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UUSC Seeks Manager for College of Social Justice
The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is conducting a national search for a Manager of the College of Social Justice, a new program initiative.
As a new program area of the UUSC, the mission of the College of Social Justice (CSJ) is to build the capacity of Unitarian Universalists to catalyze justice, using as its lens UUSC, UUA and other UU-sponsored justice initiatives around the world. While specifically targeting UU's, all programs of the College will be open to interested persons of any faith or no faith. The plan envisions building capacity in three ways: First, by offering an expanded range of experiential learning programs which will provide participants the opportunity to learn first-hand about global justice issues and their roots, to experience UUSC's eye-to-eye partnership model and to be nurtured in life-changing personal experiences. These offerings will include JustWorksTM service-learning trips to work with UUSC and UUA partners as well as UU-customized service-learning trips offered through other partner agencies contracted and trained by UUSC. Some trips will be tailored to the learning objectives of specific constituencies such as seminarians, youth, young adults, or donors while others will be suitable for congregational delegations and general UU volunteers.
Second, the College will build capacity by educating future social justice activists-seminarians, young adults and youth-through more comprehensive and intensive justice education programs that explore global justice issues and theories of social change from a unique UU perspective. Whether by offering for-credit seminary programs that combine academic study of theology and ethics with shoulder-to-shoulder justice work, or by conducting a national summer Youth Justice Engagement Summit, or by establishing a range of summer internship and fellowship opportunities for young adults, the College seeks to prepare the next generations of activists to take UU principles out into the world.
Third, the College seeks to build UU capacity by making it easier and more rewarding for congregations to engage in congregation-wide justice projects. The College envisions helping congregations discern which issues are of central importance to them collectively and then make it easier for them to engage those issues directly by connecting them to ready-to-use life-span religious education curricula, providing opportunities for sponsorship of domestic and international projects, and developing options for congregants to engage in direct hands-on service work, organizing and advocacy. The College envisions a certification program for accomplished justice-seeking congregations and support networks of congregations that become expert leaders in specific issue areas. In all these ways the College seeks to enroll more UU's in active justice work and, in so doing, to enrich congregational life.
The full job description and information on applying are on their website.
Posted Thursday, 08 September 2011 11:37 Written by Jess Cullinan