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["Claire N. Kaplan" <>]

Date:    Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:14:46 -0400
From:    crystal kile 
<>
Subject: Job in New Orleans with Katrina Warrior Council & V-Day

Please circulate this announcement


KATRINA WARRIORS/V-DAY PROGRAM AND OUTREACH COORDINATOR 
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT 

Katrina Warriors, an expanding community network that seeks to end violence 
against and support the well-being of women and girls in New Orleans, and 
V-Day (vday.org) seek an experienced community organizer and special events 
coordinator. This is a one-time, 10-month, full-time position in New Orleans 
starting on or around August 1, 2007.

The mission of the Katrina Warriors Program and Outreach Coordinator is to 
assist V-Day and the Katrina Warriors Council with coordination of local 
communites and events around the 10th Anniversary of V-Day taking place in 
New Orleans during Spring 2008. V To The 10th Fest will culminate during the 
weekend of April 12, 2008 at the New Orleans Arena and other sites around the 
Greater New Orleans area to celebrate ten years of V-Day and to launch the 
next ten years. The Saturday evening event will feature multilingual 
performances of “The Vagina Monologues�; a celebration of the victories 
of women from around the globe (Kenya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, 
Congo, Pakistan, Iceland, Bosnia, etc.); video testimonials from young 
activists; up-to-date reports from women on the ground in areas of conflict; 
inspiration from world leaders. Throughout the weekend, thousands of women 
and men will rally together at sites across the Greater New Orleans area and 
take the movement t!
o the next level, expanding the V-Day model of empowerment for women and 
girls everywhere. The event will cut across movements, gathering peace, 
environmental/ sustainability, racial justice, and sexual violence activists 
at one event. “V to the 10th Fest� will showcase the work of Katrina 
Warrior Network members and reflect to a global audience the knowledge, 
experiences, and needs of women and girls of New Orleans.

Women and men in the Greater New Orleans area are invited to organize festive cultural, educational, and transformative happenings of all sizes and varieties during the two weeks leading up to April 12, 2008 and submit them to the Festival calendar. “V to the 10th� events will help facilitate appropriate conversations among self-defined communities throughout Greater New Orleans about stopping violence against and supporting the well-being our women and girls. The Katrina Warrior Council also strongly wishes for many “V to the 10th� events that celebrate and critically engage the global movement to end violence against women and girls. 

Duties of the Katrina Warriors Program and Outreach Coordinator will include frequent communication with the V-Day Worldwide Campaign Director and Katrina Warriors Council members, frequent communication with the people and organizations who form local nodes of the Katrina Warrior Network, coordination and distibution of the V to the 10th Festival calendar, working with a designer on development the Katrina Warriors webspace and daily operations of webspace, local press relations, budget oversight, and training and coordination of outreach volunteers and supervision of outreach interns. 

Duties *do not*involve oversight of the April 12, 2008 gala production of 
“The Vagina Monologues� at the New Orleans Arena.

APPLICANTS MUST POSSESS THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
* Knowledge of and ability to respectfully navigate Greater New Orleans, her 
neighborhoods and cultural communities, and her community organizations and 
institutions
* Familiarity with issues facing women and girls in New Orleans post-Katrina; 
knowledge of womanist and/or feminist thought and/or women’s art and social 
change movements a plus
* Experience with special events planning and organizing
* Excellent people skills
* Excellent organizational skills
* Supervisory experience
* Excellent communication skills -- written, verbal, electronic
* Intermediate level of aptitude with information technology,
ie: proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet (blogs + 
web sites); database management skills a plus
* Willingness to work some irregular and weekend hours
* Ability to travel regionally
* Immediate availability

Salary is competitive.

Application Process: Review of applications will begin July 1 and remain open 
until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed by members of the 
Katrina Warrior Council and by V-Day. Applicants should submit a cover letter 
and resume (including contact information for three references) to: 
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Katrina Warriors is an expanding community network dedicated to
ending all forms of violence against women and girls in the Greater
New Orleans area. Organizations and individuals doing work that
supports this mission are invited to join the Network. Men are essential 
to the mission of Katrina Warriors.

V to the 10th: THE CURRENT KATRINA WARRIORS MISSION

V To The 10th Fest will culminate during the weekend of April 12, 2008 at the 
New Orleans Arena and other sites around the Greater New Orleans area to 
celebrate ten years of V-Day and to launch the next ten years. The Saturday 
evening event will feature multilingual performances of The Vagina 
Monologues�; a celebration of the victories of women from around the globe 
(Kenya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Congo, Pakistan, Iceland, Bosnia, 
etc.); video testimonials from young activists; up-to-date reports from women 
on the ground in areas of conflict; inspiration from world leaders. 
Throughout the weekend, thousands of women and men will rally together at 
sites across the Greater New Orleans area and take the movement to the next 
level, expanding the V-Day model of empowerment for women and girls 
everywhere. The event will cut across movements, gathering peace, 
environmental/ sustainability, racial justice, and sexual violence activists 
at one event. V to the 10th Fest will showcase the work of Katrina Warrior 
Network members and reflect to a global audience the knowledge, experiences, 
and needs of women and girls of New Orleans.

Women and men in the Greater New Orleans area are invited to organize festive cultural, educational, and transformative happenings of all sizes and varieties during the two weeks leading up to April 12, 2008 and submit them to the Festival calendar. “V to the 10th� events will help facilitate appropriate conversations among self-defined communities throughout Greater New Orleans about stopping violence against our women and girls. The Katrina Warrior Council also strongly wishes for many “V to the 10th� events that celebrate and critically engage the global movement to end violence against women and girls. 

Katrina Warriors are a breed of Vagina Warrior. To learn more, read Eve Ensler's essay, 
"Vagina Warriors: An Emerging Paradigm, An Emerging Species"�

http://www.vday.org/contents/vaction/signupforvmail/vmailbackissues/0310301

The women and girls of New Orleans are the focus of the 2008 V-Day Worldwide 
Campaign. A portion of all monies raised by V-Day activities around the globe 
in 2008 will flow into our city to help establish a women's fund to sustain 
and further the work of Katrina Warriors. The formation of this fund is in 
process under advice from Katrina Warrior Network members and others. For 
more information about the V-Day organization, you may visit vday.org.

The concept for the Katrina Warriors Network was born during Spring 2006 as service providers, 
first-responders, artists, educators, and activists -- many of whom had helped stage productions 
of "The Vagina Monologues" in New Orleans through the years -- came together in 
conversations with Eve Ensler and V-Day about the daily challenges faced by women and girls 
returning to New Orleans to rebuild our lives. On May 21, 2006, the first Katrina Warriors 
ingathering took place, featuring interviews by Eve Ensler with Charmaine Neville, State 
Representative Charmaine Marchand, and Dr. Ruth Berggren, and the music of Joan Ann Brown and the 
New Orleans Gospel Singers with Rosalie "Tambourine Lady"� Washington. A copy of 
Katrina Warriors Handbook No. 1 and audio of the event are available for free download at

http://sophie.tulane.edu/katrinawarriors

Due to a projected server rebuild, the site is mirrored at 
http://www.tulane.edu/~wc/katrinawarriors


JOIN THE KATRINA WARRIORS YAHOOGROUP

The function of the katrinawarrior Yahoogroup is to give Katrina Warriors in
New Orleans and around the world a place to connect and share information and
ideas, and to help facilitate collaboration and planning for the 10th
Anniversary of VDay (vday.org) and the V to the 10th� Festival that will take
place at venues all around the Greater New Orleans Area in April 2008.

Follow the link to join the group: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/katrinawarriors/

--
Claire N. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Director, Sexual & Domestic Violence Services
University of Virginia Women’s Center
PO Box 800588
Charlottesville VA 22908-0588
T: 434.982.2774
F: 434.982.2901

http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/sdvs