The Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative calls for applications:
Equity and Justice Fellowship

Positions available IMMEDIATELY.
************DEADLINE June 6, 2008************

• Concerned about the affects of climate change on communities of color?
• Think policies on the hill are going to hurt the hood?
• Think that even if everyone in your congregation changes their light bulbs the climate will keep changing?
• Think taxing polluters rather than workers is a good idea?
• Worried that no matter which version of "Cap and Trade" or "Cap and Auction" becomes law, our folks will still be on the auctioning block?

Industries, corporations and governments must be held accountable for the effects of burning coal, oil, gas and deforestation. In particular the U.S. must lead. Global warming exacerbates nearly all existing racial and economic inequalities, as brutally witnessed with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Studies prove that African Americans and other communities of color are far less responsible for the cause of climate change but are hit much harder by the effects of it. Proposed "solutions" to climate change often stand to hurt us even further by causing displacement, unemployment, higher taxes, and higher energy and fuel prices.

Climate justice is a movement from the grassroots to realize solutions to our climate and energy problems that ensure the right of all people to live, work, play, and pray in safe, healthy, and clean environments. The Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative (EJCC) envisions a just transition to a future free from fossils fuels that protects the most vulnerable from the impacts of climate change.

It is time to fight for equity and justice. Become an Equity and Justice Fellow and be a part of a real solution. EJCC's three month Equity and Justice Fellowship is available to college undergrads and graduates.

We offer:
• Education in Climate Science, Climate Justice and Climate Policy
• The opportunity to learn more about and work with a national coalition of social justice and equity organizations including churches, community based organizations and economic think tanks
• Experiential learning in project management, member recruitment, community outreach, viral media campaigning and much, much more.

Benefits:
• Education stipend of up to $3,000
• Possible national travel opportunities
• Possible extension of fellowship into longer paid internships throughout school year
• Build leadership and public relations expertise
• Enhance professional development skills

Responsibilities:
• Host events in conjunction with campus groups, community-based organizations and the media on your campus
• Help develop outreach strategies and marketing packets
• Present educational presentations on Climate Justice on campus and in your community
• Assist with data tracking, project assessment and management

Qualifications:
• Flexible, resourceful and highly organized
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Interested in working with campus groups and individuals to mobilize for climate justice
• Knowledge of local community resources a plus

Please see www.ejcc.org for more information.

Reply to ejccjusticeandequity@gmail.com for more information and to apply. Please submit a cover letter detailing your interest in this position and include an up-to-date resume with contact information. Also, please indicate which College/University you attend.

*************DEADLINE June 6, 2008************

Schomburg-Mellon Fellowship for Undergraduates

Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute
June 16-July 25, 2008

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation have created the Mellon-Schomburg Humanities Summer Institute to
encourage minority students and others with an interest in African-American
and African Diaspora Studies to pursue graduate degrees in the humanities.
The program, open to U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents, offers a
six-week session for ten rising seniors (juniors in 2008, graduating in
2009). Five will be selected from New York City and five from Historically
Black Colleges and Universities across the nation. The Institute, with the
help of renowned scholars, will develop and nurture the students' interest
in the appropriate disciplines, and provide them with the requisite basic
intellectual challenges and orientations needed to pursue humanities careers
and to reach their full potential.

Program Details

- Divided into morning and afternoon sessions, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Seminars by distinguished scholars in a humanities field
- Independent research and group interaction
- Assigned readings from scholarly texts
- Viewings and discussions of relevant documentaries under the guidance of two
graduate mentors Development of a research prospectus
- Content development for a Web site
- Signed certificate by Schomburg Center Director Howard Dodson and Institute
Director Sylviane A. Diouf upon completion of the program citing them as
Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Scholars.

Each participant will receive a $2,000 stipend* for the six-week session. In
addition, the program will cover the travel expenses of students from out of
state and all students -including those residing in New York City-will be
lodged, free of charge, in the vicinity of the Schomburg Center. Two
graduate students will serve as on-site residence counselors.

*For more information, see
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/humanities/index.html