July 15: Deadline for proposals from candidates for Organizer positions. Review of proposals begins
Early August: First IDEA Organizers selected and notified, alternates notified as well
Sept 1: Organizers begin and receive half of their organizing stipends
October: IDEA Camp brings organizers, staff, and other key allies together
June: Organizers complete their commitments and receive the other half of their stipends
IDEA Organizers are selected based on who we think are the people and organizations best suited to build capacity and meet the goals of this effort and IDEA's larger strategy. Eventually, we hope to select an organizer for each of the 11 Districts of the US Courts, in order to build a presence every region, and eventually every state, in the country.
Region 1: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Region 2: New York, Vermont and Connecticut
Region 3: New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania
Region 4: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., North Carolina, and South Carolina
Region 5: Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas
Region 6: Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee
Region 7: Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin
Region 8: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas
Region 9: Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and Hawaii
Region 10: Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico
Region 11: Alabama, Florida, and Georgia
There's an urgent need to educate for empowerment, justice, and democracy, but many of those who care aren't working together yet. IDEA's community organizers work toward meaningful, community-driven change in education.
Want to put a face to IDEA organizing? Meet our 2010-2011 Organizers.
Goals of IDEA Organizing
- Build relationships, online and in person, between youth, educators, youth workers, parents, school administrators, and policy makers.
- Discover the needs and interests of each constituency and support the communication of those needs and interests.
- Support people to take action on their interests (both individual and shared) and mobilize their local and regional resources towards meeting those needs in alignment with IDEA's mission.