Position Location: Washington, DC or Brooklyn, NY preferred, other locations considered
About CPD:
The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) works to create equity, opportunity, and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high-impact base-building organizations, organizing alliances, and progressive unions throughout the country. CPD strengthens our collective capacity to envision and win an innovative pro-worker, pro-immigrant, racial and economic justice agenda. CPD is a rapidly-expanding, young, dynamic organization that offers an exciting opportunity to imagine ambitious local and state policy and partner with powerful community-based organizations across the country to win tangible victories that improve the lives of low-wage workers, immigrants, and communities of color.
About the Position:
Without a movement powerful enough to counter the most profitable corporations in history—those of the fossil fuel industry—over the coming years, low-income communities and communities of color will bear the brunt of the greatest man-made disaster the world has ever known. Each day brings a devastating new story of climate change’s disproportionate impact on low-income people, particularly those of color, and this burden will rapidly intensify as time goes on. If these communities are to develop adequate crisis resiliency and if we, as a society, are to change course to mitigate the worst impacts of a changing climate, the social change organizations deeply rooted in climate’s frontline communities must play a central role in urgently building the movement for climate justice.
Modeled on its notable track record of work to advance economic, social, and racial justice, CPD is building a climate justice program area as well – working to support local partner organizations and national allies with the policy, research, campaign, and organizing capacity needed to light an urgent, national fire on climate, forcing action at the scale and at the rate truly needed to address the crisis we face.
We seek an experienced and energetic professional to help lead the development of this critical program area. This position is an exciting opportunity to play a major leadership role in envisioning and building the capacities needed to advance aggressive climate organizing and substantive climate solutions throughout the country.
Primary Responsibilities:
Job Requirements:
Generous salary and benefits package, depending on experience.
How to apply
Please submit a cover letter and a resume.
CPD is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and actively recruits people of color, women, individuals with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ community.