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Volunteer Opportunity
The MRCC is in need of an organizer to lead and coordinate the MRCC's Coal Plant Campaign Committee and volunteers. The major goal of this campaign is to reduce or eliminate the harmful environmental and health effects from coal-fired power generation by cleaning up current plants, shutting them down, or preventing sitings of new ones. With the MRCC's recent conference in Toronto, Canada (their second on developing this campaign); a near-fully-developed regional and bi-national campaign plan exists. The success of this workshop helped generate a core group committed to steering committee participation and even more on plan implementation. In addition, over 70 volunteers in the region have expressed varying levels of interest in working on this issue. Desired Skills: - Excellent organizational and people skills. (Past experience in chairing a plus, but not required.) - Understanding of budget, Sierra Club planning process, (grant-writing skills a plus; last year's total MRCC budget ~$20,000). - A knowledge or desire to learn about coal-fired power plant pollution and its effects. Training from the MRCC chair is available. Location: Anywhere in the Midwest region or Ontario. Time commitment: This position requires approximately 10 hours per month. Additional time required during planning of semi-annual meetings (2) or other potential events. In order to assist, the Midwest Regional Office has committed staff support. Inquiries: For further information please contact Barb Frank, MRCC Chair, at bdfrank@centurytel.net. The MRCC is a bi-national committee of the Sierra Club. Nine Midwestern states and the province of Ontario form the MRCC (MN, IA, MO, IL, WI, MI, IN, KY, OH and ON). Up to Top |
