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About the Position:   The Legal Aid Justice Center seeks a Senior Litigation Attorney to support our litigation work, especially impact litigation. The preference is for this attorney to work primarily from our Charlottesville office, but candidates able to work from any other LAJC offices (Falls Church or Richmond) will be considered.    Applying the principles of community lawyering and working on interdisciplinary team, the attorney will work closely with the director of litigation to develop, execute, and support major litigation carried out by our six programs - Civil Rights and Racial Justice; Health Justice and Public Benefits; Housing and Consumer Justice; Immigrant Justice; Worker Justice; and Youth Justice. The attorney will be a core component of LAJC's team-centered approach to litigation, and will assist in all levels of litigation in support of the LAJC advocates in each individual program.  Job Duties :   As assigned by the Director of...

ABOUT THE DAVID AND LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION Founded in 1964 by David and Lucile Packard, the Packard Foundation is a family philanthropy dedicated to supporting leaders and organizations around the world working to invest in children and families, protect and restore the natural world, and create just and inclusive societies. For more than six decades, the Foundation has advanced scientific innovation, championed reproductive health and rights, conserved and restored our natural world, and invested in the well-being of children and families. To achieve lasting change, we also strive to address root causes of longstanding problems, including building a thriving, resilient U.S. democracy; advancing racial justice in the United States and gender equity globally; and supporting a strong civil society around the globe. Inclusive collaboration is the heart of our approach. We believe that actively listening to and learning from people with a wide range of views is the best way to...

About Sightline Institute   Sightline Institute is committed to making Cascadia—the region stretching from Alaska to northern California and from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountain states—a global model of sustainability, with strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment. Founded in 1993, Sightline is one of the region’s premier public policy think tanks, influencing legislation many times—and media coverage hundreds of times—each year.   In our programs on climate and energy, housing and cities, and democracy and elections we identify and promote reforms that yield outsized improvements for the region’s people and places . We believe sustainability exists at the intersection of environmental health and social justice and have an organization-wide commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.   A nonprofit, nonpartisan, and independent public policy research center, Sightline provides research reports, articles, and commentary;...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization that stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide, seeks a creative, detail-oriented, and collaborative Literary Awards program director to lead the day-to-day operations of this high-profile program, continuing to support its strength and growth. This is a full-time position in the New York office and will report to the Chief Program Officer, Literary Programming. The Literary Awards program is one of the most public ways PEN America recognizes the literary excellence that free expression rights make possible. PEN America confers more than 20 distinct awards, fellowships, grants and prizes each year, awarding nearly $350,000 to the most outstanding voices in literature across diverse genres, including fiction, poetry, science writing, essays, biography, children’s literature, drama, and translations.  The Program Director will continue to build and maintain...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY More people than ever before are being forced to travel for abortion care. The Brigid Alliance is working to build a country where abortion care is borderless, burden-free, and accessible to all. However, there is an epic crisis of abortion access in the United States, with many states now having total or near-total bans on abortion – and it doesn’t stop there. With the ever-changing legal landscape, many more states are still at risk of implementing these bans. Today, over two and a half years after the Supreme Court ruled to dismantle Roe v. Wade, the number of people who need to travel for abortion care has quadrupled, straining limited resources already in existence and requiring individuals to cover hundreds of miles from home to receive such critical care. The Brigid Alliance is proud to be part of an ecosystem of support organizations that is propping up abortion care access in this country in an increasingly hostile environment. The Brigid...

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation is seeking an experienced individual to serve as our Salesforce Administrator reporting to the CRM Platform Manager within the Information Technology department. This is an onsite/hybrid position with a possibility of full remote work. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. (AILEY), one of the world’s premier dance institutions, seeks a Salesforce Administrator to join a newly forming CRM Team responsible for managing and stewarding Salesforce as a strategic and tactical CRM system that supports the work of our staff and helps AILEY optimize its reach and extend its impact. Working in close collaboration with the CRM Team led by the CRM Platform Manager, the Salesforce Administrator will bring a high level of expertise in the Salesforce platform and bring focus to improving the system every day for the staff and organization. We are looking for a professional with advanced Salesforce admin skills who can hit the ground running with proven systems...

About Sightline Institute    Sightline Institute is committed to making Cascadia—the region stretching from Alaska to northern California and from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountain states—a global model of sustainability, with strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment. Founded in 1993, Sightline is one of the region’s premier public policy think tanks, influencing legislation many times—and media coverage hundreds of times—each year.     In our programs on Housing + Cities, Democracy + Elections, and Climate + Energy, we identify and promote reforms that yield outsized improvements for the region’s people and places .     A nonprofit, nonpartisan, and independent public policy research center, Sightline provides research reports, articles, and commentary; maps, graphics, and tools; framing and messaging guidance. Sightline’s influence depends on the depth and breadth of our researchers’ expertise and...

(Senior) Data and Policy Analyst, Democracy Reform Dēmos seeks a Data and Policy Analyst or Senior Data and Policy Analyst who will conduct data analysis, research, writing, and advocacy on voting rights, money in politics, immigrant justice, and other democracy issues. The role aims to leverage Dēmos ’s policy and research capacity in support of Black and brown-led movements. The portfolio will be diverse and nimble to be responsive to the moment while also moving Dēmos ’s long-term power-building agenda. Responsibilities will include statistical and qualitative analysis of election and demographic data; development of, analysis on, and advocacy for voting and democracy policies; and creation and presentation of effective advocacy materials; all through deep collaboration across Dēmos and with key partners in the movement to build a just, inclusive multiracial democracy.   Responsibilities include but are not limited to:  Developing and...

Associate Director, Democracy Dēmos seeks an Associate Director of Democracy to help design and implement work across two of the Democracy portfolio’s core issue areas: money in politics and voting rights.  The Associate Director will work under the supervision of the Director of Democracy and work closely with the other Associate Director of Democracy to help lead the Democracy team. In coordination with grassroots and movement building organizations, the Associate Director will provide research and policy analysis and strategic leadership that is centered on building power and increasing the democratic participation of Black and brown communities. The most competitive candidates will bring an entrepreneurial orientation, humility, and an ability to work collaboratively both internally and externally.   Responsibilities include but are not limited to:  • Developing content and executing projects: The Associate Director will lead the creation and execution...