Student Leadership Positions

2020-2021 Academic Year

Here at CA House, we believe that we are at our best when we are engaged in our communities, sharing our passions, skills and talents with one another. This year, we will be expanding our Student Leadership offerings as an opportunity for more students to empower their fellow community members to engage in opportunities related to our four basic values: faith, community, social justice, and sustainability.

Returning Residents are strongly encouraged to apply.

Community Advisor (CA)

As a Community Advisor (CA), you will have the opportunity to work alongside CA House professional staff and five other CA’s to develop a deeper community through programming and one-on-one relationship development with your peers.

The CA House Community Advisors serve as the primary point of contact between residents and staff by building relationships with the members of their house to ensure that all members of our community are integrated into the CA House program and mission.

You might like this if:

• You love building relationships with your peers
• You want to contribute to the community by organizing relationship-building programs for your housemates and the entire CA House community
• You are skilled at forming relationships and building community.

Responsibilities:

• Work alongside CA House Campus Minster, Community Coordinator, and Community Advisor Team to develop community-wide special programming for the MLC once per quarter.
• Get to know your fellow housemates through one-on-ones and house-specific programming
• Attend bi-monthly Student Leader team meetings to develop upcoming programs
• Be attentive to the pulse of the greater CA House community by communicating the interests and needs of your peers to CA House staff so that we can offer more targeted programs
• Facilitate basic conflict management between housemates and roommates
• Attend all three quarterly retreats
• Attend mandatory 2 day (one-night) Community Advisor Retreat in mid-September

Time Breakdown per Month (Total: 7-10 hours)

Sustainability Coordinator:

Here at CA House, we aspire to be a community on the forefront of engaging with daily practices of sustainable living. As the Sustainability Coordinator, you will be the primary student engaging with questions of sustainability in our community, setting goals, and taking proactive leadership to make those goals a reality!

You might like this if:

• You are passionate about sustainable living
• You love the MLC and are excited about seeing it be a more environmentally friendly housing community
• You love to educate and empower your peers to consider their environmental footprint and how they might adjust their practices for more sustainable ones
• You like to garden!

Responsibilities:

• Facilitating meetings and activities for two Community Life Positions: Sustainability Team and Student Gardeners
• Develop quarterly events, friendly competitions, or opportunities for community engagement centered around sustainability
• Work with CA House staff to dream and develop ways that the MLC can become more sustainable
• Attend bi-monthly Student Leader team meetings to develop upcoming programs
• Make a recommendation for one speaker we would like to bring to CA House to speak on a topic related to Sustainability, and provide support for that event
• Coordinate educational opportunities for MLC residents and the greater UC Davis community centered around care of our planet
• Attend all three quarterly retreats
• Attend mandatory 2 day (one-night) Student Leader Retreat in mid-September

Time Breakdown per Month (Total: 7-10 hours)

Social Justice Coordinator:

For its entire history, CA House has taken its commitment to social justice very seriously. In 1963, CA House organized a busload of ministers, faculty, students and community members on a trip to Selma, Alabama for the Martin Luther King Jr. march on the state capitol. During the Vietnam War, CA House was the meeting-place for a collection of Vietnam “war resisters” and supporters, and provided draft counseling to young draft-aged men. In the nineties, CA House was the first Christian organization in Davis to affirm the full inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community in the life and ministry of the Church. Additionally, we believe that serving together is one of the best way to celebrate our shared values in interfaith community.

In what form does our commitment to service and justice take today?

You might like this if:

• Activism, community service, and advocacy are important to you
• You want to help coordinate opportunities for your peers to get involved in their community through service and justice
• You like to partner with local organizations to support the work that they are already doing in the greater Sacramento area

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate meetings and activities for two Community Life Positions: Service and Justice Committee and Food Pantry Support Team
• Develop quarterly events, friendly competitions, or opportunities for community engagement centered around service and justice
• Make a recommendation for one speaker we would like to bring to CA House to speak on a topic related to Social Justice, and provide support for that event
• Help plan the Spring Service Retreat
• Attend bi-monthly Student Leader team meetings to develop upcoming programs
• Coordinate educational opportunities for MLC residents and the greater UC Davis community centered around social justice issues
• Attend all three quarterly retreats
• Attend mandatory 2 day (one-night) Community Advisor Retreat in mid-September

Time Breakdown per Month (Total: 7-10 hours)

Multifaith Coordinator:

You might like this if:

• You love multifaith community and interreligious dialogue
• You are interested in expanding your religious literacy and providing opportunities for your peers to do the same
• You like meeting new people in the community
• You love to plan events and opportunities for deeper conversations

Responsibilities:

• Work with CA House staff to coordinate monthly field trips to local houses of worship
• Work with CA House staff to coordinate discussion topics for Open Table program
• Make a recommendation for one speaker we would like to bring to CA House to speak on a topic related to interfaith dialogue, and provide support for that event
• Coordinate educational opportunities for MLC residents and the greater UC Davis community centered around interfaith understanding and religious literacy
• Attend all three quarterly retreats
• Attend mandatory 2 day (one-night) Community Advisor Retreat in mid-September

Time Breakdown per Month (Total: 7-10 hours)