[pccgrads] Fw: Graduate student needed: Community engagement opportunity with NCRC

[PROGRAM ON CLIMATE CHANGE via pccgrads]

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From: Nicolette C Worrell <nicow88 at uw.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 9:25 AM
Subject: Graduate student needed: Community engagement opportunity with NCRC


The Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative is seeking a graduate student to support an 8-week community engagement opportunity. See below for details and please help spread the word to your students and networks.



The deadline is January 31, this Friday.



Thank you!





The Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative (NCRC) seeks a graduate student (Ph.D. and Master’s) to support their 7-week community engagement project with the community-based organization, CAFÉ Wenatchee (CAFÉ). The selected individual will receive a stipend for their learning and training opportunity (see below).



Learning & Training

  *   Gain experience in teaching content related to climate change and environmental justice.
  *   Gain hands-on experience engaging with a community-based nonprofit and community members.
  *   Learn how to take large, theoretical concepts and make them relatable to a general audience.
  *   Learn about how climate change impacts rural communities in eastern Washington.



The grad student will facilitate online learning sessions and adult education programming on the topics of climate change, wildfires, air pollution, and environmental justice. With the use of personal air quality (AQ) sensors, course participants will engage in AQ monitoring.



Time commitment is approximately 40-hours over 8 weeks and includes the following:

  *   Online teaching and facilitation: 45-50 minutes per week for 7-weeks.
  *   Preparation for each class: approximately 2 hours per week.
  *   Collection and organization of survey materials: approximately 4-hours.



The prospective graduate student will:

  *   Have general knowledge about climate change and its impacts on eastern Washington.
  *   Have knowledge of environmental justice (EJ) theory and understanding of EJ considerations for rural communities.
  *   Be bilingual in Spanish and English
  *   Have knowledge of eastern Washington and climate impacts on rural communities.



About the NCRC

The NCRC assists Tribes and frontline communities in improving their resilience to climate change. CAFÉ is a non-profit organization that advances family and community growth through education and serves a culturally diverse community in eastern Washington primarily in the Wenatchee and Yakima areas.



About course participants

The CAFÉ Steering Committee cohort will be centered around educating community participants about climate change, wildfires and smoke, indoor and outdoor air pollution, and environmental justice. The cohort is made up of community members from both Wenatchee county and Yakima county and varies in ages from high school students to older adults. Participants in this cohort come from various educational backgrounds so the prospective graduate student should be comfortable with discussing climate change, environmental justice, or air pollution with those who have entry-level background knowledge of those topics.



Stipend

The selected graduate student will receive a stipend of $500 every 2-weeks, based on UW’s payroll calendar, totaling $2,000 for the 8-weeks. Stipend payments are a non-compensatory payment to defray living expenses during the period of this UW program.



To apply

Graduate students must be currently registered as a student at the UW. Send a letter of interest of no more than 300 words with your resume (including any relevant courses) to Nicolette Worrell (nicow88 at uw.edu<mailto:nicow88 at uw.edu>). Please send your application as a PDF. In your letter of interest, please tell us: (1) why you’re interested, (2) about any relevant work experience, (3) background knowledge or lived experiences that may contribute to you successfully leading this work. We will review applications on a rolling timeline. We will begin reviewing applications on January 31st and continue accepting applications until the position is filled.





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