Rural Youth Organizing Fellow
Rural Youth Organizing Fellow
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27-05-2025
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Job Title: Rural Youth Organizing Fellow (Part-time Temporary)
Department: Maine Chapter
Location: Remote in rural Maine (Located in Washington Hancock Penobscot Franklin Kennebec Oxford Somerset Aroostook or Piscataquis County)
Reports to: Maine Chapter Director
Duration: Up to 20 hr/week for 10 weeks
Context: At the Sierra Club we believe in the power of togetherness. Together we remain committed to the fight for a healthy climate built on a foundation of environmental racial economic and gender justice a future where all people benefit from a healthy thriving planet and a direct connection to nature. As the climate crisis and deeply entrenched systemic racism all fuel inequity we will continue to fight for a bold transformational agenda that recognizes the interconnectedness between our planet our humanity and our democracy. By recognizing that our destinies are tied we continue to name that all things are fundamentally connected and the overlap between ecology race gender and representative government will move to either advance our collective humanity or to oppress it.
Sierra Club is comprised of staff across the country and a network of volunteer leaders and local chapters that support our grassroots engagement. We are also proud to be a unionized employer with two labor unions representing more than half of our employees.
This internship is in partnership with JustME for JustUS (JMJU). JMJU is a youth-led and rural-led 501(c)3 organization ensuring that young people in rural Maine have their voices heard throughout our state about the issues impacting the places they live and their local communities. They intentionally collaborate with rural youth (ages 15-30) across all political backgrounds to advocate for our communities.
Scope: In partnership with JustME for JustUS (JMJU) Sierra Club Maine is looking for Rural Youth Organizing Interns who live in rural Maine and will lead projects in their communities that encourage youth participation in climate justice work. No experience in professional organizing or community work is necessary but a willingness and openness to learn and grow through community projects is!
Job activities include but are not limited to:
- Attend weekly JMJU and Sierra Club Maine team meetings and regular individual check-in meetings with the JMJU Director and Sierra Club Legislative and Political Strategist. Meetings will be held virtually and can be flexible depending on individuals schedules.
- Build an understanding of climate justice and intersectional organizing principles. By the end of this fellowship you will have the knowledge and skills to lead inclusive dialogues facilitate organizing meetings that make others feel welcome and heard and effectively build diverse coalitions.
- Build out JMJU and Sierra Club Maines network in their county and identify areas for collaboration with other organizations town officials and individuals with shared goals.
- Collaborate across political differences to find shared values around land place and community.
- Assist in the facilitation of projects that encourage climate justice thinking. These can include:
- Community Conversations: lead community stakeholders in climate conversations with a focus on bringing in young folks with a diverse array of viewpoints identities and values that have been traditionally alienated from the climate movement
- Storytelling
- Civic forums/teach ins
- Additional projects that align with JMJU and Sierra Club Maines missions and are of interest to the intern based on their communitys needs.
The successful candidate must demonstrate the following skills experience and competencies:
- Experiences holding respectful and thoughtful conversations with people across differences including political identity race class ability and education
- The belief that all people particularly youth should have a voice in the political process
- Eagerness to work collaboratively with a team and with community partners
- Ability to organize and manage multiple project deadlines and community connections.
- Ability to identify and amplify local community needs and local organizers as well as design projects aimed at addressing those needs (with support from staff at JMJU and the Sierra Club Maine Chapter).
- Familiarity with youth (defined as ages 15-30 years old) communities.
- Equity Analysis and Practice. You are aware of your group identities and how they have shaped your life and experiences at work. You have an analysis of how racism and other forms of oppression in society impact relationships systems and culture. You bring experience and skills for working effectively with colleagues across group identities and position/role.
$21 - $21 an hour
Compensation
The hourly rate for this position is $21/Hour.
This is a category 99 non-exempt non-represented temporary position.
Sierra Club is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. Sierra Club employees are not eligible to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.
Sierra Club values the expertise and talents of foreign nationals. Sierra Club sponsors both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas when certain criteria are met based on immigration laws and organizational needs. Such sponsorship is at the discretion of the Department Head and Sierra Club Human Resources in consultation with the employees manager. The Sierra Club cannot guarantee the approval of a visa petition. The Sierra Club is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity.
To Apply
The Sierra Club provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all staff members. Employment decisions are based on merit qualifications lived experience and skills. The Sierra Club does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race color creed religion national origin immigration status socioeconomic status ancestry age size sex sexual orientation gender gender identity familial status veteran status disability AIDS/HIV status medical condition prior conviction arrest history traits historically associated with race including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Sierra Club values applicants who are people that identify as Black Indigenous and other minoritized groups; women; queer transgender gender non-conforming and gender fluid people.
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