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Community Advocacy Media Director
Community Advocacy Education Director
Digital Storytelling Workshop Facilitator
Border Issues Researcher
Community Resources Editor
Camp Dos Cabezas Volunteer
Houston Institute for Culture offers internships and volunteer opportunities for area students. The volunteer positions provide valuable experience in academic fields: education, social sciences, social services, history, business, political science, and more. Some positions offer opportunities for travel. Interested students should contact Mark Lacy (at mark@houstonculture.org) for more information. Students receiving course credit must keep a log of their activities.
Community Advocacy Media Director
Responsibilities: Develop a strategic network of radio stations in Texas for placement of public service announcements aimed at helping people better understand the economics of their communities. For more information about this initiative (launching October 2006), please see: www.texasculture.org
Community Advocacy Education Director
Responsibilities: Develop a strategic network of middle school teachers in Texas for implementation of Kids Community Voices writing exercises for the advocacy campaign Positive Action for Texas Communities. For more information about this initiative (launching October 2006), please see: www.texasculture.org
Digital Storytelling Workshop Facilitator
Responsibilities: Present workshops for grade school and middle school children to develop their ideas as digital stories; facilitate the students' work to completion and presentation for peer groups. For more information about this initiative (launching September 2006), please see: www.digitalstory.org
Border Issues Researcher
Responsibilities: Research and identify the foundation of Colonia 21 de Marzo (March 21 Colony) in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico; present a summary of the colonia's history for presentation on the Internet; prepare information gathered for archives. For more information, please see: www.houstonculture.org
Community Resources Editor
(2 positions) Responsibilities: Identify and compile cultural and community resources in southeast Texas or south Louisiana (as well as impact of recent hurricanes on the agencies, parks, community centers, etc.) for presentation on the Internet. For more information, please see: www.houstonculture.org
Camp Dos Cabezas Volunteer
Camp Dos Cabezas provides at-risk children the experience of a lifetime to help them achieve success in their lives. There are many opportunities to work with camp participants in Houston or Arizona, and internship possibilities in camp planning. For more information, please see: www.houstonculture.org/camp
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