Advocacy Manager - CAA & SAH

Position Summary: The Advocacy Manager develops and implements advocacy campaigns, civic and voter engagement, and ballot measure efforts to mobilize AAPI communities at local, state, and national levels.

About Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) Chinese for Affirmative Action was founded in 1969 to protect the civil and political rights of Chinese Americans and to advance multiracial democracy in the United States.

Today, CAA is a progressive voice in and on behalf of the broader Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

We advocate for systemic change that protects immigrant rights, promotes language diversity, and remedies racial and social injustice.

At the grassroots level, our community building work nurtures the ability of immigrants to participate fully in civic life.

These activities include direct services, leadership development, and civic engagement with limited-English proficient newcomers and immigrants on issues that impact our community.

At the systemic level, CAA leads advocacy, communications, and movement building work to improve public policy and shape public discourse.

We produce community-based research, publish policy analyses and recommendations, influence opinion through media, organize to engage elected and government officials, and nurture a range of progressive coalitions.

In 2014, CAA helped to launch the Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality (AACRE) network that focuses on long-term movement building, capacity infrastructure, and leadership support for Asian Americans committed to social justice.

Including CAA, there are currently 12 partnering member groups with unique strengths.

Fiscal sponsorship, administrative, and operational support is provided centrally for all of these groups so they can focus on their core programs.

Staff hired at CAA will be employees of AACRE.

In 2020, CAA was one of the founding organizations of Stop AAPI Hate (SAH), a U.S.-based coalition dedicated to ending racism and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAs & PIs).

SAH strives to advance the multiracial movement for equity and justice by building power for our communities, working in solidarity with other communities of color, and advocating for comprehensive solutions that tackle the root causes of race-based hate.

Position Description The Advocacy Manager plays a critical role in driving policy and other social change through effective campaign management, community engagement, coalition building, stakeholder engagement, and both in-person and online/offline advocacy.

In addition, this role manages civic and voter engagement, including on ballot measure efforts, by designing and implementing voter contact and base-building programs that mobilize AAPI communities to register, volunteer, and vote.

The Advocacy Manager identifies change opportunities, helps develop and leads the organizations participation in key campaigns, and manages partnerships with a diverse set of community and coalition ...