Associate Community Organizer

About the role

PEACE is a constituent-led, grassroots organization that is part of the Direct Action and Research Training Center (DART), one of the largest faith-based community organizing networks in the country. At DART, we stand against narratives of fear, scarcity, and division, and instead bring people together across lines of difference to take action off our shared values of abundance, love, hope, and promise. We believe that fighting for racial and economic justice is fundamental to our identity as people of faith, and we know that winning justice requires having power in the public arena. We've been organizing interfaith coalitions to build that power and win since 1982.

Responsibilities

• Spend most of your time in the community building relationships of trust with everyday people of faith.
• Through one-on-one conversations, invite people to be part of something bigger than themselves, moving them from solitary struggle to the pursuit of collective power.
• Engage them in claiming their own powerful voice and developing their leadership as you guide them through conducting research into community problems.
• Organize direct action assemblies involving hundreds or even thousands of people to demand action and hold decision makers accountable, winning changes that will greatly impact your community.
• Recruit new congregations.
• Organize local trainings.
• Coordinate an annual fundraising drive.

Our victories include: over $1 billion invested in affordable housing, $950 million invested in public transportation, more than $22 million secured for communities to address the climate crisis and increase resiliency, and criminal justice reforms resulting in 50,000 fewer arrests of children.

Requirements

• Ability to work some evenings and weekends to accommodate community members who work during the day.
• A valid driver’s license and access to a reliable car.
• Ability to travel for several training events throughout the year.

No prior organizing experience is necessary, as we provide the training you’ll need to be successful.

Qualifications

• Passion for justice, and have acted on it.
• Ability to build strong relationships with people from all walks of life.
• Genuine respect for all faith traditions and excitement about uniting faith communities to live out their call to “do justice.”
• Comfortable working with people with whom you may have deep disagreements, able to hold your own beliefs without being restricted by them, and willing to invest in overcoming differences and finding common ground.
• Fluent speakers of Spanish are strongly encouraged to apply.
• We strongly encourage people from communities of color, low-to-moderate-income communities, and immigrant communities to apply.

Training and Development

During your first year, we provide comprehensive professional development through an initial five