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Democracy for America (DFA) is our nation's largest progressive political action community. With over 700,000 members nationwide, DFA is a grassroots powerhouse working to change our country and the Democratic Party from the bottom-up. Founded by former Governor and DNC Chairman Howard Dean we provide campaign training, organizing resources, and media exposure so our members have the power to support progressive issues and candidates up and down the ballot. Join us in the fight to take our country back!

DFA Field Fellows (2) 

Will have hands on responsibility for engaging, energizing, and mobilizing our leaders, members, activists and groups. These positions will have a level of responsibility and opportunity well beyond an "entry" level title.

The Field Fellows will be an instrumental part of a leading national field program, expanding their organizing and field campaign skills on a local, state, and national level and have a chance to network with progressive leaders nationwide.

Individuals must be self-motivated, operate with a high level of energy, be enthusiastic for true grassroots actions, extremely well organized, and can connect with our grassroots leaders, members, and activists.

Field Fellow: Member Actions
1. Organize one off-line action each month for the entire DFA community
    a. Organize conference calls, mailings and member action emails
    b. Provide support and follow-up for off-line actions
    c. Compile metrics and analyze effectiveness
2. Organize local, regional, state off-line member actions
    a. Help manage and support member activists program
    b. Find and connect member activists with off-line actions
    c. Compile metrics and analyze effectiveness
3. Convert strong member activists to group leaders
    a. Identify, recruit, and support activists to become group leaders

Field Fellow: Group Actions
1. Organize and support monthly DFA groups meetings
    a. Organize conference calls, mailings and DFA group emails
    b. Provide support and follow-up for monthly DFA group meetings
    c. Compile metrics and analyze effectiveness
2. Develop program to improve performance of DFA groups  
    a. Create criteria and tier system to categorize DFA groups
    b. Connect "off-link" groups with DFA community
    c. Provide resources, training materials and incentives
    d. Compile metrics and analyze effectiveness
3. Organize or re-organize DFA groups in targeted areas

Both positions will be based at DFA headquarters in beautiful Burlington Vermont. Compensation is $1600 per month through November and start immediately.

Please submit a resume and VERY short note ASAP.

Please contact Adam Quinn field@democracyforamerica.com or 802-651-3200

Internships at DFA

Democracy for America (DFA) is looking for creative, motivated young people who want to get involved in progressive politics. At DFA, you will have the opportunity to work directly with staff, playing a substantive role in your department. The hands-on experience you gain at DFA will be invaluable wherever your education and career take you.

We currently have internships available in many of the departments at DFA, including:

Field/Community
Field/Community interns are the first line of support for our groups in turning online activism into off-line action: shaping public policy, electing progressive officials, and fighting in the trenches to take our country back. Our past field interns have helped organize dozens of Iraq war forums and hundreds of SiCKO screenings. You will support endorsed candidates by working with local DFA groups and activists to build grassroots involvement in the campaign. As a field/community intern, you'll help expand DFA's grassroots network by working directly with over 800 local DFA groups around the country.

Political
DFA endorses progressive candidates from the school board to the presidency. Political interns play an important role in the endorsement process. Your job is to find these candidates and research their stories. But this isn't just an office job; past interns have traveled to work on campaigns around the Northeast including Ned Lamont's campaign for Senate and Peter Welch's race for Congress. Every race and every candidate comes one step closer to taking the country back. If you want to be involved in races across the country, this is the internship for you. Political background encouraged. Research and writing skills a must!

Communications
Help get DFA in the news! Become a vital part of the communications department by assisting with research, writing, and editing, media tracking, and e-mail correspondence. You will work directly with our Communications Director and you should have excellent writing skills, attention to detail, and the ability to multi-task.

Technology
If you have computer skills, the Tech department is the place for you. You will assist our Tech Director by helping with systems administration or coding PHP applications. All tasks require you to work quickly and independently.

Some of the skills we can put to good use:

Training
Putting the 50-state strategy into practice, DFA's weekend campaign trainings go where we're needed most, whether it's New Hampshire, Utah, Texas, or elsewhere. Working in direct contact with local grassroots organizations and top tier Democratic campaign advisors, you will ensure that each training weekend runs smoothly. In addition to learning valuable organizing and campaign experience, all DFA training interns get to attend at least one weekend training for free.

Do you have questions? Want to apply?

Please contact:
Annalouise Venturella
Democracy for America
PO Box 1717
Burlington, VT 05402
intern@democracyforamerica.com
phone: 802-651-3200 ext. 199
fax: 802-651-3299

Application deadlines:
Winter semester (Dec.-Feb.) - November 16, 2007
Spring semester (Mar.-May.) - February 1, 2008
Summer semester (Jun.-Aug.) - April 1, 2008
Fall semester (Sept.-Nov.) - July 1, 2008