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19 people are interested
Participate in a vibrant, sustainable festival as an Event Planning Intern for Earth Day!
ORGANIZATION: Louisiana Bucket Brigade
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19 people are interested
Get the best of both worlds by gaining experience in event planning work for an established festival, while also helping to guide the event as we take it in new directions for 2015.
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a 501(c)(3) environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor the state's oil refineries and chemical plants.
The New Orleans Earth Day Festival began in 2009 as a simple crawfish boil, and has since grown to be an established event that brings together New Orleans residents, local green businesses, nonprofits, craft and food vendors around environmental sustainability in New Orleans. The free event is all-inclusive, with music, local food, kids’ activities, sustainable demonstrations, and prizes.
The Event Intern would assist with the planning and execution of this and other LABB events. LABB events aim to engage our members, recruit new supporters of our cause, and raise funds to support the work that we do. This internship is a great way to contribute to a worthy local cause while gaining experience and participating in a fun, vibrant event!
The event planning intern will gain experience in logistics, permit process, promotion, committee management, and expo vendor relations.
The Event Intern will help with many aspects of event planning and will need to be flexible in assisting with duties as needed. These could include, but are not limited to, any number of the items listed below. If you have a specific interest, please let us know in your cover letter.
- Help brainstorm creative ways to integrate LABB messaging into events
- Communicate with green business vendors
- Assist with permit applications & follow-up
- Recruit event volunteers to help plan and execute the festival
- Promote event via social media, flyers, and press
- Solicit donations, i.e. silent auction items and food
- Attend monthly planning meetings with other event coordinators
- Participate in event during set up, break down, and throughout the day
- Assist with logistics, including obtaining supplies, coordinating set up and break down
- Pick up food or supplies during event
Qualifications:
- Excellent organizational, communication and writing skills
- Comfortable soliciting donations over phone or in person a must
- Detail-oriented
- Professionalism, punctuality, and ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities
- Self starter, problem solver
- Commitment to environmental justice preferred
- Previous event planning or fundraising experience a plus
Internship is 10-15 hours per week, for minimum 10 weeks leading up to Earth Day (first week of February), or could be extended as desired. Office hours are M-F, 9-5 pm. Internship hours will include some weekends. Interns bring own computer if possible. Internship is unpaid; class credit may be available.
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About Louisiana Bucket Brigade
Location:
4226 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70119, US
Mission Statement
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is an environmental health and justice organization supporting communities' use of grassroots action to become informed, sustainable neighborhoods free from industrial pollution.
Description
The EPA-approved "bucket" is a simple, community friendly tool that fenceline neighbors use to take air samples. Our purpose is to assist fenceline neighbors in their campaigns to make industry accountable for its pollution. We complement the community group by adding a level of technical expertise to their work. We provide this tool and training to community members to monitor and expose industrial pollution as it happens. The more evidence the communities gather, the more power they have to attain their goals.
Taking air samples is a powerful experience for community members who are used to being ignored, overlooked, and disrespected by corporations and government. Dorothy Jenkins, President of Concerned Citizens of New Sarpy, used to call the refinery to complain about the odors. A low ranking operator would tell her not to worry, that the black plume of smoke that billowed for hours near her home was not harmful. Now Mrs. Jenkins has a bucket. When refinery managers and government regulators tell her that there is nothing to worry about, she answers, "Why, then, was there a benzene reading of 14 in my air sample, a reading that violates the state standards?" The bucket gives community members power to hold institutions accountable to provide a safe and healthy environment.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
4226 Canal St.New Orleans, LA 70119
DATE POSTED
October 28, 2014
SKILLS
- Event Design & Planning
- Event Management
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
N/A