Position Overview:
The Excelsior Planning Collaborative seeks an intern to provide administrative support to the Collaborative’s Strategic Planning Consultant as the neighborhood undertakes a comprehensive strategic planning process.  This project will provide the intern with first-hand knowledge of a community-driven strategic planning process.  The intern will be needed for 8-10 hours per month for the period beginning in October 2012 and concluding in May 2013.  It is essential that the intern commit to the entire eight month process, attending one early evening meeting per month. 

Community Overview:
The Excelsior is historically a working class and immigrant neighborhood. The greatest assets of our community, which is within supervisorial District 11, are its ethnic, language and age diversity.  A consortium of community based non-profit organizations, schools and faith-based organizations in the Excelsior neighborhood of San Francisco are coming together to form the Excelsior Planning Collaborative, which will work on a grass-roots community strategic planning process.  

the Excelsior Action Group is recruiting motivated volunteers to be Safety Liaisons in the Shine a Bright Light on Excelsior campaign

Excelsior Safety Liaisons will be trained in Excelsior Safety issues before being tasked with conducting outreach and distribution for the Shine a Bright Light on Excelsior program.

The Shine a Bright Light on Excelsior (SBLE) program is a grassroots safety initiative of EAG, sponsored by PG&E.  The program goals are to promote safety directly on the Excelsior commercial corridor, educate merchants about Crime Prevention through Environmental Design concepts, increase the perception of safety on the corridor among those who live, work, and shop after dark and enhance the environmental sustainability of businesses on the corridor through the provision of energy efficient lighting.   The program involves the distribution of energy efficient light bulbs and educational posters for display in every small business on the Excelsior’s Commercial Corridor. The outreach will be conducted by trained Safety Liaisons volunteers. 

This volunteer position is open to Excelsior community members living, working, going to school, or shopping within 94112 zip code.  The SBLE Safety Liaison program consists of a training phase and an outreach phase.

The Excelsior Action Group will be accepting applications until Friday, September 7th