Health Equity Circle (HEC) is currently recruiting Core Leadership Team (CLT) members for 2018-19, and we would like to invite you to apply!
HEC is an interdisciplinary group across the health sciences, and our uniting belief is that health is more than healthcare. Our mission is to learn, educate, and take action on issues that promote health equity through partnerships between students and community organizations. We employ principles of community organizing, and we are a member institution of Sound Alliance, a broad-based organizing network that represents labor unions, education associations, faith institutions and other civic associations throughout the Puget Sound. At any time, we have several ongoing campaigns that focus on specific issues related to health equity. For a current list of our campaigns, see the attached document.
The Core Leadership Team is a group of individuals within HEC who work together to shape the strategy of the group and to apply organizing principles to guide each of our campaigns. We are looking for leaders who are excited to grow as organizers and who want to support the work and growth of other student organizers. Since the campaigns are at the core of our mission, each CLT member participates in of at least one of the campaigns in addition their role as core organizer.
It is not necessary to have been involved with Health Equity Circle in order to apply! However, we would like that everyone on the CLT take the course co-taught by HEC called Health Equity and Community Organizing (UCONJ624). It is offered in Fall and Winter and you can take it at your earliest opportunity. Another option is to participate in a Leadership Institute hosted by Sound Alliance or Spokane Alliance where the principles taught in the class are presented over two weekends. We can give you more information if you cannot take the class.
Attached are two documents:
1) An outline of the Roles and Responsibilities of CLT Leads (Core Leadership Team Roles and Responsibilities.2018)
2) An application form (Core Leadership Team Position Application)
Please email your completed application form to heccore@uw.edu. We will having rolling applications through the beginning of April.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the application itself or about what it would mean to serve on the core leadership team. You can email us at heccore@uw.edu.
Additionally, we have a completely optional information session scheduled for March 29th from 5:30PM-6:30 PM in SCC 303, where you can learn more about Health Equity Circle. Please RSVP at https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/mwnrc
Once you submit your application, if it seems like you might be a good fit, we will reach out to you to set up a time when you can meet with one of our current leaders to learn more about how your interests and the needs of the organization can align.
