In my role as intern, I assist with the mar­ket­ing of Career Ser­vices’ events.  Since I have an inter­est in the arts, I thought I would ask Abbey Racelis, Assis­tant Direc­tor for Arts, Non­profit and Gov­ern­ment to “guest blog” about the upcom­ing Non­profit Fair.  Here’s what Abbey had to say:

Prince­ton in the Nation’s Ser­vice and in the Ser­vice of All Nations.

The infor­mal motto of Prince­ton reflects a long his­tory of prepar­ing stu­dents for posi­tions of lead­er­ship and lives of ser­vice in many fields. Because of our stu­dents’ con­tin­ued com­mit­ment to mean­ing­ful work, Career Ser­vices is host­ing the Non­profit Career Fair – “Careers in the Pub­lic Good” on Fri­day, March 2nd from 1pm-4pm in Frist’s Mul­ti­pur­pose Room. This fair is designed to be a show­case for orga­ni­za­tions to share infor­ma­tion with stu­dents about cur­rent oppor­tu­ni­ties and the rewards and chal­lenges of work­ing in the non­profit field.  This year we are wel­com­ing 47 orga­ni­za­tions from a wide range of sec­tors includ­ing NGOs, Arts, Sports, Edu­ca­tion, Cul­tural, Envi­ron­men­tal, Human Rights/Social Jus­tice, Health, Com­mu­nity Advo­cacy, Foun­da­tions, and Government!

Some of the agen­cies you can expect to see at the fair on Fri­day include but are not lim­ited to (find full list of par­tic­i­pat­ing orga­ni­za­tions on TigerTracks):

Access Now: an inter­na­tional NGO that advo­cates for an open and secure inter­net as a means to free, full and safe par­tic­i­pa­tion in soci­ety and the real­iza­tion of human rights. Founded in the wake of the 2009 Iran­ian post-election crack­down, Access teams with dig­i­tal activists to build their tech­ni­cal capac­ity and to help them advo­cate glob­ally for their dig­i­tal rights. www.accessnow.org

Amer­ica SCORES:  inspires urban youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged stu­dents, and have the con­fi­dence and char­ac­ter to make a dif­fer­ence in the world. Amer­ica SCORES envi­sions a world where all youth find their voice, achieve their goals, and unleash their full poten­tial. Amer­ica SCORES part­ners with urban schools to pro­vide a high qual­ity, team-based pro­gram that inte­grates soc­cer, poetry and service-learning. www.americascores.org

NY Sun Works: New York Sun Works cre­ated the renowned Sci­ence Barge; a pro­to­type, sus­tain­able urban farm and envi­ron­men­tal edu­ca­tion cen­ter on the Hud­son River. The Green­house Project Ini­tia­tive is based on The Sci­ence Barge model, and ded­i­cated to bring­ing the con­cepts of urban sus­tain­abil­ity and envi­ron­men­tal sci­ence to NYC’s schools. www.nysunworks.org

Global Youth Con­nect is a 501 © 3 orga­ni­za­tion founded in 1999 by inter­na­tional youth lead­ers sup­ported by key human rights advo­cates and schol­ars. In a nut shell, GYC advances human rights and cre­ates a more just world by empow­er­ing young activists from around the globe through a com­bi­na­tion of cross cul­tural human rights work­shops, site vis­its, vol­un­teer ser­vice, and sus­tained human rights activism aligned with grass­roots NGOs, pol­icy mak­ers, and other stake­hold­ers. www.globalyouthconnect.org

Depart­ment of Jus­tice: The Fraud Sec­tion of the Crim­i­nal Divi­sion of the U.S. Depart­ment of Jus­tice is respon­si­ble for the inves­ti­ga­tion and pros­e­cu­tion of var­i­ous types of eco­nomic crimes, includ­ing inter­na­tional bribery, cor­po­rate fraud, secu­ri­ties fraud, insider trad­ing, mort­gage frraud, bank fraud, health care fraud, and pro­cure­ment fraud.

 Check out the “Career Fair” sec­tion of the Career Plan­ning Guide for tips on how to pre­pare for the Fair.

If mean­ing­ful work is some­thing you are inter­ested in, please check out the Non­profit Fair on Fri­day, March 2nd from 1-4pm in Frist!