job: organizer, New York, no salary info

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From:
Movement for Justice in El Barrio <movementforjusticeinelbarrio at yahoo.com>


Movement for Justice in El Barrio

Position Available for Community Organizer!!

ORGANIZATIONAL DESCRIPTION

Who We Are:

We are the color of the earth. We are women, men,
youth and children of corn. We are immigrants. We
have not lived in our home countries for a long time,
but home is still the air we breathe, still the pulse
of our heart, it is still the thought that fills our
minds. We were born in our lands and our lands were
born in us.

We are Movement for Justice in El Barrio, an
organization of immigrants fighting for justice in
East Harlem.

As immigrants, we were forced to leave our native
countries because of a savage neoliberal economic
system. Here in the U.S, we are affected by
neoliberalism on a daily basis. Gentrification pushes
us out of our homes in El Barrio. Exploitation at the
workplace forces us to work twelve hours daily for
poverty wages. Racist immigration policies attempt to
criminalize and dehumanize us.

In New York, we fight against neoliberalism in all its
forms. We fight against racism, xenophobia, sexism,
classism, and homophobia.

We fight for humanity.

Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio/Movement for
Justice in El Barrio is an immigrant-led multi-issue
organization fighting for justice in East Harlem, New
York and was recently named the “Best Power to the
People Movement in NYC” by the Village Voice.
Movimiento was founded to fight against a voracious
trend towards gentrification that is devouring
low-income housing and displacing immigrant families
from their homes.

Through strategies such as protests and direct action,
litigation, and media outreach, Movimiento has
organized tenants to achieve hundreds of repairs and
has successfully challenged attempts by aggressive
landlords and multi-national corporations to illegally
evict them from their homes.

In 2007, after a comprehensive community driven
consultation process, Movimiento will launch a new
campaign on another issue affecting immigrant
communities in East Harlem.

Members practice collective decision-making and
democracy at regularly-held leadership meetings where
they participate in skills-building workshops and
deepen their political analysis through workshops on
the root causes of injustice and on other
locally-based social justice movements around the
world.

POSITION AVAILABLE
Community Organizer

SALARY: Based on experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES
-Recruit community members to join our organization
and take leadership in organizational campaigns and
activities.
-Identify potential leaders and assist in developing
the leadership of grassroots members.
-Develop and implement campaign strategies with
member leaders
-Do research, direct action, and media work.

QUALIFICATIONS
-Two years of community organizing experience is a
must, preferably on racial, social and economic
justice issues.
-Demonstrated ability to work in multi-racial,
multi-lingual settings.
-Commitment to racial justice, multi-racial organizing
and movement building.
-Experience in and commitment to bottom-up organizing,
grassroots leadership, and collective decision-making.
-Experience in base building, door knocking,
leadership development, and strategy development
essential.
-Spanish and English written and verbal proficiency a
must.

HOW TO APPLY
Contact: Juan Haro
Email: movementforjusticeinelbarrio at yahoo.com
Phone: 212-561-0555
Position open until filled.