Welcome, future organizers

My name is John Calkins. I am the Executive Director of the DART Center. I think I speak for everyone here at DART when I say, we welcome your interest and invite you to apply now for our four month, fulltime, paid community organizing training program known as the DART Organizers Institute. We encourage your interest because I have no doubt that those who follow through will have a tremendous impact on our communities.

Anyone can see that injustice takes many forms in our nation’s cities. When we take a close look we see healthcare for the few, unacceptable levels of crime and substance abuse, inequitable education within our public schools, lack of affordable housing, absence of jobs that pay enough to support a family, unfair treatment of new immigrants, and countless others. These things rightfully make us angry.

However, simply getting angry doesn’t mean things will change. Using strategies and techniques taught by our trainers, graduates of the DART Organizers Institute have organized people to hold political and economic systems accountable and won important victories on a broad set of justice issues. This is where you come in.

If you like working with people, facing challenges and winning, watching folks build real power, reflecting on the meaning of life, defeating injustice, and being involved in something more meaningful than “just a job”, then I invite you to explore the DART Organizers Institute as the beginning to a career in organizing.

We typically receive hundreds of applications each year, but we carefully consider each and every candidate who applies. To get started, we encourage you to apply online today because the earlier you apply, the better. Thank you once again for your interest. I hope to meet you at one of our final interview events this spring.

Sincerely,

John Calkins
DART Center Executive Director