Overview
Mothers on the Move / Madres en Movimiento (MOM):
30+ years of Housing Justice & Tenant Organizing
Position Available: Lead Housing Justice Community Organizer
Mothers on the Move / Madres en Movimiento (MOM) is a grassroots community-based organization founded in 1992 by a determined group of parents and community residents that refused to accept that local children would be victims of racism and neglect. MOM’s founding mission is to train low-income people of color to take strategic leadership roles in their communities. “Real People Making Real Change! Gente Real Haciendo Cambios Reales!”
MOM organizes shared resources, benefits, and decision-making power for a future with clean air, well-resourced and community-controlled schools, safe streets, green space, good jobs, and more control over the wealth that our labor creates. We work at the intersections of racial, economic, gender, and climate justice; linking the issues of education, housing conditions, environmental justice, economic development, and health. Our signature style is to develop leaders among the directly impacted even as we build shared solutions. We aim to improve individual lives while also changing the conditions that produce hardship. Our staff, board, and members are all from our immediate neighborhood, all Black or LatinX, and build power collectively to resolve issues we face together.
We organize primarily in Longwood, Mott Haven, Hunts Point, and Port Morris; South Bronx neighborhoods that are home to primarily Latinx community members from Puerto Rico, Honduras, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic; African-American, Caribbean, and West African immigrants. We strengthen our community core with space and support for emerging projects, tenant associations, job training, worker-owned cooperative initiatives, and cultural and educational events.
MOM is part of the Partners in Preservation Program (PIP), a city-led, dynamic initiative aimed at safeguarding the city’s affordable housing stock by enhancing coordination among tenant organizing groups, legal services providers, and government entities.
To support these efforts, MOM seeks to hire a dynamic Lead Housing Justice Community OrganizerWe are committed to fighting for decent, healthy affordable housing for all Bronxites and New Yorkers. Thus,
The Lead Housing Justice Organizer’s main responsibilities will be to:
supervise 2-3 Full Time Housing Organizers;
lead MOM’s organizing work, including both campaign work, and the internal infrastructures needed to support the organizing;
support the continued development of the Housing Committee and staff the Housing Justice Steering Committee
plan and implement actions to advance campaigns, including direct actions, rallies, press conferences, social media, meetings, and other tactics;
build the leadership skills of members through trainings and one-on-one support;
build relationships with allied organizations in support of MOM campaigns;
bonduct strategic tenant organizing of multi-family buildings
represent MOM in coalition spaces with MOM members;
turn out members to rallies, meetings and other events through phone and text banking and relationship building, including regular one-on-ones;
engage in regular political education with members through trainings and individual conversations; and
Assist in writing reports to current housing funders, create and organize funding documentation, and assist with grant development.
Qualifications & Experience
Fluent in Spanish and EnglishAt least three years of community organizing experience, in a professional or volunteer role. This should include experience with facilitating membership meetings, training and developing leaders, developing and implementing campaign plans, and doing base building and outreach;
Experience supervising others, in a professional or volunteer role;
Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and conflict-resolution skills with persons of diverse backgrounds;
Strong organizational and time-management skills;
Ability to commit to at least 3 years with the organization
A deep commitment to racial and housing justice work and a strong anti-oppression and social justice analysis and lens;
Experience with homeless outreach preferred, either in a professional or volunteer role
Familiarity & experience working in the Bronx is a plus.
Physical Requirements & Work Environment:
Organizers are expected to visit tenants in their homes, conduct outreach in buildings, and attend events outside the office.
Willingness to work evenings and occasional weekends
Compensation: Competitive salary ($55,000-$60,000), dependent on relevant experience. Benefits include health and vacation.
Send resumes and cover letter to:
To apply for this job email your details to edward@northwestbronx.org
About Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition
Mothers on the Move / Madres en Movimiento (MOM):
30+ years of Housing Justice & Tenant Organizing
Position Available: Lead Housing Justice Community Organizer
Mothers on the Move / Madres en Movimiento (MOM) is a grassroots community-based organization founded in 1992 by a determined group of parents and community residents that refused to accept that local children would be victims of racism and neglect. MOM’s founding mission is to train low-income people of color to take strategic leadership roles in their communities. “Real People Making Real Change! Gente Real Haciendo Cambios Reales!”
MOM organizes shared resources, benefits, and decision-making power for a future with clean air, well-resourced and community-controlled schools, safe streets, green space, good jobs, and more control over the wealth that our labor creates. We work at the intersections of racial, economic, gender, and climate justice; linking the issues of education, housing conditions, environmental justice, economic development, and health. Our signature style is to develop leaders among the directly impacted even as we build shared solutions. We aim to improve individual lives while also changing the conditions that produce hardship. Our staff, board, and members are all from our immediate neighborhood, all Black or LatinX, and build power collectively to resolve issues we face together.
We organize primarily in Longwood, Mott Haven, Hunts Point, and Port Morris; South Bronx neighborhoods that are home to primarily Latinx community members from Puerto Rico, Honduras, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic; African-American, Caribbean, and West African immigrants. We strengthen our community core with space and support for emerging projects, tenant associations, job training, worker-owned cooperative initiatives, and cultural and educational events.
MOM is part of the Partners in Preservation Program (PIP), a city-led, dynamic initiative aimed at safeguarding the city’s affordable housing stock by enhancing coordination among tenant organizing groups, legal services providers, and government entities.
To support these efforts, MOM seeks to hire a dynamic Lead Housing Justice Community Organizer We are committed to fighting for decent, healthy affordable housing for all Bronxites and New Yorkers. Thus,
The Lead Housing Justice Organizer’s main responsibilities will be to:
supervise 2-3 Full Time Housing Organizers;
lead MOM’s organizing work, including both campaign work, and the internal infrastructures needed to support the organizing;
support the continued development of the Housing Committee and staff the Housing Justice Steering Committee
plan and implement actions to advance campaigns, including direct actions, rallies, press conferences, social media, meetings, and other tactics;
build the leadership skills of members through trainings and one-on-one support;
build relationships with allied organizations in support of MOM campaigns;
bonduct strategic tenant organizing of multi-family buildings
represent MOM in coalition spaces with MOM members;
turn out members to rallies, meetings and other events through phone and text banking and relationship building, including regular one-on-ones;
engage in regular political education with members through trainings and individual conversations; and
Assist in writing reports to current housing funders, create and organize funding documentation, and assist with grant development.
Qualifications & Experience
Fluent in Spanish and EnglishAt least three years of community organizing experience, in a professional or volunteer role. This should include experience with facilitating membership meetings, training and developing leaders, developing and implementing campaign plans, and doing base building and outreach;
Experience supervising others, in a professional or volunteer role;
Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and conflict-resolution skills with persons of diverse backgrounds;
Strong organizational and time-management skills;
Ability to commit to at least 3 years with the organization
A deep commitment to racial and housing justice work and a strong anti-oppression and social justice analysis and lens;
Experience with homeless outreach preferred, either in a professional or volunteer role
Familiarity & experience working in the Bronx is a plus.
Physical Requirements & Work Environment:
Organizers are expected to visit tenants in their homes, conduct outreach in buildings, and attend events outside the office.
Willingness to work evenings and occasional weekends
Compensation: Competitive salary ($55,000-$60,000), dependent on relevant experience. Benefits include health and vacation.
Send resumes and cover letter to: edward@northwestbronx.org