[Bloquez l'empire!] Snap! Job Posting for anti-racist youth coordinator (student position) - deadline April 23rd 6pm

[aaron at resist.ca]

Please post far and wide!
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Snap! Moving to Our Own Beats is hiring a Project Co-ordinator!

About Snap! Moving to Our Own Beats:
Snap! is a FREE summer program for youth of colour and Indigenous youth
(16-30) to learn skills, share ideas and gain experiences that will help
us to change the world we live in - to end racism and all forms of
discrimination that affect us. We are 'moving to our own beats' because
this is a program for youth, by youth, and we believe that we know best
what affects us, and how we as youth can change things...
Check out the website for more information:
http://snap.mahost.org/index.html

Job description

? Develop and work with Snap! collective on program design.
? Create promotional materials such as pamphlets, posters, flyers, a
website, radio ads, listserves, etc.
? Fundraise through events and solicit donations from institutions and
private donors.
? Develop and co-ordinate outreach for participants (flyering,
postering, announcements, etc in schools and community spaces relevant
to Snap!?s mandate.)
? Contact and schedule speakers, facilitators, artists, musicians, etc.
for Snap! programming.
? Co-ordinate and facilitate Snap! art projects and research projects
? Co-ordinate food, childcare, and accessibility for workshops and events.
? Misc. administrative tasks related to project wrap-up.

Required

? Desktop publishing skills.
? Experience facilitating artistic development within marginalized
communities.
? Knowledge of Montreal communities and community groups.
? Committed to working in marginalized communities (i.e. racialized,
lgbtttq&q and low-income communities, etc.).

Assets

? Experience volunteering or working in the non-profit, community and/or
art sectors.
? Working knowledge of Mac OSX.
? Experience working with consensus based decision making in a
collective environment
? Demonstrated organizational and event coordination skills

This is an employment grant-based position and therefore candidates must
comply with the grant eligibility guidelines. You must be a Canadian
citizen and have been a full-time post-secondary student in the last
semester, with a permanent address outside of your province of study.
Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

Please submit a resume and cover letter in English or French by
MONDAY, APRIL 23rd, no later than 6 pm to:

Email: snapmoob at gmail.com

In person at:
QPIRG Concordia
1500 de maisonneuve oust, suite 204
(Open Monday-Thursday, 1-6pm - 514-848-7585)

Mailing Address:
CORM
c/o QPIRG Concordia
1455 de maisonneuve ouest
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 1M8

Fax: 514-848-7584 (please call or email to confirm)

Because this is a program for Indigenous youth and youth of colour, we
strongly urge people from these communities to apply.  Employment equity
is in effect for the purposes of this hiring. Employment equity is a
pro-active measure to recruit people from historically disadvantaged
groups. A non-exhaustive list of these groups includes women, people of
size, people of colour, Indigenous people, First Nations, Inuit and
Métis people, queer, lesbian, gay, two-spirit, transgendered,
transsexual, and intersex people, people with disabilities, working
class and low-income people.

Please check out the website for more information about
Snap! Moving to Our Own Beats:
http://snap.mahost.org/index.html

You can also check out the mandate of
Colours of Resistance Montreal (the collective that organizes Snap!)
http://snap.mahost.org/documents/CORM_mandate2005.rtf
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