Job: Senior Campaigners/Strategists-International Movement Team for Purpose Campaigns (NYC or elsewhere)
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Another good job listing forwarded by JETAA NY Webmaster Lee-Sean Huang: Senior Campaigners/Strategists for International Movement Team (Internships also available) We’re looking to expand our team. We have some immediate project-based work available, and we’re also looking for new, senior, full-time team members. Our ideal candidate is an experienced campaigner, social entrepreneur or agency type […]
Job: Change.org seeks online organizer (NY, SF or DC)
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Shared with JetWit by JETAA NY Webmaster Lee-Sean Huang (2003-06) (Please do not contact Lee-Sean to apply for this job.): Change.org is Hiring an Online Organizer http://jobs.change.org/view/PWutSUyzgW Want to help run advocacy campaigns on behalf of dozens of issues in collaboration with 500,000 activists and 4,000 organizations? Change.org is hiring a full-time online organizer to […]
JETAA Canada National Conference Keynote Speech – May 30, 2009 – Toronto By Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, Kariya-shi, 1992-94) IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION Minasan, Ohayo gozaimasu. 1. First, I’d like to thank JETAA Canada and Gloria Ma and everyone else involved with this conference for inviting me here to speak today. As an American, I have to […]
JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong
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JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni. Crystal is a formerEnglish-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints. The shift from spring into summer seems as […]
Job: Development and Outreach Dept. Coordinator – Human Rights Watch (NYC)
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JETAANY webmaster Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken 2003-06) shared this job opening at Human Rights Watch where he used to work. (Please do not send your resume to Lee-Sean.) Full-Time Position Available: COORDINATOR Development and Outreach Department (New York Office) Deadline for applications: June 20, 2009 Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is seeking a Coordinator of Development Operations […]
Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06)–webmaster for both JETAA NY and JetWit–just shared a great new site for non-profit jobs: Jobs For Change (jobs.change.org/). Jobs for Change seeks to spark a nationwide movement toward careers in the nonprofit, government, and social enterprise sectors. (Read more about their mission.)
JETAA NY: Sake tasting at JET alum Chris Johnson’s Bao Noodles restaurant
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Thanks to JETAA NY and JetWit webmaster Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06) for posting about the event on his blog (http://leesean.net): I attended a sake tasting and dinner organized by JETAANY on Monday night at Bao Noodles. Chris Johnson (Oita-ken, 1992-95), JET-alum, sommelier, and owner of Bao Noodles, presented a tasting of his restaurant’s Vietnamese specialties […]
JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong
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JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni. Crystal is a formerEnglish-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints. Hello JetWit readers! Blog Beat was on a […]
This past Saturday we held the first-ever JET Alumni Blog Workshop where we invited JET alums to gather and learn how to set up, use and take advantage of blogs. This was my first activity in my new JETAA NY role as Professional Outreach & Development Chair and it turned out to be both productive […]
JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni. Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints. Even though it doesn’t seem like it […]
JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni. Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints. Robert P. Weston (Nara-ken, 2002-04) is pleasantly […]
Request: Seeking self-employed, freelancers, telecommuters, and start-up entrepreneurs who work at home or at coffeeshops for a graduate research project
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——- This request is from Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06), webmaster for both JETAA NY and JetWit. He is currently a masters candidate at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University. Hi JetWit’ers, I am working on a research and design project targeting the self-employed, freelancers, entrepreneurs and others who work at home, in coffeeshops, […]
JetWit Blog Beat: Crazy cats, spectral sounds, and Belgian conceptual art
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***************** JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni. Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints. JET alum Lars Martinson ,author of […]
Translators Mini-Challenge is a new arbitrarily recurring feature presented by professional translator, interpreter and writer Kia Cheleen (CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999). Update: The winner is Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06) Welcome to the first-ever JetWit Translators Mini-Challenge! The first person to respond by email to jetwit /atto/ jetwit /dotto/ com with the correct English translation […]
POLITICAL ANIMALS – Stories of politics from days of JET
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We didn’t go on JET to run for office or start a revolution, but sometimes politics had a way of finding us. Here are some stories from fellow alums. ********************* GIFT CERTIFICATE WINNERS Clara Solomon (CIR Tottori-ken, 1999-2001) Meredith Wutz (Saitama-ken, 2000-02) One Prize: $25 to Kinokuniya Bookstore, now on 6th Ave. between 40th & […]
