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ORGANIZATION'S MISSION:The Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) is a grassroots community organization, founded in 1977, which works for full equality and empowerment of the Greater Boston and New England Chinese community. Our activities seek to improve the living and working standards of Chinese Americans and to involve ordinary community members in making the decisions which affect our lives.CPA is seeking a youth coordinator to assist in staffing the Chinese Youth Initiative (CYI) program and internship. CYI seeks to provide avenues for Chinese American youths to develop community awareness, involvement and leadership through a summer internship for high school-aged youth and year-…
The Right to the City Boston organizations includes Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE), Boston Workers Alliance (BWA), City Life Vida Urbana (CLVU) and Chinese Progressive Association (CPA). RTCB in the upcoming year seeks to to develop a unified platform of transition and transformative demands, a coordinated communications plan with partners and allies around a shared frame work, shared campaign and to develop community building and leadership development spaces for grassroots leaders and members. Right to the City Boston seeks a Coordinator to support and lead the organization to become a strategic, movement building force in the city of Boston.…
Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE) seeks a full-time Development Director. Based in Roxbury, ACE is 501c3 environmental justice organization. ACE organizes residents, provides legal/technical support to community groups, develops youth leadership, and runs campaigns on critical environmental justice issues. The Development Director will lead the planning and implementation of our development strategies and build a broad base of support for ACE’s growth in line with our organizational goals, values and strategic direction. The Development Director reports to the Executive Director. ACE has a vision of maintaining an independent political voice and range of action that is led by our…
Established in 2005, The Boston Workers Alliance (BWA) is a 501(c)3 grassroots member-led organization of under- and unemployed workers, united to end the crisis of joblessness in Boston’s urban communities of color. Through cooperation, political awareness, organizing and the development of its members as social change agents, BWA fervently challenges the political and economic structures that oppose full civic participation and the potential to live well. After seven successful years as Executive Director and Founder of the Boston Workers Alliance, Aaron Tanaka will officially step down after a successor is selected.  BWA is seeking a progressive, experienced leader with a…
Fundraising: maintenance of list of individual donors in SALSA database creating lists of donors for staff and board to call in order to raise funds for grassroots fundraising gatherings working with the operations staff to develop the individual donor list hosting events with individual donors creating parties and events for individual donors sending out thank you letters for their contributions and support working with the Board on a fundraising plan working with the RTTC to integrate a fundraising plan into the programmatic work Development: assisting Director with writing grants and proposals editing and proofing grants written by associate support, Executive…
Are you interested in being involved in a movement to create democratic and sustainable 21st century cities in America? Do you think media, arts and culture play a big role in sustaining and promoting this vision? RTC is looking for interns to expand our media and cultural work on a national scale. Intern Responsibilities: reading news, rss feeds, and other relevant information in order to create information for our blog and handouts for members updating the website under the supervision of the Communications Director uploading and archiving photos and video to website calling local organizations to set up media trainings…
Community Voices Heard Lead Organizer/ Organizing Director Applications reviewed on a rolling basis; Position open until filled on or around January 1st, 2012 Organization Description:Community Voices Heard (CVH) is a member-led multi-racial organization, principally women of color and low-income families in New York State that builds power to secure social, economic and racial justice for all. CVH was founded in 1994 as a member-led organization by low-income people, predominantly women of color, many receiving public assistance and fighting the welfare reform policies that threatened their families. From these early beginnings CVH has evolved into a multi-issue statewide organization of low-income people.…
CITY LIFE/VIDA URBANAPosition Title: COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR (20 hrs/wk part-time) Reports to: Executive Director Organizational description: City Life/Vida Urbana (CLVU) is a 39 year old multi-lingual, community-based membership organization committed to building the power of low income and working class people to fight for social, racial and economic justice and gender equality. Our focus is stopping housing displacement and historically, tenant rights organizing. Currently our major campaign, Post Foreclosure Eviction Defense addresses the foreclosure crisis and supports people in staying in their homes.In our approach to the work, we are deeply committed to involving, developing and training our members in taking…