Term: Fall/Summer/Spring
Positions available: 8
Ideal start date: Fall
Application Deadline: Rolling. Early applications considered first!
About the Group:
Anti-Oppression Working Group (AWG) is the body within the Berkeley Student Coops (BSC) tasked with providing our membership (residents and boarders) with quality, accessible anti-oppression education by giving anti-oppression workshops at the units. Each member of the working group will present and help the BSC revise content relating to anti-oppression education. The AWG will be re-established in order to create and facilitate anti-oppression peer education in every BSC unit.The goal is to create several workshops based on anti-oppression, while at the same time remaining flexible to cater to different house environments. Maintaining the ability to tailor our workshops to different coop communities is one of our main priorities in education.
About anti-oppression workshop facilitators:
- Facilitators are compensated at the BSC work shift rate, and are permitted to work up to 30 hours per term.
- Facilitators will be trained in our workshop curriculum, during a compensated, 6 hour training session at the beginning of each contract period.
- After training, facilitators will be expected to be available for 2-3hrs of work a week. This may include, preparing for workshops with a co-facilitator (1hr), facilitating workshops in the evening (1 hr) and attending bi-weekly meetings (1 hr). Facilitators are encouraged to work more than 3 hrs a week if they can, and if enough workshops are available.
- During the Fall, facilitators will be tasked with facilitating, revising and developing new content for our workshops.
For more information, read the Member Resources Educators Program policies: https://policy.bsc.coop/index.php/VI.M._Member_Resources_Educators_Program
Qualifications:
The Member Education Coordinator (MEC) will prioritize applicants who demonstrate:
(1) interest in and knowledge about anti-oppression (racism, power and privilege, courageous conversations);
(2) interest in and knowledge about anti-oppression education (e.g. intersectionality, equity, anti-racism, power and privilege, accountability, allyship, being an active bystander);
(3) experience with delivering presentations, facilitating workshops or other public speaking engagements;
(4) passion for using peer-education as a tool for creating safer, more inclusive cooperative communities
HOURS/CREDIT: This position will be compensated at the workshift rate ($22/hr) up to 30 hours per contract term.
If you have any questions about AWG, please reach out to Della Moran, Member Education Coordinator, mec@bsc.coop
The BSC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The BSC encourages applications from those who are formerly incarcerated, people of color, people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, and women.