Social Justice Canvasser - Hamilton, Canada - ACORN Hamilton

ACORN Hamilton

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Hamilton, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Hamilton ACORN is looking for a motivated individual interested in supporting grassroots community organizing in a part-time canvassing, fundraising and administrative role.

Experience is not required but is considered an asset; thorough training is provided.

2-3 days of the week:

Direct community fundraising to support the organizing campaigns of our low income membership. Fundraising from the community allows us to retain our independence from governments and big corporations.
Spreading awareness about important issues impacting Hamilton tenants such as renovictions, slumlords, low disability rates, predatory loans and expensive internet.
Collecting petition signatures and raise funds to support our campaigns.

1 days of the week:

Entering data from petitions and event registrations
Phone calls to ACORN members and low income community contacts about upcoming meetings, rallies and events
Mass communications and social media support as needed
Have strong verbal communication skills
Enjoy working with people in the community
Have strong administrative, typing and computer skills
Are willing to work independently in a grassroots setting
Are detailoriented
Are passionate about social justice

Hours/Location:

hours a week. A fixed schedule with be set with the successful applicant after discussing availability with the Hamilton ACORN Organizer

Must be willing to work afternoons and evenings between 12pm and 9pm Mon-Fri during our organizing hours.

What is ACORN

Since 2004 ACORN staff organizers have been helping organize communities and secure important victories for low-to-moderate income communities at the local, provincial and national levels.

Victories like regulating payday loan companies, $10/month internet programs for low income families and seniors, winning millions of dollars worth of repairs for dilapidated apartment buildings, and many more.

How?

ACORN Organizers do direct outreach, listen to community residents' concerns, and connect what they want to see changed to effective mass-based action.

Organizing protests, developing campaigns, coordinating communications and research, and, most important, building powerful local groups all across Hamilton

ACORN is a multi-issue, mass based union of low-to-moderate income people.

ACORN is able to be both a local-based union winning local campaigns, as well as a large-scale organization combining forces to fight national corporations and governments that are at the root of most of our problems.

We are a tenants' union. We are a disability action union. We are a worker's union. We are a consumer's union. We are whatever our members are.

Our members pay dues so that the organization can be sustainable and not dependent on outside funding from government and corporations.

Each dues member has a vote, and only members speak for the organization. Our members get elected to our board of directors and set our policy and help determine the tactics.