We The People Action Fund: West Michigan Immigrant Justice Organizer

We The People Action Fund:
West Michigan Immigrant Justice Organizer LOCATION

Grand Rapids, MI

$52850 - $57850 (Yearly)

Employer-sponsored health insurance offered

Spanish — Second Language Preferred

We The People Action Fund

Organizing

Non-Profit

Entry Level

Applications will be accepted until August 10, 2026 or until the role is filled.

Cover Letter Prompt:
Tell a story about a time when you had to fight for something that you or a loved one needed because of economic, racial, gender inequality, or another form of injustice. Who was involved? Why was it important to you to act? What actions did you take? Why? What was the outcome?

We The People Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ people are strongly encouraged to apply.

August 10, 2026

About We The People: We The People Action Fund (WTPAF) (501c4), along with and through its sister organization, We The People Michigan (WTPMI) (501c3), works to build a multi-racial, working-class constituency across the state that is engaged in community organizing, the development of leaders, and the building of a unified, proactive agenda rooted in economic, racial, and social justice for all Michiganders.

In 2018, people from all corners of Michigan came together to outline The People’s Agenda, a vision for a Michigan in which all people have dignity, that is safe and sustainable, and that protects our democracy and acknowledges our history. Since then, We The People Action Fund and We The People Michigan have been organizing across the state in support of this living, evolving vision.

About the Position: WTPAF seeks a full-time organizer that will work to develop relationships with immigrant community leaders in Grand Rapids and Holland. The organizer will work with the WTPAF team to build a leadership team with local leaders and drive immigrant justice campaigns that center West Michigan residents. The WM Organizer will report to the West Michigan Lead Organizer.

Primary responsibilities:

• Deeply invest in key, impacted community members, and develop 1-3 core teams of immigrant leaders in key districts in the Grand Rapids and Holland areas
  **** that are committed to working together on local and statewide immigrant justice campaigns;
• Build a base of immigrant Western Michigan residents that identify WTPAF as their political home and will drive local and statewide campaigns that are nested in the long term vision of immigrant justice, and winning back driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants;
• Engage their key leaders through 1:1s, house meetings, town halls, political education sessions, cultural strategy, and building relationships with elected leaders;
• Support Leadership School
  , a yearly movement school of community members, where they learn the basics of organizing, develop a shared strategy, and connect to statewide goals;
• Collaborate
  ** with Policy & Research, Communications, and Data teams to advance the collective learning and capacity of our immigrant justice campaigns;
• Achieve goals and metrics as determined by both a Lead Organizer and collective goal setting by the WTPAF Organizing team;
• Attention to administrative details like data and hours tracking that allow us to learn from our work and be compliant with legal requirements;
• Other duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate would have these knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Personal connection to our existing Drive SAFE campaign (campaign to restore driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants).
• Spanish fluency - written and spoken.
• English fluency - written and spoken.
• Proven track record of building teams of diverse groups of people that can work together to accomplish a shared goal.
• The ability to help leaders learn, reflect, and take collective risk and action.
• A natural sense of curiosity about people and the ability to relate to them. Being an active listener to hear about community members’ stories, hopes, fears, and challenges.
• A growth mindset:
• Ability to pay attention to the details, be vigilant about…