INDECISION: THE RHETORIC OF POLITICS
Campaign speeches, State of the Union addressed, debates, campaign slogans: how do politicians present views and promises? How do politicians appeal to our intellects, emotions and social identities? How do those appeals influence our perceptions of political causes? How so politics affect what gets done in the real world? This class will offer you the chance to work for local nonprofits and make a difference in how constituents understand politics as it pertains to public perceptions and experiences.
PWR 2 Spring 2008
MW 11-12: 50 or MW 1:15-3:05
Dr. Patti Hanlon-Baker
Hanlon@stanford.edu
This class is part of the Community Writing Project (CWP)

FRUSTRATED WITH HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA?
Why not learn more about the system...Health Care and Policy Reform, Public Policy 156. Topics covered in this course will include competing health care reform proposals at the state and local levels. Focus is on California including proposals for expanding coverage for children, a single payer system, employer and individual mandates. Recent proposals in other states including Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont; their relation to national efforts. Attention to local reform efforts, including in San Francisco.  Prospects for future policy.  Contact: Niki Calastas, Public Policy Program, nikic@stanford.edu or (650)736.2319.

CSRE203A: THE CHANGING FACE OF AMERICA: STRATEGIES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Day/Time: Thursday, 2:15-5:05 pm. Professors: James P.Steyer, jim@commonsensemedia.org and James M. Montoya, jmontoya@collegeboard.org This upper division seminar will explore some of the most significant debates facing American society in the 21st century. Designed for students with significant leadership potential who have already studied these topics in lecture format, this seminar will focus on in-depth analysis of current race discrimination strategies and their relation to a variety of educational reform initiatives. Past students have been able to use this course in their Political Science, Sociology, Communication, Public Policy, History and American Studies breadth requirements. Class enrollment is selective: Past Guest speakers include SF District Attorney Kamala Harris, Professor Pam Karlan, Dean of Admissions Rick Shaw, and others. Mock Admission Committee and Affirmative Action Debate; KIPP Bayview Academy students visit Stanford; Visit Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. HOW TO APPLY - Please write a short essay addressing the following questions: Why would you like to participate in this seminar? What leadership skills, experience and perspectives will you contribute to CSRE 203A? Email essay to Professors Steyer and Montoya and teaching assistants csepe@stanford.edu and njideka@stanford.edu by 11:59 p.m., March 26. If admitted to the seminar, you will be notified before the quarter begins. Please note the class day and time when selecting other courses.

INDIAN SCIENCE OF LIFE
Join us every Monday night from 7-8 pm at the Stanford Graduate Community Center (GCC), Nairobi Room for Oxygen Bar 101 - a BeWell sponsored weekly wellness break!
Each week, learn creative and fun ways to relax and unwind with speakers/experts from all over the Bay Area! Contact: Debanti Sengupta, debanti@stanford.edu.

PAID ORGANIZING OPPORTUNITY
Change Agent Summer Organizing Program, May 30-September 28. Looking for 75 Individuals Committed to Changing Their Communities Be the Change, Inc., in collaboration with the ServiceNation Organizing Committee, is seeking 75 energetic individuals from around the country to help jump-start the ServiceNation Movement to bring national service to scale in the United States. We are looking for people who believe in the transformational power of citizen service and are ready to help call for a new era of citizenship and service in America. No organizing experience necessary. 
Change Agent Academy - May 30-June 3: Attend all expenses paid trip to Atlanta to learn everything you need to know to be a summer organizer. Participate in the Hands On Network/Points of Light Conference following the training. Learn skills, processes, and best practices for organizing and movement building.
Training and Support: Work as part of a diverse regional team. Weekly check-in calls with Field Director. Bi-weekly training calls. Opportunity to attend the ServiceNation Summit in New York City on September 18.
Organizing and Movement Building Activities: Work in your local community. Attend and host community forums and public meetings. Organize a local steering committee.  Learn to navigate the local political system. Convene and train local citizens to continue organizing throughout the year.
September 27 Day of Action: Work with steering committee you create to organize a Day of Action event in your community. Conduct outreach to local media and public officials.
Time Commitment: Full-time during the summer. Advanced planning will allow for part-time work in September.
Stipend: $3750 to be divided equally and paid by check monthly.
To Apply: Complete the online application at:
 http://www.bethechangeinc.org/servicenation/movement/change_agent_academy.  Deadline to apply: April 15. Contact: Emily Cherniack, echerniack@bethechangeinc.org or 617-252-2466 or visit www.servicenation.org and click on Change Agent  Program.

COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK-STUDY – ANYWHERE IN U.S. FOR SUMMER 08
Want to earn $12/hr at a nonprofit of your choice this summer? Are you work-study eligible? Community Service Work-Study is the perfect program for you!!! Work anywhere in U.S. at a nonprofit or government agency that does work that interests you. Choose and organization, complete the necessary paperwork, and apply by the May 16 deadline. Upcoming Info. Sessions at the Haas Center: Wednesday, March 12, 2-3 pm, Thursday, March 13, 3-4 pm. Find out more information on the website: http://haas.stanford.edu/index.php/item/386. Contact Erica Campbell at eec@stanford.edu with questions. A Program of the Office of Financial Aid & Haas Center for Public Service.

JOB OPPORTUNITY WITH YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Spark, a youth apprenticeship program, is seeking to hire a part-time program coordinator for their Redwood City program in February, ideally to become full-time in May. This would be great for someone finishing a degree this spring. Spark inspires middle-school youth to pursue their interests, create bonds with their communities, and develop a lifelong passion for learning. To accomplish this mission, Spark operates summer and after-school programs that match students with apprenticeships in professions of their choice at local workplaces. Spark is looking for a Redwood City Program Coordinator. Interested? Contact: Chris Balme, Spark Co-Director, Tel. 415-626-5470

DIVERSITY WEEK AT STANFORD
Closing Call to Action
Tuesday 3/4, 6-7:30pm, Tresidder Oak East
Hear what student leaders have to say about diversity at Stanford. Find out what steps YOU can take to support the cause. Refreshments Served.
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Council, GSC Diversity Committee, Associated Students of Stanford University, and Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education

SUSTAINABLE PLACES: LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM
Please save the date, March 4, 1:00 to 4:00 pm, for a Stanford University symposium, Sustainable Places: Leadership in the Public and Private Sectors, including: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Felicity Barringer, Lawrence Goulder, Dian Grueneich, Mary Nichols, Christina Page, Joseph Stagner, James Sweeney, Peter Williams! Memorial Auditorium, 551 Serra Mall, free and open to the public. This is not a ticketed event. More: http://woods.stanford.edu/woods/y2e2.html. Sponsored by Energy Crossroads and the Woods Institute for the Environment.

LEARN MORE ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AT SPOTLIGHT ON SERVICE
Inspire, Inform, Connect! Interested in learning more about homelessness?
Want to visit a local organization working to help people in poverty?
 On SATURDAY, MARCH 8, from 9 am-12 pm, Spotlight on Service will be visiting a local homeless and poverty resource center and hosting a discussion/reflection session with Stanford faculty. If you're interested, e-mail spotlightonservice@gmail.com by NOON on Thursday, March 6. 15 participants will be chosen from the application pool on a random basis and informed Thursday evening. 

COMMUNITY LESSONS ABOUT SERVICE-LEARNING
Service-learning and community-based research is often addressed by those in institutions of higher education. Hear from the leaders of local community organizations discussing their experience with hosting Stanford students. Panelists will address both the challenges and possibilities of academic and community partnerships. This is a great event for students preparing for future internships and fellowships. Tuesday, March 11, 12:00-1:00 pm, Haas Center, DK Room, Lunch provided.
Featuring: Sonya Clark-Herrera, Executive Director, Mural, Music and Arts Project
Lourdes Muguerza, Community of Learners Program Director, Nuestra Casa
Moderator: Dr. Kathy Coll, PhD, a cultural anthropologist whose post-doctoral research focuses on issues of immigration, gender, and cultural citizenship in the U.S.
RSVP: manah@stanford.edu by Friday, March, 7. Please include any dietary restrictions.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH TransparentDemocracy 
TransparentDemocracy seeks Stanford Student interns to help launch its services. “Science is not the problem…. We have to get together as a democracy and get our government to make changes.” – Donald Glaser, 1960 Nobel Laureate and UC Berkeley physics professor, January 20, 2007, at meeting of six Nobel Laureates to discuss how to address climate change. These observations apply to many of the greatest challenges we face – climate change, developing alternative energy sources, proliferation of nuclear weapons, global pandemics, food and water shortages, resource depletion, species loss, poverty – and the institutions thru which we’re attempting to address them. TransparentDemocracy will rapidly increase our ability to effectively address these challenges by using newer information technologies and organizing models to enable us to, as Dr. Glaser put it, “get together as a democracy and get our government [and other institutions] to make changes.” TransparentDemocracy, a non-profit (“501c3”), web-based service, will transform electoral contests from battles of money into battles of ideas, make the social and environmental impacts of our economic activities more transparent and actionable, and enable individuals and organizations to collaborate more effectively to address the wide range of challenges we face.  During Winter Quarter 2008 Professor Larry Diamond offered student interns academic credit through independent study on issues related to improving and reforming American democracy.  This developed into an informal service-learning seminar.  Professor Diamond is also willing to offer independent study credit to students during Spring Quarter on an individual basis (with some written work required for more than nominal units).
 Please send your resume and contact information to kim@transparentdemocracy.org.

FUNDING FOR SUMMER INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Apply for the Haas Center's new International Service Grant or African Service Grant.
These grants are designed to help students engage in international service by helping to fund the associated program and travel costs. See this website for application and program information: http://haas.stanford.edu/index.php/item/1950.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 2, 2008

NAACP SUMMER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
What are you doing this summer? Interested in interning with the NAACP Youth & College Division? The NAACP Youth & College Division has partnered with the AT&T Foundation to host a six-week fellowship and internship program during the summer of 2008. The program will run from June 14th to July 25th, 2008. This program will provide undergrad and graduate students with the opportunity to work in the NAACP offices in Baltimore, MD, New York, NY, or Washington, DC. As an NAACP/AT&T Fellow or Intern you will work with NAACP staff on relevant matters concerning organizational issues, education, health, civic engagement, juvenile justice and economic empowerment. Through this program you will gain valuable non-profit experience and networking opportunities, while increasing your knowledge about various aspects of the civil rights movement.  As a Fellow or Intern you will also have the opportunity to attend the Annual NAACP Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. All NAACP/AT&T Fellows and Interns will receive a stipend and lodging assistance may be available. Transportation to and from the internship city will not be provided. Application is available on the NAACP Y&C webpage at http://www.naacp.org/youth/college/index.htm. The deadline is March 24, 2008.

STRATEGIC CORPORATE RESEARCH SUMMER SCHOOL
The AFL-CIO and Cornell University are sponsoring a Strategic Corporate Research Summer School on June 8-13, 2008 in Ithaca, New York. This course is offered once a year and has been a good stepping-stone for students of all ages who are interested in union research jobs.  It has been particularly helpful for prospects that have no corporate research experience and/or no union staff experience.  Since the program's inception, scores of course participants have landed researcher jobs at unions around the country. The application deadline is May 9. Scholarships are available. To obtain a registration form and other information, go to http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/courses/on/special/scr.php, or contact Sarai Narvaez at (607) 254-4749 or e-mail at scr-school@cornell.edu

INTERNSHIP AT Centro Las Libres de Informacion en Salud Sexual, Region Central (Mexico)
Centro Las Libres works to advance and defend sexual and reproductive rights in Mexico by: empowering women and youth in disadvantaged rural and urban communities through ongoing training workshops and education; engaging young leaders and expanding our impact through our Las Libres' Youth Health Promoter's Network; providing comprehensive legal and psychological counseling for victims of sexual violence and rape; advocating for and defending the rights of victims of sexual violence and rape, particularly access to legal abortion; promoting a social and political atmosphere of human rights and equality.1) Candidates must be either Spanish native speakers or speak Spanish fluently. All candidates will be interviewed in Spanish by the executive director Verónica Cruz Sánchez over the telephone. 2) Candidates must be MA, JD, or PhD students (or graduates) with a specialization in topics related to Las Libres' work--law, psychology, social work or public health. 3) Interns must provide their own room and board as we will no longer be housing interns at the Centro. Therefore, candidates will need to find scholarships or another means of funding for the duration of their stay. We are located in Guanajuato, Gto, the capital city of one the most conservative states in Mexico. http://www.laslibres.org/eng. Contact: Kimberley Silver, silverkimberley@yahoo.com.mx.

SUMMER OPPORTUNITY FOR STANFORD UNDERGRADUATES
University Paideia - a four week project to be held this July at Stanford is now recruiting undergraduate participants. The program, sponsored by Stanford's School of Education, will bring together teachers, undergraduates, and high school students from traditionally underserved populations to explore the processes of teaching and learning. Further, undergraduate participants may either enroll in the program for Stanford University credit (up to five units) or for a paid stipend. For more information, potential applicants can visit www.upaideia.org or email Jack Schneider, the program's director, at jack@upaideia.org.

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS WITH MARKET FOR CHANGE
Summer internships are available in Mountain View and Nairobi with Market for Change, which aims to catalyze sustainable economic development and poverty alleviation by creating a thriving, active market for small and medium-sized business process outsourcing vendors in Africa and other developing regions. Reply with applications or questions directly to Joy at Market for Change: joy@marketforchange.org

YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
This year’s program is in HAITI with some major self-development, service & eco-action! This is an amazing self-development program as well as leadership training and empowerment. It has been completely life-transforming for many. This is the YLTP Haiti video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2ZXjG2mDW0w. Also, check out www.artoflivingyouth.org/yltp.htm for more info. Other students at Stanford have done this program in New Orleans, after Katrina - to hear their experiences, email emmas@stanford.edu.

JOIN FACE AIDS’ RIDE AGAINST AIDS
Not sure what you want to do this summer?  Love biking and big adventures?  Want to take part in a nationwide student movement for health and social justice?  Join FACE AIDS' second annual Ride Against AIDS, and bike from San Francisco to New York City between June and August 2008!  Apply by the deadline: March 25! Email: annie@faceaids.org

ASIAN LIVER CENTER – ANNUAL RUN/WALK
The Asian Liver Center and Answer to Cancer Proudly Present: LIVERight 2008, 3rd Annual 5K Run/Walk, Saturday, May 10, 2008, San Francisco Golden Gate Park. Register at http://liver.stanford.edu.

TEACH – ANYTHING YOU WANT FOR SPLASH ON APRIL 5!
Want to teach tap dancing?  C++?  Improv acting? Calculus?  Number theory?  Science fiction?  Genetics? Political science?  Swahili?  Knitting? Don't have a lot of time to spare? TEACH anything you want FOR SPLASH!
This April 5, hundreds of high school students will be coming to the Stanford campus to take enrichment classes offered by Stanford undergraduate and graduate students. The students won't be graded, attendance won't  be taken, and they won't have to do any homework they don't want to. They'll come because they want to learn. The Stanford Educational Studies Program invites you to teach for Splash, our ONE DAY learning extravaganza that draws motivated high school students to the Stanford campus to take classes from excited teachers: you! Teach your hobbies.  Teach your passions.  
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008
Apply at http://www.stanfordesp.org/

VOLUNTEER TO TUTOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH IN PALO ALTO
Caring and patient tutors needed for low-income youth ages 10-16 in Palo Alto.  Meet with a student twice a week during the school year to help them catch up with homework, improve school success, and enrich their lives. Tutor training and support provided. Required skills & attributes: Teaching or tutoring experience, patience, reliability, able to pass
criminal background check and able to meet student at their home in Palo Alto apartment complex or on the Stanford campus. Contact: Kate Young, Director of Resident Services, to express your interest, kyoung@paloaltohousingcorp.org  or 650-326-0111.

ON THE MARK MENTORING PROGRAM SEEKS MENTORS FOR YOUTH
Make a difference in a young person's life! Mentor a child in the community. The non-sectarian On The Mark mentoring program, through Jewish Family and Children's Services in Palo Alto, is looking for volunteers to volunteer and have fun, one-to-one, with a young person, 8-18, in need of encouragement and supportive guidance. A commitment of one hour/week for the academic school year is required-meeting place and times flexible. Volunteers are screened, trained and receive on-going support. Contact: Romina Avram, Coordinator, Youth Development Programs, RominaA@jfcs.org or (650) 688-3056.

SIGN UP FOR STANFORD RELAY FOR LIFE!
Why? Make a difference in someone's life, make a difference in your own life, and have a blast while at it! What? A community event about raising funds for cancer research, celebrating survivors and hope, and generating awareness about cancer. It involves a 24-hour walk, with Luminaria, great entertainment, and some of the coolest people you'll ever meet! (Regarding commitments, we suggest that each person raise $100 and that there is a representative from the team on the track the entire time. You do not have to be there all 24 hours unless you want to, and you can definitely help each other raise money.) When? Relay will take place April 11-12, 5pm-5pm at Roble Field. Go to http://www.events.cancer.org/rflstanfordca/. Click "Start a Team" on the right-hand corner. Then just follow the directions and get a team signed up.  Feel free to get creative with team names. The registration fee can be paid either immediately online, or just click the first option and send us a check when you are ready. Get team members to sign up. Pass them the link above and tell them to follow the "Join a Team" part. Fundraise!  Have fun and get creative!  =)  Don't worry, we'll help you along the way. Contact: Pin-yi, pinyiko@stanford.edu or stanfordrelay08@gmail.com

PACIFIC FREE CLINIC DIABETES RESEARCH
Want to gain exposure to community based research and have opportunities to talk with patients about their diabetes care? The project is looking at chronic models of disease management in particular, the efficacy of diabetes care at Pacific Free Clinic (PFC). The project involves chart reviews to determine how well PFC is meeting the current standard of care as established by the American Diabetes Association and a survey component interviewing patients to determine issues with patient education and access to ophthalmology care. Looking for committed team members especially Spanish and Vietnamese speakers to help with the project on a 3-5hr/wk basis. Potential to be included on a resulting publication. Any questions or if interested, please contact Lauren Chan: laurenchan@gmail.com, Community Resources Chair at PFC, 2nd yr med student.

COMMUNITY UNITED AGAINST VIOLENCE
Community United Against Violence (CUAV) crisis line volunteer training is coming in spring.  Please go online to our website (www.cuav.org) and fill out an application. Questions and concerns: Javy 415-777-5500 ext 314 or javy@cuav.org. Community United Against Violence (CUAV) is a multicultural organization working to end violence against and within our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) communities. We believe that in order to end homo/bi/transphobia, we must confront all forms of oppression, including racism, sexism, ageism, classism, and ableism. CUAV offers a 24-hour confidential, multilingual crisis line, free counseling, legal advocacy, and emergency assistance (hotel, food, and transportation) to survivors of hate and domestic violence. (CUAV uses education as a violence prevention tool through our speakers bureau, youth program, and education and outreach program.

VOLUNTEER TO HELP STUDENTS IN RURAL CHINA GET AN EDUCATION!
Project FEY: Fighting for Education in Yuzhong seeks to help these students pursue their dreams by finding sponsors to subsidize their tuition. Money alone, however, cannot keep students who want to study but don’t have the resources in school. The success of Project FEY will depend on the roles of several leadership positions. Logistics: This crucial job will include keeping a detailed account of all of the students, their age, grade, and school of attendance. Translations: The director of translations will organize other volunteers to translate documents between Chinese and English, so students and sponsors can keep in tough. Fundraising: The director of fundraising will be in charge of recruiting sponsors and collecting donations in a timely manner. YOU can make a difference in the lives of these children! Interested? Contact Alice at aliceywang@stanford.edu for more information about how to help!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIGHT POVERTY TODAY?
Our University is apart of a Click-Drive right now and all you have to do is click for this site two times a day!! We're currently in 4th Place!  We trail College of Wooster by just $50 and we've grown remarkably from last week. The competition lasts until March 17 so keep clicking twice a day, everyday! Please see below for instructions.
1/ Go to http://www.povertyfighters.com 
2/ Select Stanford University
3/ Click the big blue button
4/ On the next page, you may click again!
Everyday, each computer can donate twice and that raises $1 for causes such as fight hunger and poverty, conserve the environment, empower women, combat AIDS,and improve labor standards. 

SIGN UP TO BE A SPOON BREAKFAST COOK!!!
SPOON, Stanford's hunger awareness organization, organizes a weekly Monday and Tuesday breakfast cooking program where you can cook breakfast with your dorm or interest group (church, community service, a capella, dance, fraternity, sorority, cultural, etc.) and serve it to the homeless at the Palo Alto Opportunity Center. This is a great way to help out the community, spend time with your peers and HAVE FUN! :) THE FOLLOWING DATES ARE STILL OPEN: March 28, 24, 25, 31. Car access necessary. For more information on SPOON or to sign up for a breakfast or lunch slot contact: Paula (Breakfast Cook Coordinator), cpdla192@stanford.edu.

SUBMIT TO SIX DEGREES: A STANFORD JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS
We are looking for articles between 500 and 2000 words that draw from a combination of in-depth research and personal experience of a current or recent human rights violation occurring anywhere in the world. Send submissions to hrsubmissions@lists.stanford.edu. See sixdegrees.stanford.edu for more information. Now also accepting photography, artwork, poetry, personal narratives, and book reviews: Be Creative!