We’re Hiring! Rapid Response Organizer Positions for SC United

Want to make a big difference for LGBTQ+ equality in South Carolina? Consider applying for a position on the SC United for Justice and Equality Rapid Response Organizing team! We are seeking a team of 4 part-time contract hybrid organizers to engage in rapid response organizing at the SC Statehouse during the 2024 South Carolina legislative session. Duties include assisting with organizing rallies and events at the SC Statehouse, virtually canvassing volunteers passionate about LGBTQ+ and trans organizing in South Carolina, assisting with organizing text and phone banking virtual events, and engaging in outreach to drive attendance to hearings, events, and other activations at the SC Statehouse. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

About the Organization: 

SC United for Justice and Equality envisions a South Carolina where everyone can thrive, with a focus on the lived and legal equality of LGBTQ+ people. The coalition advocates for the passage of legislation to protect LGBTQ+ community members and opposes anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

The coalition also works on intersecting issues of social justice, including racial justice, reproductive justice, voting rights, and health care access. Our work centers and amplifies the voices and experiences of those most impacted. We build the political power and voice of LGBTQ+ people in SC through both rapid response and long-term organizing and advocacy.

Core Values:

• Justice

• Equality

• Equity

• Transparency

• Centering Queer Joy

We live into these values through the following guidelines and practices, which inform how we function internally as a coalition and our public facing work:

• The coalition centers the needs, leadership, and lived experiences of the South Carolina LGBTQ+ community, especially those who have the least access to structural power.

• We will work to build a South Carolina, and a world, in which people experience legal and lived equality and do not experience discrimination or animus on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, natural hair or hairstyles, ethnicity, creed, color, sex, genetic diversity, national origin or ancestry, marital or familial status, pregnancy, veteran status, religious belief or non-belief, age, or disability.

• We are committed to addressing sexism, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, adultism, anti-semitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of oppression in ourselves and in our work, in South Carolina, and in the larger LGBTQ+ movement.

• We are committed to examining and dismantling white supremacy within individuals and in our coalition work, addressing racism, and interrogating anti-blackness in South Carolina and in the LGBTQ+ movement as a whole. White supremacy is a system whose core principle is that white people are superior to people of color. It is both a personal belief system and a political, social, cultural, and economic system where white people control the power, resources and cultural narratives that reinforce the idea of the superiority of whiteness.

• The labor of dismantling white supremacy will fall on the white members of the coalition, not the Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) members.

• Those who are closest to the trauma are closest to the solution. I.e.: cisgender coalition members will defer to the experience and expertise of transgender coalition members in matters that concern transgender people; white coalition members will defer to the experience and expertise of BIPOC coalition members in matters that concern BIPOC, etc.

• We exist in systems which give power to some while causing harm to others. We will address the root causes of this systemic oppression by having those closer to power help repair and redress the harm experienced by those farther from it.

About the Position: 

SC United for Justice and Equality is seeking a team of 4 organizers to engage in rapid response organizing at the SC Statehouse. This is a part-time contract hybrid position that will average 5 -15 hours per week from January 1, 2024 to June 15, 2024 (with the potential to continue if the session goes longer). This position is primarily virtual but will require regular travel to the SC Statehouse in Columbia, SC. Duties will include: attending weekly planning meetings, assisting with organizing rallies and events at the SC Statehouse, virtually canvassing volunteers passionate about LGBTQ+ and trans organizing in South Carolina, assisting with organizing text and phone banking virtual events, and engaging in outreach to drive attendance to hearings, events, and other activations at the SC Statehouse. 

An ideal candidate would be a self-motivated person who enjoys working as part of a fast paced team in a political environment and advocating for LGBTQ justice. Fluency speaking about TGNC issues, and working with TGNC people is essential for this position. Community organizing experience is preferred but not required. BIPOC, TGNC, and LGBQ people are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Compensation:

This contract position will pay an hourly rate of $25/hour. Reimbursement will be provided for gas, lodging, and food for travel to Columbia. 

To Apply:

Interested applicants – please email a cover letter and resume or CV to Ivy@southernequality.org with “SC Rapid Response Organizer Position” in the subject line. 

Applications are due by 5 PM on December 6, 2023.