February 8th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern
The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced the availability of a total of $650,070 for new Learn and Serve America School-Based grants to Indian tribes and U.S. territories to involve school-age youth in service-learning projects that simultaneously support student development and meet community needs.
The corporation anticipates that…
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February 4th 2010 Job Posting: CCFM Market Day Assistant (Part-Time)marketumbrella.org |
marketumbrella.org, the non-profit behind the Crescent City Farmers Market, seeks a part-time Market Day Assistant to help with the set-up, staffing and breakdown of its three weekly, open air farmers markets. The Market Day Assistant will work as part of a team and may also be asked to assist with special events, community outreach and other projects determined by the Director of Markets. Please note that this position requires some physical labor, early morning hours (on Tuesdays & Saturdays; Thursday we sleep in since our market is later in the day) and working outdoors. An ideal candidate will have excellent time management skills and be able to work at a fast pace, be highly organized, detail-oriented and able to multi-task, exhibit excellent analytical and communication skills, and share our love for public markets, local food and fun! Cash handling or retail experience a plus. More information on our markets and organization is available at crescentcityfarmersmarket.org and marketumbrella.org. Please direct questions and resumes to Director of Markets Emery Van Hook: . No phone calls please. |
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January 22nd 2010 Free Tax Preparation!A Shared Initiative |
Ready to file your 2009 taxes? Don’t pay for it; come have your taxes prepared for free by IRS-certified volunteer tax preparers! ASI Federal Credit Union and its non-profit partner A Shared Initiative are once again providing free tax preparation for community members through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. ASI Federal Credit Union will operate sites at its Westwego and Harahan branches, while A Shared Initiative will host free tax preparation at the Clifford N. Rosenthal Community Resource Center on St. Claude Avenue in the Upper Ninth Ward. Each VITA site will operate on Fridays from 9 am until 4:30 pm and Saturdays from 9 am until 1 pm from January 22nd, 2010 through April 3rd, 2010. Tax preparation is performed on an appointment basis, but walk-ins are also welcome as time permits. Please call 504.733.1733 ext. 79211 and speak with Tonnette Rising to schedule an appointment. Site locations: ASI Federal Credit Union – Harahan ASI Federal Credit Union – Westwego A Shared Initiative – St. Claude |
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January 8th 2010 Longue Vue Lands High Profile LeaderLongue Vue House & Gardens |
Longue Vue House and Gardens For Immediate Release After a five-month national search, Longue Vue House and Gardens has hired Joe Baker—curator, educator, and accomplished museum professional—to serve as the institution’s Executive Director starting January 4, 2010. Baker brings to Longue Vue a long track record of results in enhanced exhibits and programming, revitalized collections, increased funding, new audiences, and greater community support at universities, museums, and cultural organizations across the nation. Baker is charged by Longue Vue’s Board of Directors with stewardship of Longue Vue’s many facets: the house and collections, the gardens, programming, and community outreach. Board President René Fransen, speaking on behalf on the entire Search Committee, notes that Baker excels at operating at the intersection of the creative process and best business practices. He adds, “Joe is a visionary individual who has national contacts with the potential to help Longue Vue to continue its important philanthropic work in a post-Katrina environment, where local funding sources are strained.” Baker comes to Longue Vue from the Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. As the first Director for Community Engagement, he strengthened the public and civic purposes of the arts through innovative campus-community partnerships. Some of his key successes include creating an experimental exhibition space, Night Gallery, a partnership with Vestar Development Corporation and the ASU School of Art; researching health disparities in urban populations through a partnership with the St. Vincent de Paul Society, resulting in the establishment of a community garden; and hosting an all elements hip-hop event that explored grassroots arts activism. Prior to his tenure at the Herberger Institute, Baker was the Lloyd Kiva New Curator of Fine Art at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. There, he pioneered new opportunities for emerging and underrepresented artists through innovative exhibits and programming, such as Holy Land: Diaspora and the Desert, which won international acclaim for its examination of seven displaced artists and their cultural ties to desert concepts. Baker has also held senior leadership positions at the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Phoenix Office of Art and Culture and teaching positions at Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colorado), the University of Incarnate Word (San Antonio, Texas), and East Carolina University (Greenville, North Carolina). He currently serves on several boards, including the Editorial Advisory Board for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and the American Indian Advisory Board for Idyllwild Arts. He is also an award-winning artist himself. Known for his willingness and proven ability to work within museums and structures undergoing periods of significant transition, Baker is the perfect match for Longue Vue, which is poised between recovering from Hurricane Katrina and moving forward as a leader in the region’s cultural economy. Longue Vue, which now serves as a cultural and educational nonprofit, upholds its mission “to preserve and use the historical and artistic legacy of Longue Vue and its creators to educate and inspire people to pursue beauty and civic responsibility in their lives” by offering extensive programming to the public, often at no cost. Longue Vue is also an active partner in the community, working, for example, to re-green Pontchartrain Park, the historic African American neighborhood that Edgar Stern helped to develop. Baker recalls that upon seeing Longue Vue for the first time, he was stilled by the experience. He adds, “While all of us are forever imprinted with the potent memory of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures, Longue Vue compels me to dwell in a different place. What I see when I am here is a beautiful and powerful setting, wrought from the efforts of dedicated and curious staff and from the contributions of countless supporters.” Pondering for a moment, he continues, “Longue Vue, now, resonates with humanity. Its recovery is a living reminder of the human spirit, of the call to action that was answered by supporters from around the country.” The Garden Conservancy was one of the organizations that answered the call to action by sending a team of volunteer gardeners to help with the clean up following the storm. This led to designating Longue Vue as a Preservation Project. The Garden Conservancy then partnered with the New York Botanical Garden to raise $100,000, divided between Longue Vue and the New Orleans Botanical Garden, and hired Heritage Landscapes to develop a renewal plan for the gardens that was much more in keeping with their original beauty and distinction. Baker notes, “The Garden Conservancy’s commitment to and investment in Longue Vue is visible every day. I welcome the continuation of our partnership and the exploration of future possibilities.” The Garden Study Club of New Orleans, which has given grants to Longue Vue to revitalize and maintain Oak Allée and the lawn that flanks it, is another organization that has been paramount to Longue Vue’s recovery. Longue Vue’s Head Gardener Amy Graham explains, “Without the generous financial support of the Garden Study Club, we could not have restored Oak Allée, an iconic element of our estate.” Visitors and locals interested in viewing Oak Allée and seeing Longue Vue’s recovery may tour between 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Saturday, and between 1 and 5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, call 504.488.5488 or visit http://www.longuevue.com. ### About Longue Vue House and Gardens |
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