The Associated Students Environmental Justice Alliance (EJA) is looking to bring on board members for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year! Consider joining our board if you are interested in working towards creating a safe and inclusive space, developing and joining efforts dedicated to addressing environmental justice issues/topics, and gaining experiences in event programming, publicity, outreach, and more! To learn more about our open positions, read below!
The application deadline is 11:59 pm PST on Friday, May 12th through THIS LINK!
All EJA officers are required to:
1) Attend the core officer meeting on Monday nights at 6pm
2) Attend the quarterly general meetings (TBD per each quarter)
3) Attend a check-in meeting with the EJA executive chairs and the EJA advisor every other week
In addition, officers are expected to attend as many EJA events as possible and, if an event can not be attended, to inform the EJA executive chairs and the EJA advisor 24 hours beforehand with a reason.
Below are position descriptions and the number of people in each role:
EJA Project Chair (6 positions)
There are a total of 6 EJA Project Chairs. Project Chairs should be organized, enthusiastic, creative, and goal-oriented. They are responsible for carrying out projects of their choosing each quarter that follows our mission statement. Their duties and responsibilities are as follows:- Are in charge of EJAs programming, events and campus initiatives
– Work either independently or in groups with other project chairs or orgs to plan and implement events following within the EJA mission
– Project chairs are expected to create at least 2 events per quarter
– Either choose to manage an incumbent EJA Project from a previous year when the position begins or start a new project. Projects are generally events but may include but are not limited to introducing more environmental justice curriculum on campus, hosting an environmental justice conference on campus, or the creation of an environmental justice website hub
-Collaborate with relevant on- and off-campus organizations.
-Involve non-voting and voting members in the chosen campaign.
-If the campaign to span more than an elected year, train successors.
EJA Administrative Coordinator and Treasurer
An Administrative Coordinator should be organized, detailed, and creative. They compile the information (events, topics, updates) discussed in both core meetings and general body meetings to share with the core and general members. Their duties and responsibilities are as follows:
-Take minutes at every meeting unless an excused absence is obtained.
-Attend an official A.S. Agenda & Minute Taking Template Workshop prior to starting position in the Fall.
-Compose and send out via email a reminder email before every meeting or weekly newsletter after every meeting.
-Send weekly minutes in word document format to all necessary email accounts in order to obtain Senate approval.
-Facilitate all room reservations
-Oversee the fiscal management of the committee.
-Prepare the committee’s budget request for the following year in conjunction with the co-chairs and present at Budget Hearing.
-Manage all requisition forms.
-Know the current standing of the Environmental Justice Alliance’s budget and expenditures at all times.
-Be available at the chairs’ request to aid in any money-related inquiries.
-Keep track of funding requests and check their eligibility with AS Funding Guidelines.
-Provide monthly report on finances.
-Train successors.
EJA Publicity Chairs (2 positions)
There are a total of 2 EJA Publicity Chairs. One publicity chair is primarily responsible for working with other board members on event outreach and promotion. The other focuses on highlighting weekly local, state, national, or global news related to environmental justice in the form of blogs, social media posts, website posts, etc. Publicity Chairs must be able to creatively communicate important information to our social media accounts as well as our website. Both chairs work together to advertise, promote, engage, and recruit general members of EJA. The duties and responsibilities of a Publicity Chair are as follows:
-Serve as an official representative of EJA during outreach activities.
-Inform UCSB students and community members of EJA activities and other relevant environmental justice issues and events. Utilize campus, community, national, and online media outlets.
-Coordinate with all other chairs regarding events and activities that need to be publicized.
-Maintain all social media accounts affiliated with EJA.
-Participate in or develop social media campaigns that focus on more inclusion and diversity in the environmental movements.
-Develop the website and update it with current EJA events, news, and media.
-Develop, order, and maintain Publicity materials.
EJA Student Affairs Chair
A Student Affairs Chair is responsible for fostering and maintaining meaningful relationships with various student organizations such as Bren School’s Environmental Justice Club, USLAC (United Student Labor Action Coalition), MUJER (Marginalized Genders United for Justice, Education, and Revolution), SCORE (Student Commission on Racial Equity), TWCOMM (Trans and Queer Commission), AIISA (American Indian Indigenous Student Association), BSU (Black Student Union), SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine), El Congreso, Intersectional Feminists, Underground Scholars, and Familia de Colores.
The duties and responsibilities are as follows:
– Attend general meetings (of course not all of them) and co-host an event with an org of your choice each quarter. You will also receive guidance from our advisor! 🙂
– Identify orgs and projects that could benefit from EJA’s contributions. This could mean connecting with orgs about their ongoing events/projects in which EJA can participate, or tend to email inquiries from orgs asking EJA to co-host/participate in their events/meetings.
– Attend and report back on all campus and cross campus coalition meetings, such as ECOalition and UC/CSU Environmental Justice Coalition meetings, as the representative of EJA.
Please note, no experience is required to apply to these positions. While it is encouraged, we recognize that everyone begins their work in environmentalism at different places in their lives, and we value all perspectives that our board members bring to the table.