Position: Abortion Justice Organizer – Dallas
Reports to: Political Organizing Manager
Salary: $29,000 annually, paid in bi-monthly installments
Expectations: 25 hours/week canvassing and community organizing
Benefits: Self-care stipend, cell-phone reimbursement, 401K option with 4% employer match
Location: Dallas County: North Dallas, Richardson, Garland, and Mesquite
Deadline: Sep 20, 2023
Avow seeks a team of 4 innovative, community-oriented, and values-driven people to work on a year-long field program in North Dallas and Dallas County suburbs. Reporting to Avow’s Political Organizing Manager, Abortion Justice Organizers will mobilize voters through deep canvassing, voter registration, and community organizing. Organizers will be canvassing, base-building, and advocating for abortion rights. This position is part-time, beginning in October 2023 and running through December 2024.
Position Details
- Innovative community organizing program that centers abortion justice, mobilizes new supporters, sustains existing support, and advances Avow’s mission in Northeast Dallas County.
- Comprehensive deep canvassing program that entails going door-to-door and talking to voters in the community about abortion.
- Outreach and base-building work to increase voter registration among Texans, particularly young Texans and Texans of color through door knocking, tabling, phone banking, and text banking.
- Track and input data via the Voter Activation Network (VAN), EveryAction, and MiniVan
- Work closely with Avow Political Organizing Manager, Avow Political Director, and All* Above All Action Fund Political Strategies Coordinator to ensure that the Organizing Program is meeting our goals.
Qualifications
- Knowledge and understanding of Dallas County and its Northern suburbs
- Comfort discussing abortion and reproductive rights
- Ability to execute multiple projects, set priorities, and follow through on plans
- Inventive, creative, and problem-solving approach to challenges
- Ability to to build positive relationships with staff, volunteers and supporters
- Alignment with Avow’s values of compassion, boldness, communal care, and trust
- Bilingual capacity in Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin and other languages is a plus!
Google Form Link: avowtx.co/3sBL7en
About Avow: Through community-building, education, and political advocacy, Avow is securing unrestricted abortion care and reproductive rights for every Texan. Avow, Inc. is a c4 non-profit that works to secure unrestricted abortion access for every Texan. Avow is a non-discriminatory workplace and equal opportunity employer. People of color, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQIA individuals are encouraged to apply.
About All* Above All Action Fund: All* Above All Action Fund, a project of New Venture Fund, is a catalyst for abortion justice, envisioning a world where abortion care is affordable, available, and supported for everyone who needs it. Launched in 2013 as a women of color-led effort to restore and sustain public insurance coverage of abortion, the organization changed the game a few short years later by mobilizing policymakers and the public around the harm of these bans, especially for those unable to make ends meet. After years of bold work that centers people of color working to make ends meet, All* Above All recently expanded its mission and scope beyond insurance coverage of abortion, to other abortion access issues and strategies, particularly at the intersection of racial, economic, and immigrant justice issues. All* knows that race, economic insecurity, and immigration status can multiply the already-massive barriers to abortion care, and that true abortion justice must incorporate these issues.
To apply please complete google form (avowtx.co/3sBL7en) by September 20th, 2023. Attach your resume to the form as well. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
Please note: this job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, or skills for this position and is subject to review and change in accordance with the needs of the organization. This position will be housed at Avow and report to Avow’s Political Director. The Field Manager will also work closely with All* Above All on the deep canvassing program.