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APPLY: Copenhagen Youth Climate Action Factory - Avaaz.org
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Oct 13th, 2009 - 21:40:53 |
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Avaaz ACTION FACTORIES
Europe, Phase 3: Barcelona to Copenhagen
Youth energy, unleashed!
The Avaaz Climate Action Factory is seeking TEN experienced youth
climate activists to be part of our team from Barcelona to Copenhagen.
What is a Climate Action Factory? If you aren't already familiar,
read on below for details. The duration of the Fellowship will be
October 27 December 21. The Action Factory will be based in
Barcelona until November 7, then in Copenhagen. It will potentially
also involve travel to nearby European countries if a political
opportuntiy arises that requires action in the month leading up to the
COP15 summit.
----> To apply, complete the application available HERE.
Fellows will:
Commit to full-time (40+ hrs/week) political activism, including some
nights, mornings, and weekends
Live at the Action Factory
Provide on-the-ground and online support for NGO and youth campaigns
Develop and implement strategic and effective public actions
Meet group living expectations including participation in house chores
Fellowship Compensation:
500 EUR/month stipend
Limited local travel costs
Free room and board
Totally fun, exciting, unique, fulfilling experience doing what you love
People of color, people from the global south, queer individuals, and
others historically marginalized are encouraged to apply. Applications
will be accepted on a rolling basis. Those interested are encouraged
to apply ASAP. The start date is October 27 in Barcelona.
----> To apply, complete the application available HERE.
The Fellowship Agreement, which all successful applicants will be
required to sign, can be found here.
Europe Action Factory, Phase 3: Barcelona to Copenhagen
The UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, which holds the promise of a
strong, fair, and binding global climate treaty, could be among the
pivotal events in our lifetimes: a worldwide triumph, or a tragedy of
missed opportunity.
The mission of the Avaaz Copenhagen Climate Action Factory is to
maximize the possibility of achieving a fair, binding, ambitious
global climate treaty at Copenhagen, and to raise the expectations and
demands of the global public that governments must achieve such a
treaty.
Ten Action Factory Fellows -- activists living and working with the
Action Factory through the end of the Copenhagen summit -- will
unleash their creative energy on this unparalleled political problem,
with Avaaz providing them the necessary organizing resources,
strategic direction, and basic needs, in exchange for effective
climate action.
Since June 2009, the Avaaz Action Factories in DC and Berlin have
carried out hundreds of creative actions in the US and across Europe,
mobilized tens of thousands of youth and Avaaz members, directly
interacted with scores of decision-makers, and earned hundreds of
media hits to propel forward this end. Action Factory work will
include nimble and rapid-response high-profile media stunts, but may
also include longer-term projects such as working with Avaazs climate
volunteer base. Activities will be tightly coordinated with Avaazs
global climate campaign priorities and Action Factory fellows will
work closely with and at times be directly managed by Avaazs climate
campaign staff.
The Copenhagen Action Factory will work towards a fair, ambitious, and
binding global climate treaty at Barcelona intersessional talks in
early November and in Copenhagen itself through several core
mechanisms:
direct pressure on negotiators at both the Barcelona and Copenhagen
meetings of the UNFCCC
shaping the media narrative
helping mobilize Avaaz members globally to take effective political
actions both online and offline
serving as an advance logistical and campaigning team in Copenhagen
proper for the four weeks between Barcelona and Copenhagen
Previous Actions and Projects
See http://actionfactoryeurope.tumblr.com/ and
http://dc.actionfactories.org/ to learn more about the actions we have
carried out to-date.
The Action Factory program is focused on political advocacy to
influence governments in the global climate negotiations through
direct pressure and communications. While Fellows are free (and
encouraged!) to use their free time for nonpolitical climate projects
-- such as building longer-term youth climate movement infrastructure,
general awareness-raising, or personal lifestyle changes -- these
activities are not the focus of the Fellowship. This program is being
created in response to a political emergency of lack of ambition and
will to confront the climate crisis in the most-emitting countrie
Copenhagen Action Factory projects will be more actively and
intensively managed by Avaaz staff than other Action Factory
iterations, and fellows must be prepared for and indeed welcome
frequent strategic pivots based on the most-up-to-date political
intelligence.
----> To apply, complete the application available HERE.
--
Bhuwan K.C.
Member, Global Youth Advisory Panel (GYAP) of United Nations Population Fund
Country Leader, YES Campaign (www.yesweb.org)
Board, Association of Youth Organizations Nepal (AYON) (www.ayon.org)
General Secretary, Youth Engagement in Sustainability (www.yes.org.np)
M +977- 97510 04437 | POB 8975, EPC 7282 | E bhuwan007 (at) gmail.com
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