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Education Focus -- Deadline to apply is January 2, 2012.

 

The Panel is seeking a community organizer to help rural Arkansas communities improve their schools, create more education opportunities locally, and impact policies on the state level.  

The Panel organizes community groups across Arkansas, supports them to improve their local communities and links them with one another in coalitions and networks.  The Panel supports The Arkansas Citizens First Congress, a statewide, multi-issue and non-partisan coalition of over 40 community organizations who work together to win progressive changes in state policy.  

This position will report to the lead Education Organizer.

 

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