PAID...Public Housing Organizing Internship (Stipended)

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Public Housing Organizing Internship (Stipended)

Internship Description

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities is seeking organized and hard working individuals to participate as Public Housing Organizing Interns. Interns will conduct outreach city­wide, in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens to organize Bangladeshi, Chinese, and Korean tenants. This is a stipended part time internship program based in New York, NY, starting in late January/ early February and continuing through May 2014.

Organizational Background

CAAAV works to build community power across the diverse poor and working class Asian immigrant and refugee communities in New York City. Through an organizing model constituted by five core elements – base building, leadership development, campaigns, alliances, and organizational development – CAAAV organizes communities to fight for institutional change and participates in a broader movement towards racial, gender, and economic justice.

Responsibilities:

● Conduct survey outreach to assess building conditions, language access needs of tenants for needs assessment project

● Doorknocking to understand building conditions and build relationships ● Outreach to tenants for know your rights trainings, focus groups ● Facilitate focus group and know your rights, and political education trainings with tenants

(in tenant’s language) ● Data entry and analysis to compile results for policy report ● Translate brochures and outreach materials/ interpret for CAAAV events

Qualifications

● Commitment to reaching out to working class Asian immigrant communities ● Commitment to pan­Asian organizing and multi­racial alliance building ● Bilingual language skills (English and Bangla, Cantonese, Mandarin, or Korean) ● Organized and detail­oriented ● Excellent interpersonal skills, particularly in working with diverse communities ● Excellent team­work skills ● Familiarity with New York City Asian neighborhoods and communities ● Availability on weeknights and weekends a must (8­10 hours a week commitment)

To apply, send resume and detailed cover letter that describes your interest in community organizing and experience with working with low income Asian communities in New York. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with preference for candidates who can start immediately.

Send inquiries and completed applications to achaudhry@caaav.org. No phone calls please.