Job o' the Day: Director of Advocacy & Community Organizing at Junta for Progressive Action in New Haven, CT!
Founded in 1969, Junta for Progressive Action, Inc. (JUNTA) is the oldest Latino, community based non-profit organization in New Haven, Connecticut. Its mission is to provide services, programs and advocacy that improve the social, political and economic conditions of the Latino community in Greater New Haven, while nurturing and promoting its cultural traditions as it builds bridges with other communities.
Junta for Progressive Action, Inc. of New Haven, CT seeks to hire a full-time staff person to direct its Advocacy and Community Organizing Program. The Director will report to the Executive Director and work collaboratively with program staff to develop and carry out Junta’s immigrant rights initiatives. These include: 1) coordinating community responses to current immigration enforcement practices, including the Secure Communities Program; 2) overseeing the Worker’s Center; and 3) designing and carrying out campaigns for community education, organizing, and advocacy about legislative and policy matters that affect immigrants at the local, state, and national level.
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