[Creation Care] Re: NWF job posting

[Kathleen Garness]

I have a few thoughts - I don't think it's actually that surprising  
such a large group might identify the need for someone to connect  
with faith-based groups. I do natural areas restoration work and some  
of my best volunteers have come from church groups, or faith-based  
youth groups. The No Child Left Inside initiative has been taken up  
in many areas of the US, and Virginia especially has an active  
constituency there. This summer I gave a presentation to a teacher  
conference and was very pleasantly surprised on how many people were  
familiar with this.

The little bit I do know about these issues seems to indicate that  
addressing global warming thru grassroots activities might be a  
different set of actions than those taken to help wildlife survive  
global warming, but perhaps I'm being simplistic? The incoming  
administration is huge on networking, so perhaps they see an entry  
there to both raise money and, hopefully, raise awareness of  
conservation issues. As for being opportunistic, well.... perhaps  
they are, or perhaps they're just identifying the next helpful step.  
Politically a possibly savvy move?

I will pass on the notice of the job opportunity to my contacts!

Thanks,

Kathy Marie




> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:10:55 -0500
> From: "Erik Hoffner, Orion Grassroots Network"
> Here's a creation care job announcement - a rare thing, though
> becoming less rare - but I don't know how I feel about it. NWF's
> outreach to the faithful on this single issue of climate change (and
> I don't know why they use the term global warming below, as that's
> agreed to be something of a misnomer these days) seems to me like a
> rather narrow and opportunistic one, like hunting among the faithful
> for votes when November is coming and then ending the conversation
> once the election is over. How does it strike you?
>
> Anyhow, here it is in case you know someone looking for such a
> position in VA:
>
>>
>> Faith Community Outreach Manager,      			 Posted	 Nov 03 		
>> National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA
>>
>> Find a job you’re wild about at the National Wildlife Federation
>> (NWF), the nation’s largest member-supported conservation
>> organization, which is at the forefront of global warming issues,
>> reconnecting our children with nature, and protecting America’s
>> wildlife and habitat.
>>
>> We seek a Faith Community Outreach Manager in our Washington, DC
>> office. This position works to strengthen our grassroots capacity
>> and mobilize grassroots participation in NWF advocacy campaigns,
>> focusing particularly on the initiative to promote global warming
>> solutions and help wildlife survive the impacts of global warming
>> by helping to coordinate the mobilization of members of the faith
>> communities. The Faith Community Outreach Manager will coordinate
>> across NWF’s departments and regions to develop an effective
>> program to engage faith community members in the effort to solve
>> global warming and protect wildlife for our children’s future.
>>
>> Must have a Bachelors degree and five years of advocacy or campaign
>> experience, or equivalent. Must have possess excellent
>> organizational, verbal, written, and interpersonal skills; the
>> ability to work well with others as a team and independently follow
>> through on assigned tasks; knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel;
>> and a willingness to master NWF’s activist and Congressional
>> database software and systems. HTML or web content management
>> experience a plus. Commitment to conservation required.
>>
>>
>> Do you hear the call of the wild? Apply at www.nwf.org/
>> careergateway and join us in mobilizing Americans to protect our
>> country’s wildlife.
>>