Hostos Criminal Justice Club

05/25/2012

Progressive Democratic Club in uptown New York City (Manhattan) is accepting applications for Internship. (Also volunteers)

Be a part of a historic NYC Congressional race in upper Manhattan with a June Primary date and a State Senate race with a September Primary date. Both for great progressive candidates.

We’re looking for full and part-time unpaid interns who are eager to be part of the political process and move our country forward.

Learn the various aspects of a Political Campaign.

Communications
Field work
Operations
Data management
Organizing
Research

Qualified Applicants will be:

• Responsible and understand their acts reflect on the club and campaign.
• Interested in local, state, or national politics.
• Committed to Democratic ideas.
• Ready and willing to learn the intricacies of campaign work.
• Be available to work part-time (10-20 hours a week) or full-time.

• Represent the Campaign at Events.

• All interns who successfully complete internship will get a letter of recommendation from the candidate.

To Apply:

•Send an email with your resume to: [email protected] ASAP.

05/25/2012

State Senate campaign in South Brooklyn looking for energetic,
intelligent, personable individuals to collect petition signatures.

Successful candidates will be comfortable walking for hours at a time,
be able to speak to voters intelligently about issues that impact
their community and be able to work well in teams. No previous
campaign experience is necessary, but it is helpful.

All applicants must be REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS
A MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

To apply, send a resume and cover letter to
[email protected].

Students seeking internship credit are encouraged to apply.

05/25/2012

A New York City elected official is looking for a scheduler/staff assistant to handle constituent correspondence and maintain schedule.

Applicants should possess strong writing skills, knowledge of New York City and should be available to start within a few weeks. The ideal candidate works well in a fast paced environment, can multi-task under tight deadlines and is a team player. VERY strong attention to detail is required.

The job requires occasional work on nights and weekends. Applicants who own a car will get priority. Proficiency in Spanish, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, or Korean are also preferred, and should be noted in cover letter.

Please send a cover letter noting linguistic skills, vehicle ownership, and salary requirements, resume and two writing samples of 500 words or more to [email protected].

Salary commensurate with experience, and includes a generous benefits package.

05/25/2012

FYI

GRASSROOTS SOLUTIONS SEEKS INTERNS FOR SUMMER 2012 SESSION IN NEW YORK CITY



grassroots solutions is a national consulting firm that specializes in grassroots organizing, strategy, training, and evaluation. Since 1999,grassroots solutions has worked across the country with nonprofit and labor organizations and their funders, political campaigns, corporations, and government entities to expand their grassroots capacity, win elections or legislative victories, address community concerns, or position brands on the market. We are currently accepting applications for our summer 2012 intern program. Positions are based in our New York City office near Madison Square Park.



POSITION OVERVIEW: grassroots solutions is looking for motivated individuals interested in learning about the latest integrated organizing strategies and tactics, metrics-based evaluations, grassroots training, and program assessments and planning. grassroots solutions’ intern duties typically fall into the following broad areas:



· Client Service Support: depending on the client and the project, this could include assisting with organizing and planning live or virtual events, helping to conduct analysis for evaluations or assessments, prepping training materials, monitoring and evaluating campaigns.



· Marketing and Research: this could include drafting content for the website, identifying relevant articles and case studies to inform client projects, and researching issues/referendums/candidates for races nationwide.



· Administration and Data Management: typically there are a number of administrative and data management tasks that are part of every intern’s responsibilities. These tasks often include transcribing, filing, editing and/or archiving documents, copying, data entry and assembling training and presentation materials.



The summer session begins in mid-June and runs through August 2012. Summer interns are expected to work 20 hours per week, typically between the hours of 8:30am and 5:30pm, Monday through Friday. Internships have a paid stipend for the session.



REQUIREMENTS

· Excellent written and communication skills

· Strong research skills

· Demonstrated interest in the mission of grassroots solutions

· Flexibility and a sense of humor



TO APPLY

Send resume and cover letter (no phone calls please) to LaVonne Leih at [email protected]. Please put “Intern Applicant” in Subject Line. Resumes will be accepted until June 8, 2012.



Applicants from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. See additional background information on our internship program at our website: www.grassrootssolutions.com

05/21/2012

United States Secret Service

http://www.secretservice.gov/join/

The United States Secret Service is seeking highly qualified individuals from diverse backgrounds interested in a fast paced, challenging and rewarding career for our Special Agent, Uniformed Division Police Officer, Special Officer and Administrative, Professional and Technical positions. We are in search of the brightest and best-qualified undergraduate and graduate students with exceptional skills, experience backgrounds and cultural diversity for employment.

The United States Secret Service's complex dual mission includes two responsibilities, protection of our nation's leaders and criminal investigations. The protective mission includes protection of the President and Vice President of the United States; former Presidents; major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates; visiting foreign heads of state; diplomats; and diplomatic facilities in the Washington, DC, area. Our investigative responsibilities include counterfeiting, financial institution fraud, credit card fraud, bank fraud, computer crimes and identity theft.

The United States Secret Service culture is represented through the agency’s five core values: justice, duty, courage, honesty and loyalty. These values, and the Secret Service adage “Worthy of Trust and Confidence,” resonate with each man and woman who has sworn to uphold these principles. Not only...

05/08/2012

You are invited to attend a site visit to the Bronx Defenders Office on Friday, May 11, 2012- 2:00pm – 4:00pm. This visit has been especially arranged for Criminal Justice students by the ASAP program at Hostos. We are scheduled to meet with an attorney, who will speak to you about the choices available in CJ. In addition, We will receive a tour of their Bronx Offices and the New Bronx Criminal Court.

I strongly encourage you to attend. Site visits and informational interviews are another way to learn about your future career field.

Please RSVP via e-mail to: [email protected] by Thursday, May 10, 2012.

05/03/2012

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05/03/2012

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04/26/2012

TODAY!!! ROOM B-205 AGENT CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ FROM ICE WILL BE WITH US!!!

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT!!!

04/26/2012

Hey, Please don't forget about our event tomorrow. Special Agent Chris Martinez from ICE will be with us. You can see his bio attached below. I will post the room number on this page as soon as it is available to me. Feel free to pass by the CJ office tomorrow if it doesn't get posted here on time.

"From Focused Student to Federal Agent."

Christopher Martinez is an adjunct lecturer at Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, N.Y. He is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and holds a Masters in Education from Saint Leo University. In addition he is a PhD candidate at North Central University studying Homeland Security Policy and Leadership.
He became the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Newark, NJ, on January 18th, 2009. He oversees five investigative groups who conduct money laundering and financial investigations. In addition he is an overseer of an undercover operation. He has been employed with HSI and one of its predecessor agencies, U.S. Customs Service since 1987.He previously served as a Supervisory Special Agent in the Washington D.C. Field Office, leading a team of Special Agents investigating Human Trafficking and Human Smuggling. From 2004 through 2007 he had the privilege of being appointed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attaché for Central America based in the U.S. Embassy, in the country of Panama. He was responsible for four offices in seven Central American countries. He was the law enforcement advisor to seven U.S. Ambassadors on DHS matters.
From 2003 to 2004 he served as a Desk Officer /Program Manager in ICE and the former U.S. Customs Service, office of International Affairs, Foreign Operations Division in Washington, D.C. From 2000 to 2003, he served as a Supervisory Special Agent in El Centro, California, managing a group of criminal investigators and administrative personnel investigating narcotics smuggling across the international border. From 1997 to 2000 he worked as a Senior Special Agent in the Office of Internal Affairs, El Centro, California investigating allegations of employee misconduct. From 1987 to 1997 he held progressively challenging positions culminating working as a Special Agent in South Florida where he investigating narcotics smuggling, money laundering, and fraud. During this time period he had the opportunity to work in an undercover capacity.

04/19/2012

Hostos Criminal Justice Club WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PANEL DISCUSSION YESTERDAY. WE WERE EXPECTING 50 PEOPLE AND INSTEAD WELCOMED 135!!! TOPIC WAS GREAT, DISCUSSION WAS GREAT, THE AUDIENCE WAS GREAT AND SO WAS THE FOOD! WE WORK TO CONNECT AND SERVE YOU ALL. THANK YOU!

04/16/2012

PRESS RELEASE :Does The Criminal Justice System Discriminate Against People Of Color And The Working Class?

An Open Panel Discussion Presented By
The Hostos Criminal Justice Club, the Black Male Initiative,
And the Behavioral and Social Science Unit
Invite the Hostos Campus to An Open Panel Discussion:


Thursday, April 12, 2012 (Bronx, NY) – On Wednesday, April 18th the Hostos Criminal Justice Club, the Black Male Initiative, and the Behavioral and Social Science unit of Hostos Community College will host a panel discussion titled, Does The Criminal Justice System Discriminate Against People Of Color And The Working Class? The discussion will be moderated by Assistant Professor Howard Jordan, who will speak with distinguished guest panelists Calvin Smiley, Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Hostos Professor Hector Soto.
The panel discussion will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the C-Building room C-39.

Assistant Professor Howard Jordan says, “The criminal justice system is a barometer of the condition of our democracy. Our panel of experts will seek to examine ‘stop and frisk’ policies, mass prison incarceration of Black and/or Latinos, and violence in today's schools towards understanding the race and class biases of the structure. Maybe through a cross-fertilization of ideas between students and faculty we can help our communities put the word justice back in the criminal justice system,” Jordan added, “We are thrilled to be partnering up once again with the Behavioral and Social Science Department, and The Black Male Initiative at our college and with John Jay College of Criminal Justice with the goal of informing our college community how pivotal it is for us to rise as one. It’s time for us to take a stand and discuss this reality we read and hear about in the news.”

Calvin Smiley, Criminology Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said, “I'm thrilled to be partnering with Hostos for this initiative. A criminal justice system and more specifically a prison system speaks a lot about the culture of that society.”

Harry Copson, President of the Hostos Criminal Justice Club, and Avery Toledo, Vice President of the Hostos Criminal Justice Club, worked arduously to bring the panel discussion to the Hostos campus.