Community Advocate

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Community Advocate

A Community Advocate is someone who has a heart for change and a desire to teach and educate those around them. POWER is hiring Community Advocates, who will focus on educating community members on upcoming elections, the importance of voting and getting community members registered to vote. We can have an effect on our world, through proper knowledge and full community engagement.

Position

The purpose of this position is to increase community engagement and awareness. POWER is hiring Community Advocates, who through local organizing, are committed to getting all of our brothers and sisters registered to vote and ensuring they are informed about their rights and power as individuals. Through community outreach events, door knocking, field canvassing, and other avenues such as phone calls and texts, Community Advocates will be responsible for educating and dispelling myths that have negatively impacted our communities.

Requirements

Must be able to walk long distances.
Must be willing to work outdoors- exceptions being extreme inclement weather.
Must be willing to learn and teach others.

The Community Advocate position is a part-time/seasonal position up to 30 hours a week, with a pay of $20.00 per hour. Canvass operation typically runs from 11am to 6pm, including weekends.

About POWER

We are POWER Interfaith. We are 50+ congregations in Philadelphia, intentionally bringing people together across the lines of race, faith, income level and neighborhood -- lines which have historically kept Philadelphians divided. We are people of faith committed to the work of bringing about racial and economic justice here and now, in our city and our region. By strengthening and mobilizing our networks of relationships, we seek to exercise power in thepublic arena so that the needs and priorities of all Philadelphians are reflected in the systems and policies that shape our city. More recently, POWER has expanded beyond Philadelphia to build POWER Metro, a network of congregations in Montgomery and Delaware Counties as well as POWER Center State, an effort to bring together faith leaders in York, Lancaster, Dauphin and Lebanon Counties.

POWER is a proud affiliate of the Faith in Action Network the largest and fastest growing faith-based community organizing effort in the country. At Faith in Action we are lifting a new vision forAmerica that is rooted in our shared moral values and democratic traditions. POWER is also a member of the Partnership for Working Families.