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Jackson worked his way through the crowd and into a campaign headquarters ("outreach center," in his terminology), and campaign workers arranged the scene for his speech. An aide pointed to the spot where the candidate would stand and shouted, "Rainbow, rainbow!" It was a signal to another assistant to plunge into the predominantly black throng and look for whites who could be brought up front to stand near Jackson, so that photographs would show the preacher as leader of a multiracial rainbow coalition...
Assistant to the Dean of Admissions Yerma V Gonzalez explained that the new recruiting program includes more college visiting an "a more deliberate outreach to churches, synagogues, denominational officials, and people who are actively involved in parishes...
Every afternoon she emerges from San Francisco's Sacred Heart convent in shorts and T shirt and jogs for a minimum often miles. But for Sister Marion Irvine, 54, her 5½ years of long-distance running is more than just healthy outreach to the postwimple age. Last December, the Dominican nun covered the 26-mile 385-yard course at the California International Marathon in Sacramento in 2:51.01. Thus by a scant .15 sec., she qualified for the Olympic trials, the oldest woman in the world to make the grade. Sister Marion is now training with her coach...
Public sector work is also available with various public interest groups, such as the Massachusetts Public interest Research Group (Mass PRIG) and Massachusetts Fair Share. Summer positions involve door-to-door canvassing, fundraising, and political outreach. The hours, two to ten p.m., may be more favorable to some students than the normal nine-to-five track. Salary is based on the funds raised by the individual canvasser...
...Mass. Fair Share, has noticed an increase, not a decline, in summer staff over the last three years. "Yes, there are more students going after business and computer jobs, but there are two student job markets out there," Mr. Levenson asserts. "The students interested in political and community outreach work experience are in a different market from those in the business technical market...