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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Summer Contracts Available
Michael Lane is available to sponsor contracts this summer. He is new Member of Faculty in the MPA program, working closely with the Tribal Governance cohort. He brings over 30 years of experience in working, and engaging in training, with Indigenous communities and Allies in the following areas: community development, community based advocacy, governance and self government issues, creation of trusts, strategic planning, public health issues, and various community based training initiatives.
Michael has a Bachelor of Arts from The Evergreen State College, a Juris Doctor from Arizona State University, a Masters of Indigenous Studies (First Class Honours) from Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi ( a fully accredited Maori University in New Zealand) and is completing his PhD dissertation on Indigenous Sovereignty through the Lens of Indigenous Advocacy.
Michael can provide supervision on Individual Study contracts and Internship placements in the following areas:
- Community Development
- Advocacy (Public Interest and General)
- Political and Governance Organizations and Structures
- Indigenous Peoples issues
- Law and Justice
- Legal History
- Governance Systems
- Quality Management Systems
- Strategic Planning
- Water, Fishing and Hunting Rights
- Sacred Site Protection
This list is by no means exhaustive, and if interested in having Michael Lane sponsor you, contact him at lanem@evergreen.edu.
Employers Attending
Free ASPA Job Fair Reminder
Posted on April 28, 2014
Public Service Career Fair
May 19th
Northeastern University in downtown Seattle
4:00pm-7:00pm
Here are the employers who will be there!
Local Government
City of Redmond, City of Tacoma, City of Seattle (Pending formal registration), Seattle City Light, Seattle Public Utilities (Pending formal registration),Sound Transit,Port of Seattle (Pending formal registration)
State Government
Department of Enterprise Services, Department of Social and Health Services, Department of Corrections (Pending formal registration), Employment Security Department, Health Care Authority, Department of Ecology, Department of Revenue, State Auditor’s Office, Washington State Legislature, House Office of Program Research (Pending formal registration)
Federal Government
(Two agencies, registered but not yet identified)
Non Profit Organizations
Compass Housing Alliance, Equal Opportunity Schools
Consulting Firms
Berk Consulting
All MPA students and alumni welcome! Register here for FREE:
http://www.evergreenaspaonline.org/public-service-career-fair-2/
- meet with several regional employers interested in candidates with MPA degrees
- network with graduate students and alum from the region’s top MPA programs
- Get involved with leading professional organizations committed to building a public leadership pipeline in the Pacific Northwest (American Society for Public Administration and Puget Sound Public Leadership Diversity Initiative).
All regional nonprofit and public agency employers with job openings welcome! Register here for $50:
http://www.evergreenaspaonline.org/public-service-career-fair-2/
Updates to Fall/ Winter Courses
We’ve made a change for Fall/Winter. We are offering Advanced Research Methods (ARM) in the Fall (instead of Winter) and Foundations of Public Policy (FPP) in the Winter (instead of the Fall).
Thank Amy Gould for this one (and some of the first year cohort). As ARM is taught in a weekly class and FPP is in intensive weekends, Amy caught that a weekday course is better for Legislative session workers in the Fall. Also, it will be very helpful to be taking ARM during the first quarter of second year Core as it will lead you to think deeper about the data you will be collecting.
ARM and FPP are required courses for the Public Policy Concentration and electives for everyone else. FPP Is open to all; ARM is only open to second year students and students who have already completed the second-year Core series.
Amy is teaching “Managing Organizations” in the Fall (instead of Winter) and Glenn Landram is teaching “Ethics and Leadership” in the Winter, instead of Fall.
Please register accordingly!
Memorial Details
Provided by Dr. Zoltán Grossman
Details of the Billy Frank, Jr. memorials, from the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC): “A public viewing will be held on SATURDAY, May 10 from noon to 5 p.m. at Mills and Mills Funeral Home, 5725 Littlerock Road SW, Tumwater.
Funeral services for Billy Frank Jr. will be held 10 a.m. SUNDAY, May 11 in the Squaxin Island Tribe’s event center at the Little Creek Casino Resort, 91 W State Route 108, Shelton. He will be interred at the Chief Leschi Cemetery [Nisqually], 2249 Reservation Road, just north of the ballfields. A dinner will follow at the Squaxin Tribe’s event center.
LIVESTREAM of Sunday memorial services (10 am-12 noon Pacific):
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/889018/events/2980650
DONATIONS are being accepted by the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission for the Billy Frank Services Fund. Send donations to the NWIFC, 6730 Martin Way E., Olympia, Wash. 98516. http://www.nwifc.org Donations can also be made to the Billy Frank Jr. Salmon Forever Fund in care of Salmon Defense, PO Box 7431, Olympia, Wash. http://salmondefense.org/salmon-forever-fund/ ”
BACKGROUND:
The Life and Legacy of Billy Frank, Jr.
(you can add memories here):
http://billyfrankjr.org/
Obituary in the Olympian:
http://www.theolympian.com/2014/05/06/3118975/tribal-fishing-activist-led-fight.html
As Long as the Rivers Run
(1971 documentary by the late Carol Burns):
View 1-hour film at https://archive.org/details/AsLongAsTheRiversRun
Where the Salmon Run: The Life and Legacy of Billy Frank, Jr.
(by Trova Heffernan, Washington State Heritage Center Legacy Project, 2012)
http://www.sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/oralhistories/BillyFrankJr/
PDF text at http://www.sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/oralhistories/BillyFrankJr/pdf/complete.pdf
Messages from Frank’s Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way
(by Charles Wilkinson, University of Washington Press, 2000)
https://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/WILMES.html
Statement by President Obama
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/05/statement-president-passing-billy-frank-jr
Honoring Billy Frank Jr.; A Message from Les Purce
I am sad to announce the passing of a great man, who profoundly influenced our nation’s understanding of Native sovereignty, and who helped guide Evergreen for many years. Billy Frank, Jr., a trustee for the college from 1996 to 2003, was a Native American environmental leader and treaty rights activist who spent much of his life advocating for human rights for all.
Billy grew up fishing for salmon and steelhead on the Nisqually River, and he was on the front line of the long struggle over treaty-guaranteed Indian fishing rights in the 1960s and ‘70s. His perseverance landed him in jail more than 40 times, bringing national attention to the issue and helping to guarantee Indian fishing rights when the “Boldt Decision” was affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1979. As chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Billy achieved a number of key agreements between the tribes and various local, state and federal officials that further strengthened treaty-guaranteed fishing rights and environmental protection laws.
Billy was the deserving recipient of many significant honors during his lifetime, including the 2004 American Indian Visionary Award, given for exceptional contributions to American Indian freedom; the Albert Schweitzer Prize in 1992 for Humanitarianism and the 1990 Martin Luther King, Jr., Distinguished Service Award for Humanitarian Achievement. Evergreen awarded him honorary MPA and MES degrees in 2004.
Billy continued to serve as an advisor to the college and as personal counsel to me till the time of his death. We will fly the black flag in his memory until the time of his memorial services.
Graduation Deadline
If you forgot to get your graduation application in…please contact Puanani Nihoa for the Tribal Governance Concentration and Janet Hays or Laura Hendrix for the general concentrations TODAY!
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Come May 9 to the ballpark for Public Service Recognition Night
If you would like to sit together, please place one order for the entire group. Orders are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis and are based on availability.
Pricing: $15 View Level (normally $20); $4 of every ticket purchased goes back to the American Society for Public Administration Evergreen Chapter
Reserve your tickets
Visit: Mariners.com/aspa
Promo code: ASPA
For large groups (over 20) or if you require wheelchair seating, please call Elizabeth McCloskey at (206)346-4519.
Share our event flyer Public Service Recognition Night
Date: May 9, 2014 and Time: 7:10 pm – 9:00 pm
Organizer: ASPA Evergreen Chapter