Jobs at Marijuana Policy Project

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Director of Government Relations

The Marijuana Policy Project, a fast-paced, well-respected lobbying organization, is seeking a seasoned Director of Government Relations.

The Director of Government Relations should have strong political instincts and solid political or government relations experience, be an excellent manager, and be able to persuasively promote MPP’s policy goals.

The overarching goal of the position is to pass medical marijuana legislation in the U.S. Congress, while preventing bad bills from being enacted. The Director of Government Relations’ responsibilities are:

1. Managing MPP's direct lobbying efforts in Congress (40% of the job). This includes acting as MPP's primary congressional lobbyist; advising the Executive Director on legislative strategy and tactics; and advancing MPP’s congressional priorities.

2. Working in coalition with (1) approximately 50 medical and religious organizations to persuade them to take action on federal medical marijuana legislation; (2) property rights groups to prevent the DEA from seizing the properties of California landlords who rent to medical marijuana dispensaries that are legal under state law; and (3) environmental organizations to call for the repeal of marijuana prohibition. (40% of the job)

3. Overseeing the work of two full-time paid -- and an undetermined number of part-time volunteer -- field organizers who are working to build local “grasstops” coalitions in targeted congressional districts for the purpose of increasing the vote total for the Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment on the House floor. (20% of the job)


To apply, please see MPP's application guidelines. Interviews are being conducted on a rolling basis, so interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

MPP has 31 staffers -- 21 staffers in MPP's D.C. headquarters, three in California, four in Minneapolis, one in Massachusetts, one in Michigan, and one in New Hampshire. With more than 23,000 members and 100,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, MPP is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana -- both the consumption of marijuana and the laws that are intended to prohibit its use -- and believes that the greatest harm associated with marijuana is imprisonment.


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Petitioners and Team Leaders Needed for Ballot Initiatives in 2007-2008--Arizona and Michigan.

The Marijuana Policy Project is seeking petitioning team leaders and individual petitioners (depending on your experience level) to collect signatures to put marijuana-related initiatives on a handful of November 2008 statewide ballots.


Depending on the state, the petitioning will take place between May 2007 and August 2008. Team leaders and petitioners need not commit to working for that full time period, however.


The job opportunities are as follows:

Team Leaders: Team leaders will be needed to manage petitioner teams, in addition to doing their own canvassing. Team leaders must work well with people and be hard-working and highly organized.

Petitioners: Petitioners will collect signatures from registered voters to place MPP's initiatives on the ballot. Petitioners will be paid by the number of valid signatures they obtain from registered voters. Petitioners must look mainstream and present themselves well.

All petitioners, canvassers, and team leaders will work as independent contractors. Consequently, they must pay their own payroll taxes (which will not be withheld from their paychecks), and MPP will not be able to provide housing, health insurance, or retirement benefits.


If you are interested in applying, please send an e-mail message -- with either "Team Leader" or "Petitioner" in the subject line -- to resumes {at} mpp.org that (1) provides your complete contact information, (2) explains what canvassing or petitioning experience you have, if any, (3) lists the dates that you are available to start and stop working, and (4) includes a copy of your resume.

Thank you for your interest in working with MPP!


Please visit www.mpp.org/jobs for detailed job descriptions for each of the above positions and instructions for applying. MPP is not taking phone calls about these positions; rather, all interested candidates should apply by using the process described at the links above.

Would you please pass this message along to anyone you know who might be interested?

[grytpype]

1. I'm not interested in the job, but do you know where I can get some weed?

[eridani]

2. From your dealer

Or go to Amsterdam and bring back some seeds, if you can get them through customs.

[grytpype]

3. How about if I just smoke some banana peels, is that still legal?

[eridani]

4. Electric banana-

is going to be the very next phase!

[eridani]

5. They need video and graphics professionals too

As I mentioned in a previous e-mail to you, MPP is gearing up to run TV and radio ads to change the way people think about marijuana and marijuana users.

Many people sent in great ideas for ads, and now we’re looking for professionals in the video production industry who want to work pro bono — or for low cost — on the ad campaign.

If you have professional experience in directing or producing video/audio and would be willing to donate your expertise to our groundbreaking ad campaign, please e-mail your resume and work samples to ads {at} mpp.org.

Additionally, we're seeking professional graphic designers to help design mail pieces for our ballot initiative campaigns next year — again, either pro bono or at a reduced cost. If you or anyone you know is interested, please e-mail your resume and work samples to ads {at} mpp.org.

If you’re not able to help in these ways, would you please consider making a donation today to support our new ad campaign?
https://www.kintera.org/site/c.glKZLeMQIsG/b.1138071/k.99E3/MPP_Donation/apps/ka/sd/donor.asp?c=glKZLeMQIsG&b=1138071&en=lwJRL7MWKnLWIcNZKcKQLaO2KwK2LaMULkK0KiM3JkK2JpPeH

The White House drug czar is spending close to $100 million of taxpayer money each year on his misleading ad campaign, so every dollar we can raise to counteract the government’s anti-marijuana ads is crucial.

Thanks in advance for your support.