AmeriCorps Promise Fellowships

Colleagues:

Please pass this announcement to your students who might be interested in
the AmeriCorps Promise Fellowship

Thanks.

Vincent Peters




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MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR!!

Two AmeriCorps Promise Fellowship Opportunities
at the Civic Literacy Project in Bloomington, Indiana

Help youth across Indiana become involved in community service and
service-learning addressing important needs like housing, literacy, and
tolerance. We have two positions available:

1) Develop and coordinate city and statewide programs including:
 * Plan and conduct a service project in another state or country;
 * Organize a two-day, statewide conference on service-learning;
 * Organize a four-day summer institute on service-learning.

2) Public relations and communication with state agencies and  non-profits
 * Develop a newsletter and a monthly "service-learning FAX"
     that goes to 1500 schools;
 * Maintain and develop web pages to provide information to
      students and teachers;
 * Work with schools on press releases and Op Ed articles
      about their service-learning projects.

REQUIREMENTS: Interest and experience with community service is required,
and everyone volunteers on community service projects during the "seasons of
service." The ideal candidates will be highly motivated, have strong
organization and communication skills and have experience using MS Office.
Some local travel is required as is some limited national travel to
conferences or meetings. This is a one year, full-time Fellowship, starting
on or about November 1st, 2000.

COMPENSATION: These are AmeriCorps Promise Fellowships and the stipends are
very competitive. Health insurance and an education award is also provided.
The education award can be used to pay for future classes or to pay off
student loans. Student loans are deferred during the Fellowship period.

The CIVIC LITERACY PROJECT is located in the Center for Participation and
Citizenship at Indiana University. We work with educators and students
across Indiana to foster civic education and to promote service-learning. We
have helped over 20,000 young people become involved in service-learning
over the past three years providing hundreds of thousands of hours of needed
service, in programs that have received national recognition. Help make a
difference!

TO APPLY: Send cover letter and resume to: The CIVIC LITERACY PROJECT,
Woodburn Hall 210, Bloomington, IN 47405. For more information, please check
out our web site (http://serve.indiana.edu) or send us an email with
questions (wdmorgan@indiana.edu).       Applications will be reviewed as
they are received and we hope to fill both positions by November 15th, 2000.


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Vincent Peters
Associate Dean of Off-Campus Programs &
Professor of Social Work
3900 Bethel Drive
Arden Hills, MN 55112
Phone:  (651) 638-6124
Fax: (651) 635-1966
Internet: v-peters@bethel.edu

"I slept and dreamt that life was pleasure;
  I woke and saw that life was service;
  I served and discovered that service was pleasure."

                                         - Rabindranath Tagore

"The greatest tragedy is not to live and die, as we all must.
  The greatest tragedy is for a person to live and die
  without knowing the satisfaction of giving life to others."

                                         - Cesar E. Chavez

"As long as space remains,
  As long as living beings remain,
  I will remain
  In order to Serve."
                                        - Dalai Lama
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