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The Racial Justice Center seeks a 2L or 3L law student to conduct legal and policy research analyzing the effectiveness of New York’s the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA). This law seeks to provide the State’s public elementary and secondary school students with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying on school property, a school bus and/or at a school function. In honor of the 13th anniversary of DASA’s enactment, the Racial Justice Center is partnering with the NYCLU’s Education Policy Center to evaluate the law’s effectiveness in eliminating bullying and discrimination based on race, color, weight, nationality, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, or sex in primary and secondary schools. While the project will discuss DASA more generally, there will be a special focus on race/ethnicity/color and how it intersects with the other enumerated categories of DASA.

The NYCLU is seeking two volunteers who must be willing to commit to one or ideally two days per week fora one-year term, starting ideally in October 2024. NYCLU staff are currently working in hybrid mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The volunteer(s) will be trained to determine whether requests for assistance fall within the NYCLU’s areas of concern, such as the First Amendment (free speech, assembly, press, and religion), illegal search, privacy, racial equality, voting rights, women’s rights, immigrants’ rights, employment discrimination, LGBTQ rights, prisoners’ rights, disability rights, and police abuse.

The Racial Justice Center is seeking Assistant Director to be a supportive partner to the Director, assist in managing the day-to-day operations of the center, including its campaign priorities identified in the 5-year strategic goals set organizational wide. The Assistant Director will serve as a key member of the management cohort that is a cross departmental group responsible for contributing to the direction of the organization, implementing goals set by the Senior Leadership Team, and relaying the RJC priorities and goals to Senior Leaders and the NYCLU Board. The Assistant Director’s responsibilities may include operational functions, leading and supporting major campaigns; supervising staff, interns, fellows; and leading the department’s work in a specific subject area.

The NYCLU seeks a dynamic Administrative Assistant who will work under the supervision of the Deputy Director of the Education Policy Center and the Director of the Racial Justice Center (collectively, “the Centers”). The Administrative Assistant will accomplish a varied range of tasks to support the programming and administration of the Centers.

The NYCLU seeks a dynamic leader to develop and execute our statewide and regional field organizing and advocacy strategies. The Field Director is a member of the NYCLU’s senior leadership team and is tasked with supervising a statewide team of organizers and advocates to advance the NYCLU’s mission across New York State. The Field Director oversees the NYCLU’s work to organize and mobilize a base of volunteers and members who understand and advocate for civil rights and liberties issues on behalf of the NYCLU across 8 regions in the state. Organizing at the NYCLU is unique. Our field organizers and advocates serve in an emerging space between traditional organizing and policy advocacy. They seek to develop, train, and deploy a NYCLU volunteer base that has a localized and nuanced understanding of how civil rights and liberties issues manifest in their communities. The right person for this position will have a deep understanding of and commitment to the principles of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, and a vision and instinct for organizing that centers civil rights and liberties principles. The ideal candidate will also have experience leading a large team of organizers and advocates, an ability to direct and manage staff who work with advocates across departments (legal, policy, and communications) to forward interdisciplinary campaigns, and familiarity with the political landscapes of Albany, New York City, and New York State.