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Professor/Community Organizer- CLOSED until further notice
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The Mexico Solidarity Network is looking for a professor/community organizer. Work includes:
- Professor/organizer in a semester-long study abroad program in Mexico focused on the context, practice and theory of Mexican social movements. Responsibilities include teaching political economy and social movement theory, maintaining relationships with several social movements in Mexico, organizing program logistics, and assisting US university students in their transition to Mexican culture. The study abroad program is based in Chiapas, Tlaxcala and Mexico City. Responsibilities also include recruitment of students, processing student application materials, and organizing/speaking in speaking tours at US universities.
- Professor/organizer in a Masters program in Community organizing. Responsibilities include teaching political economy, political/power analysis, and the dynamics and theory of community organizing. The two-year program is based in the Albany Park Autonomous Center on the north side of Chicago in a largely Latino immigrant barrio. Responsibilities also include recruitment of students and accompanying students in community practicum.
The successful candidate has:
- At least three years of experience in community organizing.
- Fluency or near fluency in English and Spanish.
- Masters degree or higher in a field related to political economy, social movements or community organizing.
- Ability to teach political economy (mainly Marxist and neo-marxist), and social movement theory and dynamics (including gender/race/class dynamics).
- Willingness to live four to six months each year in Mexico, and the rest of the time in Chicago. The position involves spending September thru December of 2010 in Mexico, with 2011 and future years split between Chicago and Mexico.
- Ability to organize logistics, manage multiple projects at once, and effectively use technology to keep track of details.
- A valid US driver's license and passport.
- Ability to work long hours as part of a collective devoted to building a better world through community education and organizing.
- Have strong communication skills and function well in non-hierarchical and critical collective.
The Mexico Solidarity Network is currently involved in the following programs:
Autonomous University of Social Movements, which includes:
- Study abroad program in Mexico dedicated to the context, theory and practice of Mexico's most important and dynamic social movements. We offer 14 week programs in the Spring and Fall, and six week programs in the Summer. The programs are accredited by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, and Hampshire College, the State Universities of New York, and nearly 100 other US based universities.
- Masters program in community organizing. The Masters of Science in Cultural Foundations of Education - Concentration in Community Organizing is a joint project of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Mexico Solidarity Network.
Albany Park Autonomous Center, which includes:
- A bilingual adult high school that includes intensive courses in English, Spanish literature, social sciences, computers, math, health and science. Most of the students are migrant workers who didn't finish high school in their home countries.
- Popular education programs, including ESL, computers, alternative health, video nights, discussion groups, etc.
- Cultural programs, including International Women's Day, Primero de Mayo, etc.
- Cleaning Power, a women's cleaning cooperative.
- Alternative health program focused on herbal remedies, acupuncture, massage therapy, etc.
International solidarity work, including:
- Ten to fifteen speaking tours a year featuring social movement actors from Mexico.
- Publishing weekly news updates from Mexico.
Starting salary is $25,000 per year with a raise to $30,000 after a six month probationary period. Staff receive a monthly health stipend (which may turn into full health coverage, depending on how Obama's plan works out) and five weeks paid vacation per year. To apply, please send a resume and a writing sample (no more than 3 pages please) outlining your vision of social change to MSN@MexicoSolidarity.org. Applications are accepted until position is filled. Starting date is July or early August, 2010. For more information, see www.mexicosolidarity.org or call 773 583 7728.
