The aim of the Appalachian Center for Equality (ACE) is to improve the economic opportunities and conditions for young people in the southern West Virginia coalfields and throughout the state via systemic changes influenced by youth-led community and policy advocacy projects. Key responsibilities include the planning and coordination of ACE youth mentorship cohorts; organizing programming within the program and in coordination with other AFSC programs; and ensuring that the ACE is fulfilling its mission.
The Associate will provide strategic guidance and research to promote corporate accountability campaigns for immigrant justice, challenging the industries of detention, deportation, surveillance, and the militarization of borders.
The Associate will support AFSC’s and partner organization’s corporate campaigns to further the goals and mission of AFSC’s Action Center for Corporate Accountability.
The Peacebuilding Director will promote the American Friends Service Committee’s (AFSC’s) peacebuilding work around the world. AFSC has a 10-year strategic plan with three key program themes (Just Peace, Just Migration and Just Economies). The Peacebuilding Director will lead the development and monitoring of strategic objectives for the thematic goal for International Programs.
Seeds of Resistance is a program for immigrant youth in south Florida that engages youth using trauma informed approaches. We provide immigrant youth and their families with political education, community organizing skills, and an understanding of immigrant and LGBTQ+ rights. We also provide education on environmental issues that rebuild ancestral connection to the earth and increase collective power and self-determination. We engage in “artivism,” and healing modalities necessary to become effective leaders in our local immigrant rights movement.
The Colorado Area Program Coordinator works under the supervision of the Program Co-Directors and is responsible for supporting the implementation of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Program of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Denver, Colorado. The Program Coordinator’s primary role is to provide support for the Not One More Deportation/Ni Una Más Deportación (N1M) leadership team, working with the to develop work plans to implement their priorities and meaningfully engage the members.
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) seeks a seasoned humanitarian who deeply understands our mission and values to lead a dedicated 3–6-month transition team to support a shift from short-term emergency relief to longer-term relief and recovery. This includes creating the infrastructure for the Rebuilding Gaza Volunteer Program. This is a Consultant position based in Gaza that could become long term. The Gaza program is vital to support recovery efforts following the recent cease-fire, providing critical and rebuilding infrastructure.
The Youth Organizer will be responsible for supporting immigrant youth in their pathways to higher education, will conduct in-person and online outreach and education for youth leadership development on topics such as financial aid and college pathways for immigrant students, access to higher education for first generation students, and what to know when working with immigrant students, among others.