Page 2 The Bronco's Voice November 1988
Environmental Talent Bank Seeks Nation's Best and Brightest For Government Jobs
Blueprint Project Newsletter Outlines Steps to Federal Jobs
The Environmental
Talent Bank, a first for
environmentalists, is
recruiting the nation's best
and brightest for careers
with the federal govern
ment. The Talent Bank's
goal is to move troops of
environmentally-commit
ted individuals into federal
government jobs after the
election, the project's
spokespersons announced
today.
The Environmental
Talent Bank is a project
of Blueprint for the
Environment, a coalition
of national environmental
groups to enable the envi
ronmental community to
influence the develop
ment and implementation
of environmental poli
cies under the next
Administration.
Tina C. Hobson, co
chair of the Talent Bank
and executive director
of the Washington-based
Renew America, an
nounced the national dis
tribution today of a new
newsletter, "Guide to
Federal Jobs," — a first
step in recruitment plans.
"The summer's stifling
heat, dirty air and the
drought in the nation's
breadbasket have height
ened concern about the
environment and created a
groundswell of support for
national policies that pro
tect our world - the air we
breathe, the food we eat,
and our lakes and rivers,"
Hobson declared.
Michael McCloskey,
co-chair of the Talent
Bank and chairman of the
Sierra Club, urged the
environmentally - con
cerned to help build a
responsive government by
accepting the challenge of
public service.
"The legal and legisla
tive gains won by the
environmental community
may go no where, if we do
not assume the challenge
of building agencies
which believe in environ
mental programs and want
them to succeed," he
warned.
McCloskey empha
sized the need for commit
ted individuals at all levels
of government service.
"We need them as pro
curement officers who
will guarantee that the
products the government
purchases are energy-effi
cient. We need them hold
ing political appointments
as senior managers and
policy experts. We need
them in mid-level posi
tions where so much of
the work gets done. And
we need them at the
beginning level where
people can build careers
and provide for the
future," he stated.
Hobson said the Talent
Bank's first hurdle is to
overcome the disillusion
ment and negative images
created by the Reagan
Administration.
"Ideologues who
shared President Reagan's
conviction that the gov
ernment was over-regulat
ing environmental protec
tion were appointed to
direct the very agencies
they despised, and these
individuals gutted envi
ronmental programs," she
noted. "Young people
today are reluctant to pur
sue public service careers
because they believe the
government is going no
where," Hobson added.
Hobson, a 20-year vet
eran of the civil service,
said the Talent Bank plans
to inspire young people to
pursue public service
careers in much the'fash
ion that the idealism and
vision of John F. Kennedy
forged the Peace Corps
and motivated caring indi
viduals to enlist in public
service for the greater
good.
The Talent Bank's pri
mary aim is to develop a
computerized pool of
environmentalists quali
fied to fill senior level fed-
Approximately 50 per
cent of the 18-24 age
group voted when the
national voting age was
lowered from 21 to 18 in
1972. The percentage
dropped as low as 39 per
cent in 1980.
-The student voter
trend began to turn around
in 1984, thanks in part to
the NSCVR and USSA-
organized National
Student Conference on
Voter Registration. The
conference attracted 1,500
student leaders from 42
states and resulted in the
registration of over
500,000 new voters.
Educational Loans
Still Available
Three educational loan
programs for North
Carolina residents attend
ing colleges in or out of
state and for nonresidents
attending colleges in
North Carolina are still
available through College
Foundation Inc. in Raleigh
- for the entire 1988-89
school year or for single
terms.
One program is for
dependent or independent
students and is based on
financial need. One is for
independent self-support-
ing students and is not
based on financial need.
The third is for parents of
dependent students and is
not based on financial
need.
For more information,
write College Foundation
Inc., P.O. Box 12100,
Raleigh, NC 27605-2100
or call 919/821-4771.
eral positions in essential
environmental areas.
However, the "Guide to
Government Jobs" re
leased today is directed
at young entry-level pro
fessionals, 20 to 35 years
of age.
The newsletter is
unique in its approach,
guiding the federal job
hunters around the
"bureaucratic maze"
through the eyes of anoth
er young environmentalist.
The simple yet informa
tive approach provides:
*essential advice on
filling out the standard
-Based on past perfor
mance, expert predictions
estimate that 15-16 mil
lion young people (18-24
age group) will not vote in
1988.
-Once registered, 80
percent of students and
youth vote, a percentage
equivalent to other age
groups.
-Voter registration pro
cedures range from
Minnesota, which allows
election-day registration,
to Arizona, which has a
registration deadline 50
days before the election.
-Universal same-day
voter registration, in com
bination with mail-in reg
istration and registration at
government agencies, will
reduce registration barri
ers, allowing students
greater use of their voting
power.
Joy
by Arnell Anderson
What is Joy?
Emotion created
A fountain overflowing...
Like a cool, crisp water.
Beautiful sparkling
diamonds...
Good fortune-
Attained through luck.
A high degree of
gratification?
Joy is being happy.
Receiving a kiss from
someone you love.
Having high spirits,
A puppy wagging his tail
across your back
and licking your legs.
Feeling great delight.
Smelling the sweet aroma
of honeysuckles
A strong excitement...
Producing a magnetic
field.
To life so superb.
employment form 171;
*a step-by-step guide
which lists important con
tacts for employment
information;
*an agency-by-agency
guide with specific infor
mation to cut through the
"wrong numbers" and
endless number of depart
ments; and
*a guide to understand
ing government service
grade levels and helps the
job-hunter determine
where they fit.
Hobson said the Talent
Bank has adopted a
unique approach to devel
op the computerized talent
pool it hopes will be used
by the next administration.
The environmentalists will
offer a "Competency
Map" on each of the appli
cants for use to match
senior level jobs with spe
cific skills. The Talent
Bank doesn't want to
become a "turkey roost"
(the phrase give by past
transition teams for large
computer banks of
names), says Hobson.
Project Blueprint, a
coalition of the nation's
major national environ
mental organizations, is
also assembling a broad
range of environmental
policy recommendations
which will be presented to
the new administration
soon after Election Day.
Copies of the newslet
ter or additional informa
tion can be obtained by
writing the Environment^
Talent Bank, 1001
Connecticut Avenue, NW,
Suite 719, Washington,
DC 20036.
Calendar Of Events
Event Date Time
Jam^Koram Nov. 30, 1988 8 p.m.
(Kenyatta's Afro Tales)
"For Colored Girls Feb. 2, 1989 8 p.m.
Who Have Considered
Suicide When The
Rainbow Was Enuf.."
Faith Journey Feb. 9, 1989 8 p.m.
(Tribute to Martin L. King)
Nikki Giovanni Feb. 13, 1989 7 p.m.
(Poet, Essayist)
Hall & DarceU-Jenkins February
RJSC&Chesnutt
Library
*Note: All activities will take place in Seabrook Auditorium unless
specified otherwise.
**Maric your calendar and please plan to attend.
STAFF BOX
Editor-In-Chief Samuel L. Cole
Managing Editor Shaye H. Wilmers
Assistant Editor Judy C. Allen
Business Manager James L. Webb
Advertising Manager Reginald D. Thompson
Darkroom Tech Sharon D. Carr
Advisor Dr. Glenna W. Sexton
Copy Editor Stephen T. Ward
STAFFERS
James Allen, Michael Allen, Dana Underwood, Jerald Burks, Debby Hall, Floyd Lark,
Heawatha Sanders, Tonya Tyler, Francine Pope and Richard Sumpter.
WHATS WAR REALLY UKE?
Walk a Mile in My Shoes:
Interview^ a Vet
CONTEST
"1 didn't know what really happened in Vietnam.
The war started before 1 was bom, and ended before 1
was five. School history class hadn't caught up with it
yet and few people that 1 knew would say more than it
'was a mistake.' So I called the only Vietnam veteran 1
knew..."
—Kevin Straviss, $100 award winner of 1987 "Interview
a Vet" Contest.
There's no contest like it! This is your chance to
sit down face to face with a Vietnam Veteran and
hear how the war affected the life of this one
person.
This contest has two parts: In the first part we
ask you to interview a Vietnam Veteran, and in the
second part we ask you to express what you think
and feel about what you heard by writing some
thing or making a work of art or music.
DEADLINE: March 15,1989
To Enter: Send for The Interview a Vet Contest Booklet, CCCO,
2208 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146; 215-545-4626; or
CCCO-Western Region, P.O. Box 42249, San Francisco, CA
94142; 415-552-6433.
This contest is sponsored by Veterans for Peace, Inc., Vietnam
Veterans Against the War, Black Veterans for Social Justice,
Veterans Education Project, and CCCO/An Agency for Mili
tary and Draft Counseliitg.
AGES 15-23
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Facts About Student Voter Participation