Weekly Do-Gooder Jobs and Events

RESOURCES

This shouldn’t be an issue, but in case you have to fight with a racist: A Brief Halloween History on Why Blackface Is Always a Bad Idea

JOBS

• Senior Manager of Special Events at Young Women’s Leadership Network (NYC)
• Director of Corporate Giving at Young Women’s Leadership Network (NYC)
• Senior Manager of Major Gifts at Young Women’s Leadership Network (NYC)
• Development Associate at Young Women’s Leadership Network (NYC) Don’t worry, I know someone who works at YWLN and this is a coincidence that so many development positions are open at one time. They’re actually pretty great.
• Development & Communications Director at Center for Urban Pedagogy (NYC)
• Investigative Reporters at BuzzFeed (NYC) “Report like a pit bull, write like an angel.”
• Culture Editor at The Guardian (NYC)
• Social Media Manager at Late Night NBC (NYC)
• Project Director, Public Rights/Private Conscience Project (Columbia University) (NYC)
• PT Kitchen Associate at Made by Lukas (LIC)
• Brooklyn neighborhood jobs (Brooklyn)
• Reporter/Blogger at Colorlines/Applied Research Center (NYC/Chicago/Oakland)
• Senior Director, Development at Share our Strength (DC)
• Communications Associate at Pew Research Center (DC)
• Program Officer – Human Services at The Kresge Foundation (Troy, MI) This has been open for a while, but they just started pushing it again
• Creative Writing Department Chair at Columbia College (Chicago)
• Account Executive at Yelp (Phoenix)
• International Program Manager at Code for America (SF)
• Senior Editor/Producer at Pop Up Magazine (SF/LA) Strong emphasis on events, although they are clear that they aren’t really looking for an event manager
• News Editor at Women and Hollywood (flexible)

OPPORTUNITIES

• Call for Submissions for In the Fray: Incompetence + Stupidity
• Gothamist Wants Your Freelance Submissions (Paid)
• Swedish Scholarships for Syrian MA Students
• The 1st Annual “Young Bluestockings” Writing Challenge

EVENTS

• November 2-3: Daring to Be Powerful Weekend Workshop (NYC)
• November 4: Safe Horizon Domestic Violence Conference (NYC)
• November 7-10: Women’s Donor Network Annual Conference (San Antonio)
• November 12: An Unfinished Mission: Making Wall Street Work for Us (DC)
• November 13: Gilded New York at the Museum of the City of New York (NYC)
• November 13: Truth and Trust in the 21st Century: Poynter and MediaShift Examine the Changing Ethics of Journalism (NYC)
• November 15: Alice Waters at Bookcourt (Brooklyn)
• November 17: “How to Lose Your Virginity” US Premiere (NYC)
• November 19: Women in Development: “Brand Me: Presenting Your Authentic Self to Advance Your Career” (NYC)
• November 21: 2013 New York Community Trust-New York Magazine Nonprofit Excellence Awards Best Practices Workshop and Awards Presentation (NYC)
• Now to January 4: A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk (NYC)
• Now to March 23: The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter (NYC)

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