Save Our Cypress Internship

Basic Information

Contact: Leanne Sarco
Descriptions: 1.Organize participation in the Save Our Cypress campaign leading to a campaign victory 2. Increase visibility and profile of the GRN in your city and state 3. Develop your organizing skills
Product of Partnership: save our cypress campaign
Final Product Special Instructions:Campus/Public Outreach ? Develop background knowledge of the cypress issue, monitor local developments, and create campaign materials (stickers, posters, etc.) ? Recruit concerned citizens and students to volunteer in all aspects of the campaign ? Conduct community coalition-building efforts to strengthen the campaign and the GRN ? Organize regular publicity events (tabling, street theatre, movie screenings, demonstrations, etc.) Campus Campaign ? Develop strategic plan for banning cypress mulch on campus ? Build campus support (student orgs, faculty, SGA, etc.) for a ?no cypress mulch? policy ? Work with campus administration to pass and implement policy Direct Pressure ? Collect post-cards and emails to pressure Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Lowe?s ? Hold local demonstrations, brochure hand-outs, etc. at retail outlets ? Use local media, through news releases, media events, LTE?s, and op-eds, to raise campaign visibility ? Participate in Gulf-wide call-in days and coordinated actions
This service activity is availble for .

Requirements

Students allowed to take pictures or video.

Availability

Location and Travel

Students will work independently at various sites throughout New Orleans

Supervision and Risk

Check-in at the site: Students will work independently but will be in contact with supervisor regularly
Students track their hours at site: via timesheet
Students will work unsupervised:Interns will work independently

Semester-long Activity Syllabus