NYAC joins over 200 organizations in sending Congress a message about ENDA

NYAC is searching for new team members Earth Day 2010 - NYACs generation green NYAC joins over 200 organizations in sending Congress a message about ENDA In the Community: Promote your campaigns and events with NYAC Campus Pride's Summer Leadership Camp Apply to work with NYAC before May 10, 2010. On April 19, 2010, NYAC began our search to add to our team. We are excited to announce two new open positions in our office in Washington, DC.  NYAC seeks passionate and driven individuals to apply for two opportunities: Manager of Development and Operations (full-time) and Program Coordinator, Youth of Color Services (part-time).  NYAC staff members represent a wide range of experiences and perspectives and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.  Interested in applying? Send all questions and applications tojobs@nyacyouth.org. Know someone who would be a great fit for NYAC? Pass this information on! For more information on the positions as well as our Equal Opportunity Employer statement, please follow the links below. Manager of Development and Operations (full time) Program Coordinator, Youth of Color Service (part time)     Earth Day 2010 - generation green As young people, we're passionate about more than just equal rights for the LGBTQ community. After all, having equal rights will only get you so far if you ignore the rights of our planet. Beyond that many, environmental issues affect entire communities of people - pollution, access to clean water, green jobs. In honor of Earth Day 2010 and the urgent needs of our planet everyday, NYAC engages year round in our green initiative, "generation green," a set of policies and pledges to hold for ourselves and for all of our members. Do your part - sign NYAC's green pledge at the link here. Read more at green.nyacyouth.org      NYAC joins over 200 organizations in sending Congress a message about ENDA The nation's leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations, along with allies in the faith, labor and civil rights communities, issued the following statement to members of the United States Congress: "Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act NOW." Check out the full release   In the Community: Promote your events and campaigns with a national network In every E-message, NYAC spotlights events and campaign issues to volley out to our wide and diverse network of LGBTQ youth service providers, progressive organizations, queer and allied young people, and people who care about LGBTQ youth issues. In that past, we have posted about LGBTQ youth organizations' big events or their stories that made headlines. We would like to include projects and campaigns in our national community on issues that LGBTQ youth are working on or care about. That's where you come in. Please email nyac@nyacyouth.org with the subject line "E-message items," with the information about your piece and a NYAC team member will contact you within the week. Email nyac@nyacyouth.org with your piece!   SIgn Up for Campus Pride's Summer Leadership Camp before May 7, 2010.  Tuesday, July 20 to Sunday, July 25, 2010 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Campus Pride organizes the only Summer Leadership Camp for LGBT and Ally college students. The five-day camp experience works to develop stronger undergraduate student leaders and safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities.  Participants have the opportunity to learn valuable campus organizing skills, coalition building and strategies for creating change at colleges and universities. Click here to find out more. The National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) is a national social justice organization working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people to strengthen the role of young people in the LGBTQ rights movement