Community Organizer
CurrentBuild and lead Sarasota in a grassroots movement in the fight against attacks on the LGBTQ community and the freedom of all Floridians. Be an excellent communicator who is outraged by these attacks and has experience in community organizing, coalition building, and campaign management. Engage with progressive communities in Sarasota. • Build and maintain strong relationships with community leaders, activists, and volunteers to foster a supportive and collaborative network.• Build and lead a diverse, intersectional coalition of organizations and individuals to counteract attacks on freedom and LGBTQ rights.• Host monthly meetings with LGBTQ, advocacy, and allied/civil rights organizations to build coalition ties and to then keep them connected and engaged.• Host semi-monthly meetings with volunteers, students, parents and activists to keep them informed, connected, and engaged.• Develop and manage a volunteer program in your market area that trains and supports volunteers in effective and distributive community organizing techniques and leads volunteers onto a path of growing leadership.• Mobilize volunteers consisting of coalitions partners, students, parents, and community leaders into monthly actions, such as through Sarasota School Board meetings and other direct actions, to defend LGBTQ rights in the local community• Represent the organization in local public events, meetings, and other engagements with stakeholders.• Lead Pride Events in Sarasota with volunteers and engaged community partners to staff a booth and parade, collect petitions on current issues, showcase Equality Florida’s mission for visibility, and network with other organizations in the community.• Be able to rapidly mobilize the local community in response to sudden attacks against the LGBTQ community for local issues, or to support evolving statewide initiatives.
