[Community_garden] Americorps Position at Catherine Ferguson Academy in Detroit

[Lindsay Turpin]

  AMERICORPS POSITION AT CATHERINE FERGUSON ACADEMY IN DETROIT

     

    Imagine yourself....growing VEGETABLES, teaching YOUTH, supporting YOUNG MOTHERS, building COMMUNITY, milking GOATS...LOVING your job!!

     

    Sound Interesting? Read on for more information about this unique job opportunity in Detroit.

     

    The Greening of Detroit, a non-profit organization, works to grow a greener Detroit through planting and educational programs, environmental leadership, advocacy, and by building community capacity.  In collaboration with several other organizations, the Greening of Detroit organizes the Garden Resource Program, which provides resources, education and connections to urban gardeners in the city. Catherine Ferguson Academy is a Detroit Public High School for pregnant and parenting teens, with a working school farm.  CFA also serves as a neighborhood cluster center for the Garden Resource Program. Our organization is seeking a candidate for a full time Americorps position.  The Americorps member will work with The Greening of Detroit and CFA to coordinate Garden Resource Program for urban farmers and community gardeners located in Detroit’s CRS Cluster 4 and support CFA’s school urban gardening program.  
   
  Posting Date: December 1, 2006
  Application Deadline: January 1, 2007
  Location: Catherine Ferguson Academy, 2750 Selden, Detroit, MI 48208
  Summer Hours: M-F, twice a month Sunday meetings/workdays, occasional evening meetings
  School Year Hours: M-F, 8AM - 3PM, twice a month Sunday meetings/workdays, occasional evening meetings
   

    For a full job description or for more information, please contact Ashley Atkinson at 313-237-8736 or email ashley at greeningofdetroit.com



Lindsay Turpin
Garden Resource Program Coordinator
313-961-3151
lindsay_detroitagriculture at yahoo.com
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