Re: student opporrtunity - social change careers

["Clement M. Henry" <chenry@mail.la.utexas.edu>]

Luke,

Your msg is hereby sent to a couple of undergraduate classes and I can put
a flyer outside my door in Burdine 422 if you like as you seem to be
offering worthy career opportunities for deserving seniors.

Best wishes, CH

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Luke Metzger wrote:

> Dear UT Senior,
>
> As a graduating senior you are no doubt trying to decide what you will do
> next year, or even for the next 5 years. I would like to let you know more
> about an opportunity in the non-profit/social change field.
>
> On November 20 the State PIRGs (Public Interest Research Groups) will be
> conducting an information session and on November 21 interviews on campus.
> The
> PIRGs are a nationwide network of non-profit organization that work to solve
> some of society's most pressing problems; a gaping hole in the ozone layer,
> close to 1 million Americans' drinking water that doesn’t meet health and
> safety standards, and a gridlocked political process held hostage by PAC
> contributions and well-heeled lobbyists.
>
> PIRG tackles these problems through a variety of strategies.  We watchdog
> the political process to hold elected officials accountable to their
> constituents.  We organize individual citizens and students, build
> coalitions of diverse public interest organization, work with media outlets
> to publicize our programs and lobby decision-makers to turn good ideas into
> strong public policy. We are looking to hire qualified seniors for our
> campus organizing positions and for public interest fellows program.
>
> If you are ready to work hard and make things happen, then the PIRGs are the
> place for you.  Make a difference when you graduate.  Please feel free to
> call me at (512) 479-7287, email me at txfield@pirg.org, or check out our
> web page at www.pirg.org/jobs for more information.
>
> Regards,
>
> Luke
>
> ********************************************
> Luke Metzger
> Texas Field Organizer, U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG)
> 1604 1/2 San Antonio St.
> Austin, TX 78701
> (512) 479-7287 (p)
> (512) 479-0400 (f)
> (512) 743-8257 (c)
> txfield@pirg.org
> www.uspirg.org/texas
> ********************************************
>

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Clement M. Henry
Professor of Government
University of Texas at Austin
Austin TX 78712
tel 471-5121, fax 471-1061