Black Rural Organizer in Training

Candidates must be located in the Continental United States with the ability to travel constantly within the region they commit to serve. Only entry level candidates will be considered. Once selected, Organizers in Training must live in their assigned region throughout their employment. (Below please select the region in which you reside. If you are selected, this will become your assigned region of service.)

If your region is not listed it is because the position for that listing are closed.

Pacific Region & Southwest, Northwest Region, & Northern Plains - CA, NV, UT, CO, AZ, NM; WA, OR, , MT, WY; & ND,SD,NE,KS,IA, MN

The mission of the Chisholm Legacy Project is rooted in the Just Transition Framework. The project serves as a vehicle to connect Black communities on the front lines of climate justice with resources to traverse the path from vision to strategy to action plan to implementation to transformation. In support of frontline leadership, the project seeks to link movements and mainstream entities with the tools necessary to advance systems change centered in equity and justice.

With Black women on the front lines of advancing systems change, this project ensures that these leaders have the support they need as they transform society from extractivism to a living economy that cares for sacred relationships between people and with Mother Earth, through regenerative, cooperative, democratic systems.

• Community-led planning and decision-making
• Relationship-building and sustained engagement (not one-time interactions)
• Supporting communities in developing clear strategies and action plans
• Coordinating resources and technical assistance aligned with community-identified needs.
• Building local leadership to ensure long-term sustainability.

The organization seeks Organizers-in-Training throughout the United States to participate in our Black Rural Organizing Institute. Ideal candidates are recent college or high school graduates with passion and interest in climate justice centered in community organizing and advocacy. Organizers-in-Training are deeply committed to supporting Black Liberation and being on a learning journey by joining an institution that is grounded in Black Liberation, Climate Justice, and Just Transition.

The Chisholm Legacy Project’s invests in the growth of Black Rural Organizers-in-Training to fortify the wellbeing, resilience and self-determination of Black frontline communities. Utilizing a fixed-term (12-months) apprenticeship model, the institute provides training, coaching and guided implementation in eight major areas:

• 1) Community organizing analysis and practices.
• 2) Environmental justice history and lessons.
• 3) Grassroots leadership development.
• 4) Rural community engagement skills.
• 5) Ancestral and modern community care practices.
• 6) Local power building.
• 7) Relationship cultivation
• 8) Healing justice.

This is a full-time (40 hours/week), non-exempt position eligible for overtime, with an annual salary of $50,000. This institute will run from approximately June 2026 through May 2027.

The role requires up to 50% travel, including evenings and weekends. Organizers-in-Training will be eligible for TCLP benefits and will be provided with standard work equipment, including a laptop and charger.

Performance will be supported through ongoing feedback and formal evaluations. Upon successful completion of the institute, participants may be considered for a full-time, regular Community Organizer position with TCLP.

Participants in the Black Rural Organizer-in-Training Institute will receive mentorship and training from seasoned organizers,…