The Bonner Foundation is excited to host an in-person 2023 Fall Bonner Congress from Friday, October 27th to Sunday, October 29th in partnership with The YMCA Blue Assembly Assembly in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Bonner Congress is a student focus gathering of approximately 150 Bonner students and invited representatives from national partner organizations, alumni, and others across the Bonner Network.
Housing Action recently launched a new initiative called the Career Path .
This training series is two-fold—to introduce participants to the housing counseling industry, and to prepare them for the HUD counseling certification exam. The course covers six core topics:
Financial Management
Homeownership
Housing Affordability
Fair Housing
Foreclosure
Tenancy
We are currently looking for individuals with a heart for service within their communities!
Thinking about a Masters, Mid-Career, or PhD Program? Searching for an international career in the private, public, or non-governmental sector?
Whether you’ve just started your search or have a shortlist in mind, join representatives of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA)’s top international affairs and public policy graduate schools on July 20. This online graduate school fair offers young professionals and students the chance to build personal relationships with 20+ top graduate schools of international affairs and policy.
The University of Mississippi Center for Community Engagement, proudly held in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, is hiring a full-time Academic Mentor! The incumbent will provide academic mentoring, program management, and leadership development to promote student success through leadership programs. The Academic Mentor will primarily manage the first year and sophomore year experience in the UM Bonner Leaders Program in addition to supporting other student leadership programs in the Center for Community Engagement.
The team welcomes Bonner alumni and/or those with Bonner experience to apply. This is an exciting opportunity to support the growing Bonner Leaders Program (launched in August 2021) at the University of Mississippi, the state’s public flagship, R1-research institution located in beautiful and historic Oxford, MS.
NOYS is hiring a Program Manager for Youth Mobility Safety to assist in the strategic planning, execution, and facilitation of current and planned youth mobility safety programming. The Program Manager will engage youth participants, facilitate youth trainings, cultivate relationships with stakeholders and future partners, support grant proposals, work with national and local community partners, and manage key programs day-to-day.
The Oberlin College Bonner Center is hiring for two positions within the Bonner Scholars Program: a program director and a coordinator. See below for the job posting links!
Widener University is currently seeking a Director for Immigration Services for the Center of Civic and Global Engagement. This role reports to the Executive Director and works closely with the Center team, Human Resources, Academic Affairs, and hiring managers, as it pertains to international student and scholars, and faculty hires and assists with processing visas to meet the immigration needs for all three university campuses (Chester, Wilmington, and Harrisburg). This position may be eligible for hybrid or remote work.
Reading Partners is a nonprofit organization that aims to help elementary-aged students achieve reading proficiency by engaging community volunteers and AmeriCorps service members. They offer one-on-one tutoring instruction with measurable results to help children become lifelong readers.
If you are interested in becoming an AmeriCorps member, Reading Partners is currently accepting applications for full-time service roles. The deadline for the application is on July 2nd. Additionally, they are offering an upcoming information session on June 21st, where you can register to learn more about AmeriCorps service at Reading Partners.
If you have any questions about AmeriCorps service, you can schedule a meeting with one of their AmeriCorps recruitment managers. Meet with Nemanja or Nadéla, depending on where you are interested in serving they can help you.
Warren Wilson College, located in Asheville, NC, welcomes applications for the Bonner Program Manager position. Under the leadership of the Associate Dean of Community and Global Engagement and the Associate Director of Community Engagement, the Bonner Program Manager will oversee the Bonner Leaders Program. The program is part of a national civic engagement leadership program sponsored by the Bonner Foundation. Since 1990, the Bonner Foundation has built partnerships within higher education institutions to foster deep integration of college access, diversity, and inclusion. In addition to the management of this program, the Bonner Program Manager will support the Associate Director and Associate Dean in managing the college’s community engagement requirement, including building relationships with community organizations, with an emphasis on building and maintaining partnerships with organizations that serve BIPOC communities. Other responsibilities include advising and outreach to students and employees, and providing substantial support for the office’s annual events, including Service Day and Community Engagement Awards. This position will supervise one or two Americorps VISTA positions, as well as 20-25 part-time Bonner Leader student workers during the academic year.
Reading Partners is a non-profit organization that aims to provide personalized reading support to students across the United States. They seek volunteers with no prior experience to become tutors if they meet the age requirements and live in the proximal areas of the 12 regions they serve. The curriculum provided is simple and easy to follow. Tutoring can be done either in-person or online, depending on the region. Reading partners also offer AmeriCorps positions, and those interested in serving as AmeriCorps members can sign up for an upcoming information session.
Kentucky Civic Engagement Table (KCET)is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and coordinating the civic engagement efforts of our partner organizations that serve communities across Kentucky. We are guided by values of justice and racial equity, and work with our partners to build multi-racial people-power grounded in a shared vision for a Commonwealth where everyone thrives.
We're heading into another election season, and Kentucky Civic Engagement Table (KCET) is looking for a field coordinator to manage day-to-day operations for their civic engagement program. The position will be responsible for the signature voter care and election protection program, Our People Our Vote.
The Office of Civic & Community Engagement works to cultivate and maintain mutually beneficial partnerships with community organizations, and to connect them with numerous student organizations and individual students. The primary responsibility of the Assistant Director of Civic & Community Engagement and the Bonner Program is to assist the Director in providing volunteer and educational opportunities for students that prepare them for lives of active citizenship while meeting community-identified needs. The Assistant Director works closely with the Director in the administration of the 60-student Bonner Program, a service based scholarship program for low-income, diverse students. They are a member of the Student Life staff reporting to the Director of Civic & Community Engagement and the Bonner Program.
For more information and to apply visit here.
The Director of Career Competitiveness provides leadership and direction for comprehensive career planning to all Averett University students (traditional and AU On-line) and alumni. The Director supervises Averett’s internship program and other workplace experiences, and encourages career exploration and self-assessment by providing support, resources, counseling, and networking opportunities. This position requires the ability to be highly organized, work independently, take initiative, maintain confidentiality, provide excellent customer service, and possess excellent writing skills.
The application for the Institute for Nonprofit Practice’s Summer Fellowship is now open with a deadline of May 12th! The Summer Fellowship Program supports the learning and engagement of highly-motivated individuals passionate about social change and equity while they engage in summer internships in the social impact sector.
Ideal candidates for the Summer Fellowship Program are:
Individuals preparing to enter the workforce, ideally undergraduate rising juniors, seniors, or recent graduates who have secured a summer internship at a mission-driven organization.
Committed to working within the nonprofit/social impact sector.
Growth-oriented and passionate about social justice, racial and gender equity work and community change.
Individuals with core leadership attributes including: resourcefulness, responsibility, independence, patience, integrity, energy, and a strong work ethic.
Complete a one-year term of service as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Stetson Center for Community Engagement located in DeLand, Florida. AmeriCorps VISTAs are "Volunteers In Service To America" who work in local communities to fight poverty and advance justice through projects with local stakeholders. Stetson has hosted AmeriCorps VISTAs since 2009, and is excited to offer four different positions for the upcoming cycle (July 2023 to June 2024):
Interfaith Engagement Coordinator
College Access & Success Coordinator
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Coordinator
Bonner Program Coordinator
Located near Asheville, North Carolina, the Warren Wilson College Community Engagement Office is accepting applications for two positions for the 23-24 academic year, open to upcoming May graduates or other recent graduates: an NC Afterschool Corps AmeriCorps VISTA and an NC Hunger Corps AmeriCorps VISTA. These positions are great for graduating Bonner seniors and recent Bonner alumni who are interested in continuing to work in the civic and community engagement field.
APPLICANTS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE 2023-24 STUDENT MEDIA CHALLENGE
The year-long cohort will focus on student mental health
Sometimes things turn out way better than imagined.
That's true of SJN's Student Media Challenge, launched last spring to inspire a cohort of college journalists to dig deeply into solutions journalism's principles and practices.
As the academic year nears completion, the eight participating schools -- chosen from a pool of 70 applications -- have produced a steady stream of bona fide solutions stories across platforms, many of which now reside in the Solutions Story Tracker, right alongside stories from an array of professional newsrooms from across the globe. In addition, student work was distributed widely in communities -- rural, suburban and urban -- across the continent.
Building on that success, and with gratitude to the first-year students and their academic advisors, we are seeking applicants for a second Student Media Challenge for the 2023-24 academic year. The focus for the year will be on reporting on responses to the growing and urgent issues around student mental health.
Finalists will receive $10,000 to cover costs related to work for this cohort. Students will also receive SoJo training and one-on-one support throughout the school year.
Finalists for the cohort will be announced in May, with work to begin in September.
Here's a link to apply.
If the first year was any indication, we expect the program's sophomore year will spring forth a committed community of practice. We've found that college students not only embrace solutions journalism, but they also find refreshing and surprising ways to deliver it.
The first cohort included California State University-Long Beach, University of Georgia, Howard University, Michigan State University, University of Missouri, Santa Ana College, Queens University and Washington State University.
Questions? Contact michaeldavis@solutionsjournalism.org.
VIISTA — Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates — is a 100% online interdisciplinary educational program that trains students to become immigrant advocates ready to serve migrants and refugees.
Unlike criminal proceedings in which defendants have constitutional rights to representation, in the United States, migrants are not entitled to court appointed lawyers. Six out of 10 migrants confront the immigration system without a lawyer, and many of these migrants are children. The consequences of this are substantial. The Vera Institute found that migrants are 12 times more likely to obtain available relief when they have an advocate. Lack of advocacy disrupts in life-altering ways. With each deportation order, families are separated, employers lose employees, and communities lose valued neighbors and friends. The migrant-serving community knows we need more advocates.
Students who earn VIISTA certificates will be eligible, under existing regulations, to apply to become Department of Justice “accredited representatives,” authorized to provide low-cost legal representation to migrant and refugee families when they work for DOJ “recognized organizations.”
Our curriculum is holistic – we teach about immigration from various perspectives and include all the topics needed to become effective immigrant advocates – such as interviewing, how to work with an interpreter, how to work with migrant children, factors that push people to migrate, providing trauma-informed care, trial advocacy – and, of course, immigration law. Everything is learned in the context of what you will do to help migrants and refugees, whether on the job or in volunteer positions.
The Justamere Foundation is pleased to offer ten (10) scholarships to financially support passionate champions of immigrant justice to enroll in Villanova’s Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates (VIISTA) program for the Summer 2023 Semester. Apply here by April 14.
The deadline to register and pay the deposit for the Summer semester is April 24.
