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Director of Development .   The Director of Development will be a seasoned leader and an experienced fundraising professional who is passionate about raising funds to support Demos’ critical work centered on building power and increasing democratic participation of Black and brown communities. The Director of Development provides leadership and strategic direction to Demos’ fundraising efforts and is responsible for planning and implementing strategies to raise the yearly operational budget. This is an exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial leader to work closely with Demos’ President, Taifa Smith Butler, to raise funds to support Demos’ new strategic plan. Reporting to the Chief of Staff, the Director of Development is responsible for ensuring the long-range financial stability of Demos and Demos Action, a 501c4 project of Tides Advocacy. The Director of Development is a member of the Leadership body that collectively sets and manages the organizational vision, values,...

The prestigious New Jersey Reparations Council Research Fellowship provides two early-career post-graduate researchers with the unparalleled opportunity to spend two years as a research fellow with the Institute as part of the New Jersey Reparations Council. The ideal candidate for the Fellowship is a recent PhD, Masters or ABD student, with extensive research experience and who exhibits a deep and abiding commitment to fighting for racial justice and equality by using truth-telling narratives informed by empirical data and analysis. The New Jersey Reparations Council Through a unique collaboration between leading experts from various disciplines across the state and nation, the first-of-its-kind New Jersey Reparations Council will take on the critical work of studying the state’s unique history of slavery and structural racism, and their direct impact on the contemporary life of Black people in New Jersey. New Jersey, unbeknownst to many, is home to some of...