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Posted by: karen on 01/04/2008 05:43 PM
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CONTRACT POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT- IMMEDIATE OPENING
(January 2008)
Executive Director, Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota (EJAM)
www.ejamn.org
Seeking an energetic, community-building and visionary leader for a blossoming grassroots environmental justice organization. EJAM seeks a half-time Executive Director to oversee our grassroots work on climate justice and chemical pollution.
The Executive Director will be responsible for:
· Working closely with the Board of Directors to build EJAM’s organizing, advocacy and administrative capacities as an organization.
· Oversee EJAM’s 2008 Work Plan including organizing and advocacy around: climate justice, arsenic contamination in Phillips neighborhood, chemicals policy and youth leadership development.
· Oversee EJAM’s youth development work and supervise a part time youth worker.
· Supervise a full time organizer, a part time organizer, a part time administrative assistant and collaborate with EJAM’s climate justice contractor.
· Oversee EJAM’s “Community Advocacy and Research” and “Community Organizing” activities for the climate justice project, including convening the Climate Justice Work Group.
· Oversee administrative and communication functions, including: budgeting, financial tracking, web site development and communications.
· In cooperation with the board, coordinate fundraising efforts.
· Serve as EJAM liaison with various groups
Qualifications – The successful candidate will have:
· Passion for environmental justice and will be a member of an affected community or group.
· Knowledge of environmental justice issues and background in health or environmental advocacy.
· Strong writing and oral communication skills. Experience with media and communication is desirable.
· Commitment and capacity to bring together diverse groups and individuals, including experience in working cross culturally.
· A bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of relevant organizing or project management experience, preferably including staff supervision, coalition work, organizational development, strategic organizing and fundraising.
· Strong interpersonal skills and organizational abilities.
Compensation: Compensation for this contract position will be based upon the candidate’s experience. Position will be half time.
Application: To apply for this position, please send a letter of interest and resume via email to: Kathleen Schuler at kschuler2@comcast.net. Applications will be considered as they are submitted, with a final deadline of February 1, 2008. If you have questions, please contact Kathleen at 612-375-0188.
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EJAM'S 5th ANNUAL FOUNDERS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Posted by: karen on 12/17/2007 02:06 PM
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Please join us for our 5th Annual Founders Day.
Speakers include: Congressman Keith Ellison, Leslie Fields (Environmental Justice Director from Sierra Club),
Keynote speaker-
Cecil Corbon-Mark ,Director of WE ACT. WE ACT is a non-profit organization based in Northern Manhattan. They are working to improve environmental quality and to secure environmental justice in predominately African-American and Latino communities.
We will have food, dancers, workshops, vendor tables and much more.
This is a free event(donations accepted)!!!!
Where: Minneapolis Urban League
2100 Plymouth Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN. 55411
When: Saturday, January 12, from 10:00-5:00
For more info please call-612-436-5402 |
Sheila Holts |
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Posted by: karen on 09/02/2007 03:43 PM
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For Immediate Release
Monday, October 1,2007
Contact: Karen Monahan-612-436-5402
karenejam@yahoo.com
Please join Sheila Holt-Orsted and U. S. Congressman Keith Ellison,
Sheila Holt-Orsted, cancer patient and victim of environmental racism, is fighting for justice for herself and her family. On October 7, 2007, Ms. Holt-Orsted is visiting the Twin Cities to tell her story of pollution and contamination, denial of accurate information, breast cancer, and her struggle for environmental justice. Ms. Holt-Orsted’s family farm – which the Holts have occupied for 60 years -- sits 15 feet from a toxic landfill site containing trichloroethylene (TCE). TCE is a carcinogenic industrial solvent and the 15th most toxic chemical known to man. Ms. Holt-Orsted acquired her cancer from drinking well water contaminated by the landfill near her Tennessee home. The Holt family is among more than 1,400 people who have used private wells near the landfill, where large amounts of toxic chemicals are seeping into the groundwater, according to records on file at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
According to documents discovered by Ms. Holt-Orsted, city, county, and Tennessee state officials knew of the water contamination, but did nothing because of her race. Ms. Holt Orsted maintains that authorities notified white families of the hazards of drinking the contaminated well water, but not black families. State records show that high levels of TCE were found in the families well in 1991, but U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials assured them the water was safe to drink. A state groundwater official questioned the EPA's assurances at the time, but no further action was taken. State officials said they deferred to the EPA's opinion that the water was safe, while EPA officials say the state should have conducted further testing because the primary regulatory authority over the landfill falls to the state. While the state and the EPA each held the other responsible, the Holt family continued drinking the well water for another nine years.
About a dozen members of the family said they have been diagnosed with lung cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, diabetes, heart disease, heart murmurs or stomach-lining disorders. Many also said they have been plagued with chronic skin rashes. The Holts said their livestock also have suffered mysterious ailments, including mass cow deaths involving more than a dozen animals, and the births of three-legged chickens.
U. S. Congressman Keith Ellison, founder of the Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota (EJAM), will join Ms. Holt-Orsted to discuss pending legislation on environmental justice and other related policy issues. Mr. Ellison led the fight for environmental justice while in the Minnesota state legislature, in the area of pesticides, lead, arsenic, mercury, and coal plant conversion, and he continues the fight in the U.S. Congress.
When: Sunday, October 7, 3:00-5:30
Where: Kwanazaa Church 2100 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis,
Click below for more information on Sheila Holt-Orsted
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Global Warming Working Group |
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Posted by: karen on 02/26/2007 03:37 PM
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Global Warming Working Group
Please join us!!!!!!
Every 3rd Tuesday!!!
Tuesday, January15, 6:30-8:30
Please join EJAM’s Global Warming Working Group!
EJAM’s Global Warming Working Group Purpose: A space for people of color and low income communities to engage, network and be empowered for self-advocacy around climate change impacts/solutions that effect their communities.
For more information please contact
Karen Monahan
612-436-5402
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| EJAM's 4th Annual Founders Day |
EJAM HAPPENINGS
Our 4th Annual Founders Day was a huge success!!!!!!! Thank you everyone for coming and working toward environmental justice. Together we will build a better future.
Over 250 people came together, participated in dialogue, donated time and money, and shared vision and concerns for Environmental Justice. Community members contributed over three thousand dollars toward the important work of Environmental Justice. Thank you for your donation.
Congressman Keith Ellison was the keynote speaker. He has been a strong leader, who has inspired and has shared his vision with us to us to address Environmental Justice.
Thank you to the EJAM Founders Day Committee for all of their work in pulling together this special day.
A big thanks goes out to all those who sponsored or contributed to this event including:
Headwaters Foundation ▪ Minneapolis Foundation
Sierra Club ▪ The Bush Foundation ▪ Minneapolis Urban League ▪ IATP ▪ Alliance for Metro Sustainability ▪ Fresh Energy ▪ Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy ▪ Clean Water Action
▪ Women's Environmental Institute(WEI)
Food Donations
Breadsmith ▪ Uhuru ▪ Peace Coffee ▪ Nicholes Catering ▪ Broadway Pizza ▪ Council on Black Minnesotans
Many Thanks To:
Donald Walker for displaying his art and auctioning it to give the proceeds to EJAM to continue its work to promote environmental justice ▪ Aztec Dancers for sharing their culture/vision for the earth and sacred dancing ▪ “Teens Rock the Mic” for your EXCELLENT talent articulating the many injustices around the world ▪ Panel Participants- Shalini Gupta, Kathleen Shuler, Karen Clark, Rose Brewer, Angela Dawson, for sharing the information and vision in the area of environmental justice you each participate.
Special thank you to Cheryl Morgan Spencer for taking the time to emcee and for bringing a delightful energy to the event.
Founders Day Report
At the Annual Founders Day, community members voted on environmental justice issues. Many people voted for multiple issues. Below is the tally
Climate Change -85
Air Pollution -69
Food Safety -55
Pesticides -44
Mercury -31
Other -26
If you care about these issues join us. EJAM is organizing working groups around these issues and we hope you will help work toward solutions. Please drop EJAM Organizer, Karen Monahan an e-mail at karenejam@yahoo.com or call 612-436-5402 to get involved!
Everyone is invited to attend Film night- Friday, February 23, from 6:30-8:30pm. We are showing “Too Hot Not to Handle,” a premier on global warming. FREE ADMISSION This will be a social event, food will be provided.
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