Job
description
Social Justice – Community
Organizer
ACORN Canada – New
Westminster, BC
Social Justice
Community Organizer – Field Organizer
ACORN Canada is
looking for motivated individuals interested in fighting and winning local, and
national social justice campaigns BC and Canada.
ACORN Canada is made
up of m
ore than 80,000 low- and moderate-income member families, in 21 local
chapters of ACORN throughout the country, organized democratically through
community organizing. We are Canada’s largest grassroots community organization
for low and moderate income families. We have won many important social justice
campaigns like payday lending, housing, disability rights, and many others.
Job
description:
To community organize. Expand the reach of BC ACORN’s economic justice
campaigns in low-to-moderate income neighbourhoods. The job will include,
direct door to door contact, follow ups (second) visits to newly engaged
people, phone banking, helping our membership plan meetings / actions and help
develop the campaign strategies that make up ACORN’s ongoing social and
economic justice campaigns.
ACORN is a union in
the community. Like any union our members pay membership dues so that they can
have a sustainable independent organization to fight for their interest. This
is a part of everyone’s job at ACORN.
What we are looking
for: We organize in the field predominately when working people are at home —
between 3PM and 9PM — and overall building a community organization which
purpose is to win for low and moderate income people is hard work. We are
looking for full time and part time staff.
No experience is
required. Professional organizing training provided. Room for advancement in
organization is available.
Positions
available:
Part time
More on
ACORN:
For a decade ACORN Canada has been building capacity for low and moderate
income people so they can champion their own issues to the powers that be. From
our successful pay day lending regulations campaign to winning improvements to
enforcement of municipal housing standards, ACORN Canada has demonstrated how
to effectively make community change through a membership model of community
organizing.
How
to apply
Send resume to bcacorn@acorncanada.org
