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Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) - Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program
The Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO, pronounced "C-2") is a racial-justice organization dedicated to building a social-justice movement led by people of color. For the past 25 years, the Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) has been on the cutting edge of change efforts in communities of color.
The Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program (MAAP), established in 1985, is an 8-week-long intensive training program that provides people of color with the opportunity to develop skills and experience in grassroots organizing. For the past 20 years, MAAP has been the Movement's flagship organizer-training program for people of color, bringing motivated young activists together from all over the country to teach them the science and art of organizing communities around their most salient issues. MAAP has trained more than 300 organizers, many of whom currently hold positions of responsibility within social-justice organizations around the country.
Interns will be full-time staff members of organizations and will be provided with a $250/week stipend (before tax), temporary health insurance, as well as secured housing and local transportation accommodations for the duration of their fieldwork. CTWO will cover the cost of round-trip travel between Oakland and their placement sites. CTWO determines placement through several considerations: the need of the host organization (i.e. language, gender, particular skills, etc), the organization's geographical location, the general pool of interns and hosts. Although interns may express preferences, CTWO makes final decisions about where interns are placed.
http://www.ctwo.org/index.php?s=27
Focus Area: Advocacy, Community Organizing, Economics, Education
Open to: Graduating seniors, Recent graduates
Deadline Month: March
Duration: Summer
Location: U.S. Midwest, U.S. Northeast, U.S. South, U.S. West
Notes: Other: Please note that this program is for people of color, and for those who have demonstrated interest in organizing communities for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice.
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