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Minnesota Reading Corps, an AmeriCorps program, is helping ensure that all Minnesota children become successful readers by third grade. You can be part of this successful organization by becoming a Reading Corps member.

To begin serving in August, complete an online application. Priority deadline is February 1, 2010. Qualified applicants who apply by this date will be the first to be interviewed. After this date, selection process is rolling.

You can be one of 675 people, like current member Cyre, who will serve one year in a local elementary school or preschool. Cyre says, “You build your confidence, you get a real chance to be a positive force in a child’s life, you become involved with your community, and you join a national organization of people who want to make this world a better place.” Apply and learn more at www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org.

Minnesota Reading Corps (MRC) “members” introduce research-based methods to children age 3 through grade 3, providing the extra support they need to read successfully. As a member, you not only impact the lives of children and families every day, but your own as well. During a year of service, you will build career skills and real responsibility, network with professionals, and add an impressive name to your resume. Other benefits include a living allowance, Education Award of up to $5,350 and health insurance for full time members.

Find out more at www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org and read our blog at www.mnReadingCorps.blogspot.com.  

Minnesota Reading Corps, an AmeriCorps program, is helping ensure that all Minnesota children become successful readers by third grade. You can be part of this successful organization by becoming a Reading Corps member.

To begin serving in August, complete an online application, which opens December 15. You can be one of 675 people, like current member Cyre, who will serve one year in a local elementary school or preschool. Cyre says, “You build your confidence, you get a real chance to be a positive force in a child’s life, you become involved with your community, and you join a national organization of people who want to make this world a better place.” Apply and learn more at www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org. 

Minnesota Reading Corps (MRC) “members” introduce research-based methods to children age 3 through grade 3, providing the extra support they need to read successfully. As a member, you not only impact the lives of children and families every day, but your own as well. During a year of service, you will build career skills and real responsibility, network with professionals, and add an impressive name to your resume. Other benefits include a living allowance, Education Award of up to $5,350 and health insurance for full time members.

Find out more at www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org and read our blog at www.mnReadingCorps.blogspot.com.  

Join IATP for a report on the
Copenhagen climate talks

Monday, December 21, 2009
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
2104 Stevens Avenue South, Minneapolis
5:30 – 7:00 PM

Please RSVP by December 18 to Emily at events@iatp.org or (612) 870-3454

IATP’s nine person delegation to Copenhagen is working on a range of agriculture and climate justice issues at the historic climate negotiations. In addition to hosting a series of presentations and briefings over the course of the summit, delegation members will be meeting with government delegates and civil society from around the world.

To follow our work in Copenhagen visit: www.iatp.org/climate.

And please join us on December 21 for a report and discussion on the outcomes and next steps in the global agreement on climate.

Hot chocolate, Peace Coffee, and cookies will be served.

Join National Park Service historian Dr. John Anfinson and towboat pilot Hokan Miller for a Friends of the Mississippi River walk and talk along the bluffs overlooking the river and downtown St. Paul. From this vantage point, much of the river’s history can be visualized — powerful geologic forces, Native American burial mounds, tales of early explorers, the historic harbor and today’s working river. Select your tour-time on the FMR calendar to sign up (pre-registration is required as capacity is limited) and view directions.

Join National Park Service historian Dr. John Anfinson and towboat pilot Hokan Miller for a Friends of the Mississippi River walk and talk along the bluffs overlooking the river and downtown St. Paul. From this vantage point, much of the river’s history can be visualized — powerful geologic forces, Native American burial mounds, tales of early explorers, the historic harbor and today’s working river. Select your tour-time on the FMR calendar to sign up (pre-registration is required as capacity is limited) and view directions.