Community Organizer - Temporary

Planned Parenthood Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley (PPPSGV) has been proudly serving our community since 1933 and is one of the original Planned Parenthood affiliates in the nation. We provide reproductive health care, health education and advocacy from our five health centers in Alhambra, Baldwin Park, Glendora, Highland Park, and Pasadena, in addition to our telehealth clinic. We strive to ensurethesexual and reproductive health services we provide align withtheneeds ofthecommunities we serve.

Our service area extends from Glendora to Glendale and fromthe

San Gabriel mountains tothe

San Bernardino freeway, home to 24 communities and a diverse population of 1.4 million people. Today, PPPSGV sees over 60,000 patient visits per year and delivers over 15,000 opportunities for sex and relationship education in our schools and colleges. We offer safe and legal abortions. We are committed to providing accurate, non-judgmental care and resources by helping our patients overcome financial, transportation, and other barriers to care.

In addition, we work with abortion funds and practical support network to support our patients. Our abortion care has increased every year since 2018 with an average of 3,500 abortions per year. We saw close to 4,000 abortion patients in 2022 alone, approximately 59 were out-of-state patients. The temporary Community Organizer position will support PPPSGV Public Affairs department’s programs and goals from September 2026 – June 2027.

They will implement grassroots and political efforts in order to bolster PPPSGV’s leadership in advocacy and organizing in our service area communities; develop and manage community outreach efforts in order to build a progressive activist base; recruit, engage and mobilize targeted constituencies around reproductive rights issues. The position provides support for both Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley (PPPSGV) a 501(c)3 organization and Planned Parenthood Advocates Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley (PPAPSGV) a 501(c)4 organization.

As a Temporary Community Organizer, you will help save lives while you:

• Work to bridge relationship gaps between PPPSGV and communities in the San Gabriel Valley and Northeast Los Angeles, with emphasis on increased accurate and culturally responsive messaging in Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog, Korean and/or Spanish
• Work with stakeholders to develop culturally responsive, multilingual political education and advocacy campaign for local communities
• Ensure PPPSGV’s advocacy programs, campaigns and services are culturally responsive, accessible and community-informed
• Build relationships and forms coalitions with community leaders, including young/adults/students, faith groups, businesses, health care providers and other organizations in PPPSGV’s service area through outreach, education, civic engagement and advocacy
• Serve as a sexual and reproductive health care subject matter expert
• Manage get out the vote efforts for both the 501c3 and 501c4 organizations

Advocacy + Electoral Work:

• Manage grassroots activities and tactics for advocacy, priority legislation, and electoral work such as canvassing, text/phone banking, town halls, rallies, etc.
• Plan rapid response actions in coordination with Public Affairs team, Communications team and other Planned Parenthood affiliates
• Identify and makes proposals for organization’s involvement in local cross movement advocacy or policy work in collaboration with community partners’ initiatives
• Represent PPPSGV at various Planned Parenthood meetings/calls to plan and implement initiatives
• Support the coordination of all logistics for annual Capitol Day in Sacramento, including recruitment of attendees, logistics and lobby visit trainings

Activist Cultivation

• Perform all tasks necessary for overseeing and operating PPPSGV’s and PPAPSGV’s advocacy and campaign focused volunteer programs, in partnership with the Volunteer Manager: recruitment, training, communications, conducting volunteer orientation, performance management, appreciation/retention, and evaluation
• Keep activists engaged and active through emails and other means of on-going communication and cultivation

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