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CT Food Justice - GVI Urban Farm 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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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. Reservoir Community Farm, managed by GVI, serves as a center for educational school field trips, a knowledge resource hub for Bridgeport’s school and community garden network, a site for affordable produce, and is the source of hundreds of pounds of produce each year for local schools. Duties of the Urban Farm VISTA include:Create and implement a data collection plan to determine whether the farm is meeting the needs of the community; improve promotional and educational outreach materials; identify and pursue funding; document the key steps in farm protocol; set up a volunteer management system. The VISTA will work closely with GVI’s Youth and Community Garden VISTAs, as well as VISTA members from the City of Bridgeport and Council of Churches, exploring ways to collaborate with these organizations.
 
Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Housing ,  Living Allowance ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Training ,  Health Coverage* . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Car recommended ,  Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Neighborhood Revitalization ,  Health ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Hunger ,  Community Outreach ,  Entrepreneur/Business . 
 
Skills :
Leadership ,  Business/Entrepreneur ,  Community Organization ,  Computers/Technology ,  Public Health ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Public Speaking ,  Education ,  Communications ,  Recruitment ,  Teaching/Tutoring . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
CT Food Justice - GVI Urban Farm VISTA
Program Start/End Date
11/18/2016  -   11/17/2017
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 65816

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