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Become an AmeriCorps*VISTA Member with Community Tampa Bay in Tampa, FL!
Community Tampa Bay formerly known as The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) was founded to fight bias, bigotry and racism in America. Community Tampa Bay promotes understanding and respect among all races, religions, and cultures through advocacy, conflict resolution and education. Our role is to advocate, educate and resolve conflict relative to issues of discrimination and oppression of individuals and groups. We work with community, school and government leaders facilitating community and interfaith dialogues, providing workplace consultations, youth leadership development and educator training. Each summer four hundred youth attend CTB's Anytown, a week-long, residential, multicultural experience. Youth from diverse backgrounds spend a week learning and sharing with each other on issues such as genocide, racism, prejudice, sexism and other “isms” in experiential workshops, small and large discussion groups, role-plays, lectures and videos. The focus of Anytown is to engage youth in a challenging environment where they can develop solutions to critical human relations problems. For one week, students build relationships with others from across the Bay in order to create a network of youth who will work for justice in their schools and communities. The VISTA project will provide follow up and continued development activities for Community Tampa Bay programs, specifically focusing on Anytown, our leadership development and diversity awareness program. Specific duties will include: (1) develop a follow-up plan for Anytown alumni; (2) develop outreach strategies for programs; (3) develop volunteer recruitment strategies.

The FASS AmeriCorps*VISTA Initiative is a service program that aims to empower students through volunteerism and service-learning to create positive change in our communities. VISTA members earn benefits, including a living allowance, health insurance, student loan forbearance, and a $4,725 education award to apply toward tuition, student loans, or future graduate studies. Applicants from out of state are eligible for a relocation allowance. If you are interested in applying for this position, please visit our website at www.fsu.edu/~vista or contact Tara Glynn at (850) 488-3143.

Contact Tara Glynn at (850) 488-3143 or tglynn@admin.fsu.edu. For more information on the FASS VISTA Initiative please visit www.fsu.edu/~vista.