Climate Justice Community Connector
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Climate Justice Community ConnectorThe Climate Justice Community Connector will work closely with Everett Community Growers Civic Engagement and Advocacy Manager to carry out grassroots, base-building campaigns focusing on climate resilience including sea-level rise, flooding, green infrastructure, and heat island impacts among other environmental and public health impacts caused by a changing climate. The work of the Climate Justice Community Connector will result in broad-based resident engagement, particularly among the most ethnically and racially diverse, lowest-income, and hardest-to-reach residents who are most vulnerable to climate impacts. They will do this by engaging residents through door-knocking, community events, meetings, workshops, training, and community-based research. The Climate Justice Community Connector will work with residents, members, partners and allied organizations, academic partners, municipal and state agencies, businesses, and other stakeholders to increase knowledge and connect communities to social services available to prepare, respond to, and recover from climate-caused events. The Climate Justice Fellow will develop and implement strategies to ensure our communities are prepared for and resilient to climate change including fostering strong and identifying new, social networks to ensure neighborhood cohesion. Additionally, the Climate Justice Community Connector will work in partnership with the rest of the Everett Community Growers team to build on strategies of engagement, base building, and political education around environmental justice, food justice, climate justice, and urban development. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here.Member Duties : Everett Community Growers is looking for a Climate Justice Community Connector who is a quick learner, articulate, innovative, and who takes initiative and is respectful of lived experiences and community expertise. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, flexible, self-motivated, dependable, responsible, and creative. Bilingual Everett residents, people of color, indigenous people, immigrants, LGBTQ, gender non-conforming, and women are strongly encouraged to apply.Program Benefits : Training , Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service , Health Coverage .Terms :Uniforms provided and required , Car recommended .Service Areas :Disaster Relief , Public Health AmeriCorps , Education , Community Outreach , Technology , Environment , Health .Skills :Recruitment , Social Services , Communications , Community Organization , General Skills , Education , Disaster Services , Leadership , Environment , Team Work , Public Health , Public Speaking .