Are you passionate about environmental and social justice issues? Do you wish that the groups around you knew each other and worked together? Do you want to get more involved with SEAC? The Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) is looking for enthusiastic organizers (of all experience and inexperience levels) to be regional coordinators! Does this sound like something you'd like to do? Let us know by filling out the interest form.

Focus:

Regional coordinators help build state or area networks of environmental and social justice activists and SEAC is looking for new coordinators in every part of the country. What regional networks do is all up to the people involved. The top priority for this position is to continue building a vibrant youth environmental justice movement, which means bringing new youth and new youth groups into the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), and supporting existing organizations (who may or may not identify as a “SEAC Chapter”) that are engaged in similar and valuable work, and connecting these youth groups to national campaigns like the Campus Climate Challenge and Power Vote and to regional environmental justice issues.

The priorities of Regional Coordinators is to: 1) Build a network to facilitate communication, skill sharing, and mentorship between chapters in your region. 2) Encourage dialog around SEAC's values, including anti-oppression, environmental justice, and direct action. 3) Be a contact person for SEAC in your region and working to support the growth of SEAC in your region. 4) Support regional campaigns and actions when they make sense. Regional Coordinators have different roles depending on the size and needs of the network they work in and the work of each regional coordinator will differ based on the region they work in as well as the skills and interests of the coordinator.

Qualifications:

You don't need to have any experience at all to be a coordinator. There are resources, training, and advice ready for you to get started no matter where you are at. We can help you out with web space, listservs, funding, access to all the resources of SEAC National and connections to other coordinators around the country. Just get in touch with us and we can talk to you about what's involved. Currently, we are prioritizing placing regional coordinators in South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, but interested folks from other states are encouraged to apply as well.

Responsibilities:

Facilitate communication within your state or region – Regional coordinators are expected to build and coordinate a network within their state, although the nature of this network will differ depending on the conditions and needs of groups in your state. This includes offering training and support to SEAC chapters and other youth environmental groups, attending relevant regional events, and organizing and participating in statewide days of action and campaigns. The goal of state networks is to encourage regional dialog, skill sharing, and mutual support between chapters.
Support a culture around direction action, anti-oppression, and environmental justice – Coordinators are expected to encourage discussion of direct action as a tactic in campaigns. Coordinators should work work to connect campus activism to local and regional community issues, and create dialog about anti-oppression, structural racism, and environmental justice. This includes prioritizing work with historically marginalized groups.
Be a contact person for SEAC in your state - This includes blogging on www.seac.org, helping to keep regional info on the website updated, being in regular contact with the SEAC national office, as well as replying in a timely manner to emails about SEAC in your region.
Promote SEAC - Let people know about SEAC and how to get involved in SEAC, and work to bring more youth and students into SEAC through leadership development. This also includes passing out SEAC materials, and tabling for SEAC at relevant events.

Details:

The expected time commitment is 10 hours per week. This is an unpaid position, but we can help you get course credit. The position will start with a training in early August, and run until the following August. Regional coordinators will have bi-monthly check-ins with the Regional Coordinator Coordinator (RCC), and monthly conference calls with other regional coordinators. SEAC supports sustainable activism, which is enjoyable and enriches your life. This is impossible if folks burnout, go really insane, or sell their souls to corporate amerika, which is the same thing as going insane.

How to Apply:

Application will be accepted on a rolling basis, priority given to applications before June 23rd. Please fill out the interest form, and we’ll be in contact with you. If you have any questions, get in touch with Alayne at alayne@seac.org.