The Public Interest Law Center seeks Temporary Tenant Organizer

Organizational Overview: 

The Public Interest Law Center is seeking a temporary tenant organizer to lead the work of Renters United Philadelphia, a new organization being built within the Public Interest Law Center. The Public Interest Law Center uses high-impact legal strategies to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region facing discrimination, inequality, and poverty. We use litigation, community education, advocacy, and organizing to secure access to fundamental resources and services. Launched within the Public Interest Law Center in March of 2020, Renters United Philadelphia organizes and educates renters to fight for their rights to quality housing in the streets, in the courts, and in City Hall.

Position Overview:

The Tenant Organizer directs the organizing work of Renters United Philadelphia. The temporary Tenant Organizer position will run from mid-July through mid-October 2021. The position will cover the current tenant organizer’s work while he is on leave, with overlap with the current organizer to maintain cohesiveness. The ideal candidate will have had experience in a working class base building organization carrying out leadership development, direct action and campaign development. They will have an understanding of systemic inequities, a commitment to housing justice and relevant lived experience.

 

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