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CT Food Justice Project- GVI Community Gardens VISTA
 
 
 
The Connecticut Food Justice VISTA Project seeks to build the capacity of high-impact organizations focused on community food security and food justice. With VISTA Member support, organizations commit to empowering underrepresented populations to have meaningful input on food-related programs and services. Organizations will share best practices and learn new skills in engaging people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. VISTA Members in the project will: 1. Participate in a collaborative forum for sharing best practices and curriculum among 10 project sites and 13 VISTA Members. 2. Build the capacity of each organization to empower under-represented populations 3. Create, expand and enhance the services offered by their host site by fundraising, managing volunteers, convening the community, surveying the community, enhancing awareness of food insecurity and injustice, and much more. University of Connecticut Extension, in partnership with some of the most effective and innovative nonprofit organizations in Connecticut, is coordinating the fourth year of this multi-site project beginning in August 2016.
 
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This listing is currently not accepting applications.




Member Duties : Green Village Initiative (GVI) is a non-profit whose mission is to create social, economic and environmental change through a unified network of urban farms, community and school gardens. The Community Gardens VISTA will focus their efforts on making garden spaces more productive for growing food and building community. Specific duties include: Supporting gardens, based on best practices of peer organizations; collect and analyze data around garden production; streamline operations for gardener enrollment and involvement, improve communication amongst growers; plan a series of regular meetings and skill-building workshops with growers; conduct community outreach; craft recommendations for the sustainability growing spaces. The VISTA will work closely with GVI’s Youth Empowerment and Urban Farm Planning VISTA Members, as well as VISTA members from the City of Bridgeport and Council of Churches, exploring ways to deepen the collaboration between these organizations.
 
Program Benefits : Relocation Allowance ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Stipend ,  Living Allowance ,  Health Coverage* ,  Housing ,  Childcare assistance if eligible . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours ,  Car recommended ,  Permits working at another job during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Entrepreneur/Business ,  Neighborhood Revitalization ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Health ,  Education ,  Hunger ,  Community Outreach . 
 
Skills :
Leadership ,  Teaching/Tutoring ,  Education ,  Public Speaking ,  Recruitment ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Community Organization ,  Business/Entrepreneur . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
CT Food Justice Project- GVI Community Gardens VISTA

Program Start/End Date
08/08/2016  -   08/07/2017

Work Schedule Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None

Program Locations CONNECTICUT  

Languages
English

Accepting Applications
From  03/23/2016  To  08/08/2016 

Contact Jiff Martin
24 Hyde Ave
Vernon   CT   06066
860-870-6932
jiff.martin@uconn.edu
extension.uconn.edu/

Listing ID 65798


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