Southern California Regional Organizer

Job Title: Southern CA Regional Organizer – Los Angeles

Reports To: Ronnie Veliz, Southern CA Program Manager

Status: Full-Time, Exempt

Salary: Salary commensurate with experience, plus generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, and retirement benefits

Southern California Regional Organizer

Organization

GSA Network is guided by our vision of full equality and social justice for all LGBTQ people. We have developed a model of grassroots organizing that trains youth activists to understand and challenge multiple systems of oppressions, in order to develop LGBTQ and allied leaders with a vision for broad social justice. Grounded in this model, GSA Network is building the GSA movement by providing resources, training, and grassroots organizing support to GSA clubs working to educate schools about LGBT issues and change public policy as well as to emerging GSA Networks in states around the U.S. As leader of the National Association of GSA Networks we bring together youth and adult leaders from state and regional GSA Networks to share best practices for GSA organizing. As a national leader in the LGBT, safe schools, and education justice movements, this is an exciting time for GSA Network as we expand our impact in California and nationally, and grow our team. You can learn more about our work at www.gsanetwork.org.

Position

GSA Network is seeking an experienced LGBTQ youth organizer and activist to serve as the Southern CA Regional Organizer. This position will support GSA programmatic work in Southern CA. The position will build the capacity of queer youth of color to advance policy issues at the intersections of LGBTQ student safety and economic and racial justice in schools.

The GSA Southern CA Regional Organizer will support to GSA clubs and LGBTQ youth and allies outside the Los Angeles urban area. This position will focus in reaching out and organizing a base of LGBTQ young leaders in rural areas of southern CA specifically but not limited to Antelope Valley, San Fernando Valley, Orange County, and Riverside. The Southern CA Regional organizer will train these young leaders and provide them with information and resources to run campaigns in their schools and communities in order to guarantee safe inclusive school environment for queer youth of color and all students. This position will also carry out regional summits, and support the participation of young representatives from these regions in the Southern CA Youth Council.

In conjunction with the Southern CA Program staff, the Southern CA Regional Organizer will be responsible for conducting site visits and building relationships with schools, trainings and engaging youth in other GSA Network programming.

The Southern CA Regional Organizer must have demonstrated passion for LGBTQ youth leadership and empowerment, extensive knowledge or personal experience with the intersectional issues facing low-income LGBTQ youth of color, and a commitment to social justice are required for this position.

Principal Responsibilities

• Build an organizing strategy to maintain an active base of at youth leaders from rural areas in southern CA specifically but not limited to Antelope Valley, San Fernando Valley, Orange County, and Riverside.

• Enlist 30-40 LGBTQ youth of color and allies throughout those regions by providing them leadership opportunities and supporting their politicization

• Help represent GSA Network building partnerships with local youth and economic/racial justice organizations in these regions

• Help prep youth leaders to participate and represent the needs of LGBTQ youth of color at Southern CA Youth Council and other statewide collaborations

• Provide regular contact and relationship development in target schools

• Provide technical assistance and support to campaigns being run by GSA youth leaders in these regions

• Conduct workshops for LGBTQ youth and GSA leaders on educational justice and other issues at the intersections of racial, economic and queer justice

• Assist the coordination of GSA Summer Activist Camp – guaranteeing participation of queer youth and allies from rural areas in southern CA

• Supervise up to 3 GSA Alumni to support the outreach and school site visits in rural areas outside Los Angeles

• Assist other members of the Southern CA team through: trainings and facilitation, workshop & curriculum development as needed

• Assist in the creation of blog posts, videos and other media about the intersectional issues facing queer youth of color in Los Angeles School District as well as Long Beach School district

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience as a youth activist and organizer

• 3-5 years of experience doing regional work

• A minimum of 3 years of experience working with LGBTQ youth of color and straight allies

• Proven leadership skills – having built a base of individuals to create change

• Deep and demonstrable knowledge of the issues facing low income LGBTQ youth of color in schools

• Deep and demonstrable knowledge of the concepts and policies behind the school-to-prison pipeline

• A minimum of 3 years of experience with non-profits, community organizing and coalition building

• Solid time management skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects

• Proven facilitation skills around topics and issues of racial, economic and queer justice

• Commitment to social justice, intersectional anti-oppression work, and LGBTQ justice

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, with people from a variety of different, racial, ethnic, socio-economic, educational, religious, sexual, gender, and generational backgrounds

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Able to work some nights and weekends

• Ability to meet GSA Network’s criminal background check standards

• Valid California Driver’s License, clean driving record, reliable access to a car with insurance

• Willingness and ability to travel statewide and nationally, including some travel on short notice

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