Stephen M. Rivers Memorial Fellowship

CDA is offering a paid, full-time, year-long position in Washington, D.C. for a uniquely qualified undergraduate, recent graduate, or Master's student with a special interest in Cuba, a thirst for activism, and an interest in pursuing a professional career in the foreign policy NGO community. The Rivers Fellow will work side-by-side with CDA staff on projects that advance our goal of forging a new policy toward Cuba and the region. The fellow will be paid a monthly stipend. 

Please see this posting for more information.

DemocracyinAmericas.org

Campaign Jobs available with Impact

Hi Professor O'Neil, My name is Sofie and I’m a Campaign Organizer working on the Democracy Campaign with Impact. Impact is a campaign team that works in states where we can win positive change for our environment, our democracy, and our future. We work on behalf of Environment America, PIRG, and Fair Share. We are hiring graduating seniors for Campaign Organizer positions and current students for internships.  Could you forward the below announcement about our campaign organizer and internship positions to your students? Also, if you can think of any particularly driven students who have shown an interest in activism, I would be happy to contact them directly.  As a current organizer with Impact, I am working with WashPIRG on a campaign to support small donors engaging in the political process. Through Impact, I have gained valuable organizing skills while getting to make a lasting impact on critical issues. Sofie Madden
Impact Campaign Organizer
sofie@weareimpact.org
206-568-2854 ext. 103
www.weareimpact.org

Jobs that make an Impact  

2 years of action for our environment, our democracy, our future 

 Impact runs action campaigns on issues that matter, like global warming, clean water and big money’s influence over our democracy, and we’re hiring! This isn’t a study program or a travel program; it’s an action program. Our mission is to create the grassroots action, energy and power it takes to make an impact on important issues. If you’re serious about making an impact on these issues and you’re willing to get out and work in the real world, where issue campaigns like these are won and lost, then we’re the group for you. To learn more, visit our website at www.weareimpact.org.

Jobs for Seniors with Impact

To: <sousa@pugetsound.edu> Subject: Final Deadline: Jobs for Seniors

Hi Professor Sousa,

     My name is Sofie and I’m a Campaign Organizer working on the Democracy Campaign with Impact. Impact is a campaign team that works in states where we can win positive change for our environment, our democracy, and our future. We work on behalf of Environment America, PIRG, and Fair Share. We are hiring graduating seniors for Campaign Organizer positions and current students for internships.

     I am contacting you today because our application dealing is coming up at the end of this week and I’d like to remind students of this information. Could you forward the below announcement about our campaign organizer and internship positions to your students?

     As a current organizer with Impact, I am working with WashPIRG on a campaign to support small donors engaging in the political process. Through Impact, I have gained valuable organizing skills while getting to make a lasting impact on critical issues. 

Sofie Madden
Impact Campaign Organizer sofie@weareimpact.org
206-568-2854 ext. 103 www.weareimpact.org  

Jobs that make an Impact
2 years of action for our environment, our democracy, our future
Impact runs action campaigns on issues that matter, like global warming, clean water and big money’s influence over our democracy, and we’re hiring!
This isn’t a study program or a travel program; it’s an action program. Our mission is to create the grassroots action, energy and power it takes to make an impact on important issues.
If you’re serious about making an impact on these issues and you’re willing to get out and work in the real world, where issue campaigns like these are won and lost, then we’re the group for you.
To learn more, visit our website at www.weareimpact.org.
Application deadline is March 8th

Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call - Wed 3/25

On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next session of the Winter/Spring 2015 CFR Academic Conference Call series on Wednesday, March 25, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in WY 226. Michael A. Levi, CFR's David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment, and director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for geoeconomic studies, will discuss climate change and the evolving global response.

Before joining CFR, Dr. Levi was a nonresident science fellow and a science and technology fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Levi is author of "The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America's Future," and coauthor with Elizabeth Economy of "By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World." He was project director for the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on climate change, co-chaired by former governors Tom Vilsack and George Pataki. He has testified before Congress and presented expert scientific evidence to the National Academy of Sciences on climate change and on nuclear security. His recent writings include studies of natural gas exports, the Canadian oil sands, and the global politics and economics of clean energy innovation. Dr. Levi's essays and op-eds have been published widely in journals and newspapers including "Foreign Affairs," "Foreign Policy," "Washington Post," "Wall Street Journal," and the "New York Times." He currently writes the CFR blog "Energy, Security, and Climate."

As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the following materials:

1) Michael A. Levi and Shannon K. O'Neill, "Spillovers From Falling Oil Prices: Risks to Mexico and the United States," CFR Working Paper, Council on Foreign Relations Press, December 2014.

2) Michael A. Levi and Andrew P. Morriss, "Should the U.S. Take Unilateral Action on Climate Policy?" Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2014.

3) "Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, 2014," Department of Defense, October 13, 2014.

4) "Global Governance Monitor: Climate Change," Interactive, International Institutions and Global Governance, Council on Foreign Relations.

5) Michael A. Levi, Energy, Security, and Climate, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations.

Please RSVP to me at sweinberger@pugetsound.edu ASAP if you'd like to attend the call...I look forward to seeing you there!

Seth Weinberger

Associate Professor

Department of Politics & Government

The University of Puget Sound

Information Session for PG/LAS 399 – Applications due midnight on March 25, 2015

Students who were unable to attend the information session on PG 399 (The fall 2015 course on and the January 2016 trip to Cuba) can find information and application materials at:

www.pugetsound.edu/cubaseminar

Questions: contact Don Share (share@pugetsound.edu)

One Heart Source. Deadline March 20

From: One Heart Source
To: David J Sousa
Subject: Last Chance to Apply for One Heart Source Programs

Dear Professor Sousa,

I am contacting you regarding opportunities for your students to volunteer with One Heart Source in South Africa and Jamaica. We still have a few spots available for our 2015 volunteer programs, and our final application deadline is March 20th!

One Heart Source is a non-profit organization designed to empower young people through education. We believe that your students, both graduate and undergraduate, will greatly benefit from the experience of working, living, and teaching in a different culture.

I would greatly appreciate it if you would consider sending the following information (below the line) about volunteering in South Africa and Jamaica to students of the Politics & Government Department through your mailing list. Please let me know if the message can be forwarded to your students.

If you or your students have any questions regarding our programs or organization, please feel free to contact me at any time! On behalf of the One Heart Source Family, thank you for your time and support.

Respectfully,

Eric Jorgensen
Volunteer Programs Manager
One Heart Source
www.oneheartsource.org

___________________________________________

Attention Students of the Politics & Government Department!

The final application deadline is approaching quickly for our 2015 Volunteer Programs. One Heart Source offers a variety of 2, 4, and 8-week programs in South Africa and Jamaica!

Apply here for our Volunteer Programs: 2015 Application

Final Application Deadline: March 20th

As an OHS Volunteer, you will:

* Teach primary school students through a mentorship program focused on building strong Math and English foundations, while empowering students
* Lead after-school programs in non-traditional subjects like dance, debate, art, and sports
* Integrate yourself into and work closely with members of the local community to create positive social uplift
* Exchange ideas and culture with people from around the world
* Work with a small, dynamic team of international university and graduate students
* Develop empathy, confidence, and leadership skills while pursuing social justice

We at One Heart Source believe in creating lasting social change through education and human connection. We encourage you to take a step towards providing a more socially just future for some of the most marginalized communities in the world.

We will be hosting live online information sessions on March 8, 11, 15, and 18!
Join us by Registering Here!

For more information visit: www.oneheartsource.org

Please contact volunteer@oneheartsource.org with any questions!

___________________

One Heart Source is a non-profit organization designed to empower young people through education and to provide high quality education and care for vulnerable children in Tanzania, South Africa, and Jamaica.

Money for Graduate Study, No German Required! Thu 3/12

THESE FELLOWSHIPS ARE FOR MAJORS IN ALL DISCIPLINES

Hanni Geist, the liaison for the DAAD in San Francisco, will offer the latest information on scholarship opportunities on Thursday, March 12, at 4:30 PM in WY203. The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) is the principal funding source of the German government for American students  applying for degree programs or research fellowships at German universities, institutes, and in industry. Many of the opportunities require no previous knowledge of German. 

David F Tinsley

Professor, Foreign Languages & Literature
Distinguished Professor of German
Humanities Program Committee Member

tinsley@pugetsound.edu

 

CFR Conference Call on Violent Extremism – Wed 3/11

On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next session of the Winter/Spring 2015 CFR Academic Conference Call series on Wednesday, March 11, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in WY 226. Farah Pandith, CFR's adjunct senior fellow, will discuss global efforts to counter violent extremism and offer policy recommendations for the United States.

Ms. Pandith served as the first-ever special representative to Muslim communities under former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She is currently a part of the leadership team at the Counter Extremism Project and a strategic advisor at the Risk Assistance Network and Exchange and has held a number of senior positions over the last decade, including political appointments in three administrations. Ms. Pandith left government in January 2014 for the Harvard Kennedy School. She was formerly senior advisor to the assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasian affairs (2007-2009), director of Middle East regional initiatives at the National Security Council (2004-2007), and chief of staff of the Bureau of Asia and the Near East at the U.S. Agency for International Development (2003-2004). She has served as a consultant in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Ms. Pandith received a master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she specialized in international security studies, Islamic civilizations and Southwest Asia, and international negotiation and conflict resolution. She received an AB in government and psychology from Smith College.

As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the following materials:
1) Catherine Powell, "White House Summit Embraces Women's Rights to Counter Violent Extremism," Development Channel, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations, February 25,2015.

2) Farah Pandith, "Women Can Recruit Women Better Than ISIS Can," The Guardian, February 9, 2015.

3) Ed Husain, "A Global Venture to Counter Violent Extremism," Policy Innovation Memorandum No. 37, Council on Foreign Relations Press, September 2013.

4) "The Sunni-Shia Divide," Interactive, Council on Foreign Relations.

5) "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria," Backgrounder, Council on Foreign Relations.

If you're interested in attending this call, please RSVP to Professor Seth Weinberger at sweinberger@pugetsound.edu ASAP.

Hope to see you there!

Seth Weinberger

Associate Professor

Department of Politics & Government

University of Puget Sound

Information Session for PG/LAS 399

Fall semester PG course followed by
a trip to Cuba in January 2016. 
All prospective applicants to this course should attend this session.

CFR Conference Call: Nigeria's Election Postponed

On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to participate in the next session of the Winter/Spring 2015 CFR Academic Conference Call series on Thursday, February 26, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in WY 226. John Campbell, CFR's Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies, will discuss the political and security implications of Nigeria's Independent National Elections Commission's decision to postpone the February 14, 2015 presidential elections until March 28, 2015.

 

Prior to joining CFR, Ambassador Campbell was a U.S. Department of State foreign service officer serving twice in Nigeria, first as political counselor from 1988 to 1990, and then as ambassador from 2004 to 2007. His other overseas postings include Lyon, Paris, Geneva, and Pretoria. Past assignments include deputy assistant secretary for the bureau for human resources, dean of the Foreign Service Institute's School of Language Studies, and director of the Office of UN Political Affairs. Ambassador Campbell was a visiting professor of international relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a U.S. Department of State mid-career fellow at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Prior to his career in the foreign service, he taught British and French history at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. Ambassador Campbell published his book, "Nigeria: Dancing on the Brink," in 2010. He writes the blog "Africa in Transition," and edits the Nigeria Security Tracker.

 

As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the following materials:

 

1) John Campbell, "Why Were Nigeria's Presidential Elections Postponed?" Africa in Transition, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations, February 9, 2015.

http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2015/02/09/why-were-nigerias-presidential-elections-postponed/?cid=emc-ACC_Campbell-Blogpost-022615

2) Seth Kaplan, "How Inequality Fuels Boko Haram," ForeignAffairs.com, February 5, 2015.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/142958/seth-kaplan/how-inequality-fuels-boko-haram?gp=140219:179fb39c5509cd92

3) John Campbell, Nigeria's 2015 Presidential Election, Contingency Planning Memorandum Update, Council on Foreign Relations Press, February 2015.

http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/nigerias-2015-presidential-election/p36087?cid=emc-ACC_Campbell-CPMUpdate-022615

4) John Campbell, "Good Luck, Jonathan," ForeignAffairs.com, January 27, 2015.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/142821/john-campbell/good-luck-jonathan?gp=140172:1aada1825508aad1

5) John Campbell, U.S. Policy to Counter Nigeria's Boko Haram, Council Special Report No. 70, Council on Foreign Relations Press, November 2014.

http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/us-policy-counter-nigerias-boko-haram/p33806?cid=emc-ACC_Campbell-CSR-022615

6) "Nigeria Security Tracker," Interactive, Council on Foreign Relations.

http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/nigeria-security-tracker/p29483?cid=emc-ACC_Campbell-SecurityTracker-022615

 

Please RSVP to Professor Seth Weinberger at sweinberger@pugetsound.edu ASAP if you'd like to attend.

 

Hope to see you there!

 

Internship Opportunity with Congressman Adam Smith!

Internship Opportunity in Congressman Adam Smith’s

Washington, DC Office

Congressman Smith Currently Seeking Applicants for Internship Positions in his Washington, DC Office

Candidates should have an interest in the legislative process and civic service, possess excellent writing and communication skills, and work well as part of a team. Interns in the DC Office will be responsible for projects such as writing correspondence, providing support for daily legislative tasks, fielding constituent phone calls and other requests. Other duties include leading Capitol building tours and providing staff with general office support. During their term, interns will also have the opportunity to attend briefings and committee hearings of personal interest and complete individual and team goals.

Internships can be part-time or full-time requiring approximately 10-20 (part-time) or 30-40 (full-time) scheduled hours per week during posted business hours (9:00am to 6:00pm). Part-time interns are welcome to work more than 20 hours a week. Full-time interns will receive a monthly stipend, transit benefits, and vacation and sick days. Current students will be given preference, but recent graduates are also welcome to apply. Interns may earn college credit, depending on the requirements of the institution. Strong preference will be given to applicants from the Puget Sound region. 

Applicants must submit an internship application packet, including a letter of interest, resume, and 2 letters of recommendation via email (madison.strader@mail.house.gov) or to the following address:

Madison Strader
Office of Congressman Adam Smith
2264 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact Madison Strader by phone at (202)
225-8901 or by email at madison.strader@mail.house.gov.