Movement Politics Director
Company: People's Action/People's Action Institute
Location: Chicago
Posted on: February 25, 2021
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Job Description:
People's Action Institute and sister organization People's
Action are national progressive organizations supporting the
mobilization and leadership of the grassroots in support of an
agenda that puts people before profits. People's Action/Institute
builds the power of poor and working people, in rural, suburban,
and urban areas to win change through issue campaigns and
elections. With offices in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, IL and
remote staff across the country, we support and advance state-based
and national fights for a People's Green New Deal, Medicare for
All, A Homes Guarantee, Free College for All and more. Our member
organizations, 40 organizations across 30 states improve lives by
running state and local level issue and electoral campaigns,
leading statewide tables, and taking collective action to change
national policy and politics. Our member organizations have won
important victories at the national, state, and local levels,
including health insurance for millions and the reversal of health
care laws that discriminate based on citizenship, stopping Wall
Street banks from selling predatory payday loans to their
customers, and historic legislation like the Community Reinvestment
Act and the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.--
We take our members to the front doors and boardrooms of the worst
actors in American life; from racist politicians to bank CEO's.--
We work to defeat the "business as usual" politics endemic to all
parts of our political system. We elevate people-power over
concentrated wealth, replace milquetoast talking points with bold
solutions to radically transform and democratize our economy and
government, putting the fight for racial justice at the center of
the public conversation. The Opportunity The Movement Politics
Director will lead the most innovative and powerful electoral
organizing in the country.--They will drive the organization
forward with passion and focus to--build the power of our people
and our ideas to win real reforms that advance our--Long-Term
Agenda --for a People's Economy and Democracy. Our sister
organization, People's Action, ran the largest deep canvass program
in the history of American politics in 2020, activating 23,000
volunteers to send 38 million texts, make 9.4 million phone calls,
and have 280,202 deep canvass phone conversations in battleground
states. Our program was shown to be 102 times more effective than
typical voter persuasion efforts and had a 48% movement rate for
completed conversations, more than accounting for the Democratic
margin of victory in several battleground states.-- Progressive
leaders including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Reps. Pramila Jayapal,
Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio
Cortez participated in our phone and text banking events. Our
efforts were covered by--Rolling Stone,--The Atlantic,--The
Washington Post,--The Hill, and MSNBC. This cycle, we endorsed and
supported 70+ down-ballot candidates nationwide who committed to
governing alongside our movement once in office. Over the last five
years we've elected over 350 of our member leaders to public
office.-- Overview of the Position The Movement Politics Director
the organization's work to build the power of everyday people to
govern at the local, state, and national level to advance bold
ideas and win real reforms. You will lead People's Actions'
Movement Politics work into new spheres of power, build a more
integrated and impactful programs to elect our candidates at every
level of government while expanding the capacity of our member
organizations and putting our issues in the center of the debate.--
Specifically, the Movement Politics Director will-----
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