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Happy new year from EA NYC! If one of your resolutions for 2022 is to get more involved with effective altruism (or you've already given up on your resolutions and want a new one 😅), here are a couple suggestions on things you can do:
Covid in NYC
In response to the current Covid surge, we’ve paused in-person, indoor events. We have a number of upcoming virtual and winter-friendly outdoor events on the calendar. You can stay up-to-date on EA NYC’s Covid policy and event plans here on our site.
EA in 2022
The Centre for Effective Altruism has announced actual and potential dates for a series of effective altruism conferences. Sign up here to be notified when applications open.
At EA NYC, we’re planning our goals for the year ahead. If there’s anything you’d like to see us do, you can respond here or email info@effectivealtruism.nyc with your suggestions!
Volunteer with EA NYC
As the New York EA community grows, we’re creating new ways to get involved and support the group. If you’re interested in helping out with EA NYC events, outreach, or operations, you can fill out this interest form to let us know. We’re looking for anything from help getting snacks for events, to new board members, to everything in between! See a full list of ways to help on the form.
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To keep up to date on our upcoming events, check out our calendar on Facebook or Meetup, or add us to your Google Calendar!Lightning Talks: Life HacksSunday, January 16 at 2pmWe'll kick off the new year with 5-minute presentations on life hacks. This event will be virtual and we welcome life hackers from outside of NYC to present. We're hoping to hear from people who have either figured something out on their own or gone down a research rabbit hole and now have specific and in-depth advice on anything from a productivity hack to the best way to avoid losing socks in the washing machine.Zoom Link | Meeting ID: 844 3998 1516 | Passcode: 010922(Online. See details & RSVP on Facebook and Meetup.)Walk to ChinatownSaturday, January 29 at 2pmIt's another delightful 🎉 pandemic winter 🥳 and we all need to stay safe, but we also need to get outside and talk to other human beings! Join us for a stroll-&-chat from Union Square to Chinatown. (Outdoors. See details & RSVP on Facebook and Meetup.)Reading Group: Interview with Mushtaq Khan on Institutional EconomicsMonday, January 31 at 7 pmWe’re back at our regular day and time for January’s reading group! This month, we’re discussing 80000 Hours' interview with Mushtaq Khan, on using institutional economics to predict which government reforms will be effective.(Online. See details & RSVP on Facebook and Meetup.)
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There are many exciting NYC-based and remote roles open! We've highlighted a few below and you can see more on the 80,000 Hours job board and through the resources on our careers page. Here are several jobs we want to flag: |
- Open Phil is hiring for multiple roles in grants, finance, operations, and recruiting (remote, rolling apps), and an Operations Manager (SF, soft deadline TODAY).
- Generation Pledge is hiring a (remote) Program & Events Manager. Deadline is January 20th.
- Founders Pledge is hiring a head of events, risk & compliance manager, and multiple researchers.
- Momentum is hiring a product manager and multiple software engineers.
- Charity Entrepreneurship's incubation program is taking applications. Deadline January 16th, more details below.
- Animal Advocacy Careers is hiring a part-time, remote Marketing Manager.
- Food Solutions Action is hiring an Operations Manager.
- The Harvard Animal Law & Policy Program has opened applications for their Visiting Fellowship.
- Animal Charity Evaluators is hiring for an Executive Director and a Movement Grants Program Officer. Both roles are remote; the program officer can be full or part time.
- Wild Animal Initiative is hiring for a Hiring Manager, Development Coordinator, and an Operations Director. All roles are remote; the deadline to apply is January 17th.
- GiveDirectly (NYC or remote) is hiring in multiple departments, including business development, communications, tech, and legal.
- Weiss Asset Management is seeking a Foundation Program Manager who will help distribute funds focused on human health and wellbeing.
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The PIBBSS Summer Research Fellowship for AI alignment (remote) is taking applications until January 16th.
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If you decide to apply to any of the above or other EA-aligned roles, let us know! We're happy to help how we can.
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Opportunities Around the Community
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- Charity Entrepreneurship is taking applicants for its incubation program to start high-impact nonprofits! There will be two programs this year: the Summer 2022 program will be online from late June to late August, and will include one week in person in London. The Winter 2023 program will be held from early February to late March, and will also include one week in person in the US (location TBD).
Successful applicants will get a free 2-month intensive training in charity management, fundraising, impact analysis, and everything else you need to launch your own nonprofit. Finish the program with a co-founder, a high-impact charity start-up, ongoing mentorship and support, and a funding proposal for a seed grant of up to $175,000. First round applications are due January 16.
- Center on Long-Term Risk will run an Intro Fellowship to Risks of Astronomical Suffering (s-risks). It is intended to help interested effective altruists get up to speed with their thinking on s-risks. The deadline is January 16 in any timezone.
- The Center on Long-Term Risk is organizing an Intro Fellowship to Risks of Astronomical Suffering. The program will run mid-Feb to mid-March, and applications close January 16.
- Applications are open for Open Philanthropy's Early-Career Funding for Individuals Interested in Improving the Long-Term Future. They are due by January 21.
- Applications for the next rounds of Center for Effective Altruism’s Virtual Programs (the Introductory EA Program, the In-Depth EA Program, and The Precipice reading group) are open until January 30th. Each program lasts 8 weeks, and you’ll have weekly 1-hour discussions with a cohort of 3-5 participants and one facilitator.
- Join the EA Forum: First Decade review by voting for posts that you believe have had the highest impact. It’s a great way to review some of the best work that has come out of the EA movement over the past decade. More info and instructions here.
- You can express interest in getting involved with a variety of potential biosecurity projects listed in this Forum post (use the form in the post).
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- Giving What We Can has a wonderful guide to talking about EA, as well as a new guide on effective giving, with their latest recommendations to share.
- The weekly EA Forum Digest newsletter is great way to stay updated on the top 5-7 posts each week!
- Looking to volunteer for a project in the EA community? Have a project and need volunteers or collaborators? EA Impact CoLabs is a platform built to connect EA projects and people who want to help. Sign up to submit a project or volunteer on EA CoLabs (or sign up to help out EA NYC)!
- EA Funds provides funding for a wide variety of projects. The Infrastructure and Long-Term Future funds both take applications all year round; the Animal Welfare Fund’s next application round closes on February 6th.
- The 80000 Hours podcast has two 10 episode compilations to help new (and old) listeners find the most relevant episodes for them:
- 80000 Hours also has a free 8-week online course on career planning for positive impact.
- See monthly updates from organizations in the EA community at this (evergreen) link.
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Arushi just got back from a 2 week vacation visiting her family in India; she's been thinking a lot about Open Phil’s new work on South Asian air quality since then, and is hopeful that Rocky has been thinking about learning to edit Wikipedia and what other opportunities might be out there to positively influence what information people are exposed to. If you’d be interested in forming an EA NYC Wikipedia editing group, shoot her an email!
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Reading Group: Mushtaq Khan |
This month, we'll be listening to (or reading the transcript of) 80000 Hours' interview with Mushtaq Khan, on using institutional economics to predict effective government reforms. Some of the most important factors shaping the fate of nations are their structures of power: who is powerful, how they are organized, which interest groups can pull in favors with the government, and the constant push and pull between the country’s rulers and its ruled. While traditional economic theory has relatively little to say about these topics, institutional economists like Mushtaq have a lot to say, and participate in lively debates about which of their competing ideas best explain the world around us. Mushtaq’s specialties are anti-corruption and industrial policy, where he believes mainstream theory and practice are largely misguided. Make sure to join the #reading-group channel on the EA NYC Slack ( join here) to discuss throughout the month. Stick around since that's where we decide on the books for future months!
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We hope 2022 is off to a great start for you, and we hope to see you in person again soon!
Cheers,
Arushi & Rocky
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