Application Supplement

Intentional Community

Seeking hospitality, simplicity, joy, interdependence and contemplative activism.

Thank you for completing your application with AmeriCorps! Your skills and interests seem like they may be a good match for *culture is not optional. Please fill out the following supplement so we can get to know a little bit more about you. We’ll follow up with selected applicants for a phone interview.

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Name
First Last
Email
Mobile phone
Best way to reach you
- Email
- Phone
Are you planning to bring transportation?
- Car
- Bike
- None
Are you planning to bring a computer?
- Yes
- No
Essay questions
Please answer each question in a few sentences to a paragraph.
What prompted you to pursue an AmeriCorps position with *cino?
*culture is not optional is the umbrella organization for the Huss Project, which is where our AmeriCorps partners will focus their energy. What aspects of the Huss Project’s work are most exciting to you? What type of work with the Huss Project are you the most drawn to?
What aspects of living in Three Rivers are most appealing to you? What aspects of living in Three Rivers make you the most anxious?
Are you interested in reduced-cost housing in *cino’s shared community house?
- Yes
- No
Have you ever lived in an “intentional living” community or group house? Describe some of the enjoyable aspects and challenges of that experience.
Living in the community house will involve sharing responsibilities like cooking, doing dishes, cleaning common areas, transporting recycling, etc. Please comment on your experience with sharing household chores. What are some of your favorite and least favorite chores?
At this moment, what are your career goals? How do you plan to achieve these goals?

Job related abilities
Select the option that you feel best describes how well you perform the following skills or display the following qualities.
Creativity
Problem solving
Organization
Self-motivation
Effective use of time
Detail orientation
Supervising others
Working with kids
Recruiting volunteers
Training volunteers
Community asset mapping
Data management
Program development
Program assessment
Food systems strategy
Community organizing
Anti-racism understanding
Interpersonal qualities
Select the option that you feel best describes how well you perform the following skills or display the following qualities.
Enjoy living with others
Attentive listening
Share feelings with others
Maintain neat/clean shared work space
Know personal limits
Conflict resolution
Care for my needs
Enjoy solitude
One more thing!
Is there anything else that you would like to share?

Intentional Community

Seeking hospitality, simplicity, joy, interdependence and contemplative activism.

Application Supplement

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