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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2023 Jefferson Science Fellowships (JSF). Established by the Secretary of State in 2003, these fellowships engage the American academic science, technology, engineering, and medical communities in U.S. foreign policy and international development. Fellowships are open to tenured, or similarly ranked, faculty from U.S. institutions of higher learning who are U.S. citizens. After successfully obtaining a security clearance, Fellows will spend one year on assignment at the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) serving as advisers on issues of foreign policy and international development. Applications will be accepted from August 1 through October 18, 2022 at 5 PM ET.  To learn more and to apply, visit  www.nas.edu/jsf . The JSFs are administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...

The Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) is seeking to hire two experienced community organizers to join our staff team. WORC’s regional organizers work with network leaders and staff to plan and execute regional and national issue campaigns, and provide support to WORC’s member groups. The two regional campaign organizer positions we are hiring for will work along side our current staff to work to: hold oil, gas, and coal companies accountable; create a just transition for fossil-fuel dependent rural communities by accelerating community-scale renewable energy; ensure justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples; build a new area of work around Indigenous community priorities that may include energy democracy, food sovereignty, health care, voting rights, tribal sovereignty, and other issues; and win an agriculture and food system that is fair and just for family farmers, ranchers, workers and eaters. WHO WE ARE WORC is a regional network of eight grassroots...

Position Status : Full-time, exempt Location : Washington, DC Position Reports to : Program Director The Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) is seeking a Washington, DC Representative to play a leading role in our federal policy work. The DC Representative will work alongside a second DC Representative and our Program Director to ensure the voices and values of diverse communities across the West turn into power and policy in Washington DC. The DC Office shares responsibility for a portfolio of issues, alongside on-the-ground organizers across the West, including work to: Hold coal and oil and gas companies accountable, Create a just transition for fossil-fuel dependent communities, Accelerate community-scale renewable energy, Ensure justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples, Build a new area of work around Indigenous community priorities that may include energy democracy; food sovereignty; health care; voting rights; tribal sovereignty; and...