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Oakland SOL is Hiring for the Summer!

Know any young people in East Oakland?
Tell them about Oakland SOL’s Summer Internship!

Download the Full Job Description HERE!

Oakland SOL is hiring!!

Do you care about the earth and your community?

Do you like cooking or want to learn how?

Apply to work for SOL this summer!

The internship will include a mix of hands on practical skills about growing and cooking food as well as discussions about issues affecting our community in Oakland. Trainings and topics include:

****** Food Justice: What it means to eat food grown locally? What it means to have access to culturally relevant foods?

****** Community Education: Learn about issues affecting our community now such as immigration, criminalization of youth, and access to food.

****** Community Connection: Meet other community organizations, gardens and people working for justice in our community

Eligibility:

You must be a high school student to apply. This includes people who graduated from 8th grade or 12th grade this year.

We will need a personal reference and an interview.

Internship Details:

Salary: $12/hour, 8 hours total per week

Dates: Must be available during the weeks of July 1st to July 18th, 2014

Application Instructions:

Deadline: Friday, May 30th, Interviews Week of June 1st.

Fill out the application below and mail or drop-in our mailbox to:

Eri & Jorge at Oakland SOL 1236 23rd Ave, Oakland CA 94606 or email to oaklandsol@gmail.com

Questions: Call (510) 610-6253 or email oaklandsol@gmail.com

Oakland SOL 2014 Summer Internship Application

Deadline: Friday, May 30th, 2014

Mail or Drop-in mailbox to:                                           OR Email to:

Oakland SOL                                                                         oaklandsol@gmail.com

1236 23rd Ave

Oakland, CA 94606

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(Address, City, State, Zip)

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Why are you interested in this internship at Oakland SOL?

As an intern, what skills or interests will you bring to the program?

Please write about your previous job and/or volunteer experiences.

Please give us the name and phone number of one reference who knows you well, and who is not related to you. We will contact this person to talk about your application, so make sure that you get this person’s permission before you fill in this section.



(Reference Name)                                                     (Reference Phone Number)

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Awards and Funding in 2014!!

December 2013

Ships in the Night! Dance Party made us, Oakland SOL, the beneficiary of their fundraiser Dance party! We are so grateful to the organizers for the funds raised and donated back to SOL as we begin to plan our Summer internship!!

April 2014

Oakland SOL was one of 27 awardees for this year’s People’s New Life Fund Award!This award is organized and funded by the Northern California War Tax Resisters! These brave individuals send the money they would normally send to the Federal government to this fund that supports many different grassroots projects happening in the Northern California region.

Oakland SOL was awarded some monies to run our Summer Youth Internship program!

Click here to check out the other rad organizations that People’s New Life Fund awarded this year!

After the PNLF Award ceremony, we received a generous donation from community member, Kate Raphael!!

We are all so very grateful for the support that our community has given to us <3

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Oakland SOL is Hiring for the Summer!

Know any young people in East Oakland? Tell them about Oakland SOL’s Summer Internship!

Awards and Funding in 2014!!

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Know any young people in East Oakland?
Tell them about Oakland SOL’s Summer Internship!