involves a youth crew in a variety of educational presentations and
service activities for youth participants in community-based summer
programs.
Toxics Action Center - to assist their Urban Toxics Campaign with
research, neighborhood outreach, and strategy development to address
both neighborhood and statewide environmental problems.
Wastewater Advisory Committee - to assist this citizen committee,
which advises the Mass. Water Resources Authority, with school
education about harbor water quality, and to collaborate with other
harbor organizations in public outreach and education efforts.
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. email: dbryan@pearl.tufts.edu
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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 thirteen years
he has directed the program's internship component, and designed
service-learning and experiential-education projects.
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"Now I am a true believer in experiential education! Academics and
activism are not mutually exclusive, as I previously thought. Being
able to examine my social justice work in the light of theory and
history has helped me tenfold in my future work."
Christine Leano, Yale University student, summer 1996
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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 7th 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 $810 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 no later than April 1, 1997 (postmarked) to:
Dale Bryan, Program Coordinator, Peace and Justice Studies, 109 Eaton
Hall, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155.
By fax: (617)627-3032
By email: dbryan@pearl.tufts.edu