Hi, John -- wanted to be sure you saw that for July our multiracial, cross-class staff team has collectively decided that it will be a month of organizational slow down, when we will prioritize hiring*** and on-boarding new staff and deprioritize external facing work.  

We wrote up a whole blog post about our July slow down with more info and resources - check it out here!

***We're hiring for a Director of Organizing; more info below!

This is part of our continuing efforts to promoting a culture of valuing employees and our well-being. Please anticipate delayed or minimal response to your inquiry.

During July, this means: 

• The Operations team will be taking the week of July 5th off and in general we are encouraging staff to take time off in July. 
• Chapter organizers will not be sending out weekly emails to chapter listservs and will be attending fewer chapter meetings. 
• We will not be hosting RG 101 in July. 
• We will not be posting on social media. 
• In general we will be slower to respond to external inquiries, and we ask for your patience during this time. 

More information and resources in our blog post about our organizational pause. Thanks for the support!

ARE YOU RG'S NEXT DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING?
APPLY BY SUNDAY *JULY 18TH* (NEW DEADLINE)

If you can see yourself or someone else in this role, please check out the full job description and pass it along!

• The primary role of the Director of Organizing is to be the lead of the 13-person Organizing Team, ensuring that all aspects of our organizing - basebuilding and leadership development, campaigns, resource mobilization, online organizing, national programming - are integrated and building power in service of our mission and goals. The Director of Organizing directly supervises 5 members of the Organizing Team. The Director of Organizing is responsible for setting the strategy, goals, and budget for the organizing team and ensuring that the team has the resources and support they need to reach those goals.
   
• The Director of Organizing is a key organizational thought leader on how RG’s organizing fits into the bigger movement landscape of multi-class, multi-racial organizing for racial and economic justice. The Director of Organizing’s success will be measured by the strength of our overall organizing: growth in our base, actions taken with partners, money moved, and campaign victories that are aligned with our 40-year campaign vision.
   
• The Director of Organizing understands that building power requires a team in which individuals hold both a high degree of ownership of their work and a high level of collaboration with each other, and that the communication to support this collaboration must be multidirectional and built on trust. They can hold a process that includes multiple viewpoints while moving toward a decision. The Director of Organizing can hold their own work with minimal oversight by leaning into self-reflection, regular assessment, and adjustment to their work. In leading a team, they build off of their own and others’ strengths and are direct and open in their communication. They bring empathy and compassion to their work with others.
   
• The Director of Organizing is a senior leadership role. They will report directly to the Executive Director and this position is a key member of the Executive Team of Resource Generation, which sets organizational goals and budget, implements internal policies and evaluates external impact, and aligns the overall organization with our mission. Like all of RG’s organizational leaders, the Director of Organizing is expected to apply an intersectional racial justice lens to their work.

Application instructions and more info here.