Opportunity with Retiree Advocate

PSARA is looking for an Associate Editor to assist with writing & editing our newsletter, The Retiree Advocate. The person who serves in this volunteer position will have the opportunity to work closely with our Editor and President Emeritus, Will Parry.

Requirements for Associate Editor of The Retiree Advocate

1. Commitment to PSARA mission.

2. Ability to work cooperatively with and under the direction of PSARA officers and Executive Board.

3. Ability to work as part of a collective – the editor, associate editor and president – that plans and oversees the development of each issue. Approximately 5 – 10 hour per week. (It will vary from week to week.)

4. Readiness to work collegially day-to-day with the editor.

5. Have some writing and editing skills – they overlap but are not identical and willing to learn from Editor.

6. Dependability: Monthly deadlines are inexorable masters.

7. Ability over time to develop ties of mutual respect with elected officers and staff of allied organizations.

Desirable qualities and skills:

Basic computer literacy.
Ability to do basic research on social and economic issues.
Experience working in one or more organizations.
Good background on social justice issues, broadly defined.
Helpful: Skills in photography, layout, note taking and telephone interviewing.

What you WON’T get from PSARA

In our campaign for 250 new members in 2010, we feel impelled to list some of the things retirees and boomers will NOT get with their $15 membership in the Puget Sound Alliance for Retired Americans.

They will not get a glossy 70-page magazine with a couple hundred short feature articles and hundreds of splashy photos and drawings, lightly seasoned with about 1.2% of social content.

They will not get features on youthfully aging glamour queens and other celebrities.

They will not get tips on adventurous travel to destinations they probably can’t afford anyway.

They won’t get multiple pitches for insurance or pharmaceutical products. In fact, they won’t get any paid advertising at all.

What they WILL get is The Retiree Advocate, month after month, in the tradition of Mother Jones setting crowds afire with her passion, and of Tom Paine writing furiously on the drumhead.

Our country and our people – including our millions of retirees and boomers – confront problems that are real and substantive. They can’t be addressed, much less resolved, with brightly illustrated diversionary froth.

Help your friends and neighbors keep focused on today’s realities. Use the coupon on page 7.

Think of us as today’s Mother Jones, today’s Tom Paine, rousing the countryside to address today’s crisis. Let your heart quicken as you join us in responding to today’s challenges. Strengthen our ranks, strengthen our voice. Add that new member. Today!