Contact Us
33 Central Ave, 3rd Floor
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 462-5527 Fax: (518) 465-8349
cectoxic@igc.org
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History
Citizens' Environmental Coalition is New York’s leading environmental health organization. CEC was founded in 1983 by community leaders organizing to clean up toxic sites. Today, CEC has grown into a coalition of over 100 community, labor, health and environmental groups and thousands of individual members. CEC brings the grassroots to the statehouse, working with citizens across the state to create safe and healthy communities. CEC coordinates an Alliance for a Toxic Free Future with over 70 groups that are working to prevent harm from toxic chemicals by promoting green market shifts and reforming government policies.
Others Say:
“CEC provided us with step by step guidance to ensure a successful cleanup.”
-Shawn Lessord
Erie CANALKEEPER®
“I am particularly impressed by your efforts to empower, educate and assist individuals at the local level who are concerned about environmental issues. I hope that your efforts to build coalitions and develop grass roots support will serve as a model for citizen activism”.
-U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
“CEC has stood up to powerful corporations and uncaring politicians to demand and win genuine toxic chemical cleanups and real pollution prevention on the state and local level.”
-Lois Gibbs, Director,
Center for Health, Environment & Justice
Co-Founder of Love Canal Homeowners Assn
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Staff
Barbara Warren, Executive Director
Christine Dobbins, Program Associate
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CEC'S Board of Directors
CEC's Board members are people who represent member groups and have worked with the organization on local or statewide campaigns. They come directly from the communities we work with and often started their activist interests by working with us on their local problem and then becoming involved in a statewide advocacy campaign.
Tom Ellis, Co-Chair
Coalition Against Riverfront Pollution
Albany, NY
James Travers, Treasurer
Selkirk Coeymans Ravena Against Pollution (SCRAP)
Coeymans, NY
Mary Canfield
Elma, NY
Louise Poindexter
Partnership for Onondaga Creek, and Syracuse United Neighbors
Gary Michael
Cincinnatus, NY
Lou Ismay
Altamont, NY
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Job Opportunities
CEC seeks part-time volunteer interns in our Albany office.
Intern responsibilities include:
-Member outreach with information, action alerts, newsletters or fundraising
-Assist with maintaining and updating member database
-Contribute to website design and post regular updates, summarizing information.
-Format and design fact sheets, reports, and newsletters.
-Work with staff to develop social networking plan for our issue areas
-Post new content on social networking sites (facebook, twitter, blog), using creative and engaging messaging.
-Teach board and staff members how to update social media sites and website.
-Create media alerts, press releases, statewide flyers and proposals.
-Administrative and clerical work to help support the Program Staff.
-Assisting in the development of campaigns.
-Participating in grassroots environmental actions.
-Current project areas include: Nuclear Power in NYS, Radioactive Waste at West Valley, Toxic -Chemicals and Health, Green Chemistry, Zero Waste, Gas Drilling in NYS/ Hydrofracking, and Climate Change and Clean Energy.
Hours and Compensation:
This is a part-time (10-15 hours/week) unpaid position for volunteers. Academic credit must be arranged by the applicant.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
REQUIRED
-Understanding of digital media and be proficient in Microsoft Word, Publisher, and Excel and have experience with basic graphic design, wiki websites, and databases.
-Experience, education or demonstrated interest in environmental, environmental justice, and/ or public health issues.
-Good work skills, sense of responsibility and attention to detail.
DESIRED
-Previous internship experience in nonprofit organizations, specifically environmental nonprofits
To Apply
Send resume along and cover letter to :
Christine Dobbins, Program Associate
Citizens' Environmental Coalition
33 Central Ave
Albany, NY 12210
cdobbins@cectoxic.org
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