Vantaggi
Getting to show up to work and live out my values each day is a great privelege, I love that I get to work with people who genuinely want to live out their beliefs and create a better community for everyone.
You're responsible for setting your own schedule and calendar, which can be a tough thing to get used to at first but gives me a lot of flexibility to be able to balance family responsibilities with work.
I also get to be a part of making some big changes in my community and I love that that's something I can make a career of.
The pay & benefits are also on-par or above a lot of other similar community organizing work
Svantaggi
The job can be pretty demanding at times, some of the busy weeks can be 50+ hours.
It can also be just overall tough and emotionally draining at times, you hear a lot of tough stories from community members about the injustices they face, and while we do get tangible wins on the issues, the change we're looking for can take a long time and there's often a LOT of resistance from those in power. Being able to find ways to process that outside of work has been really important for me.
There's a lot of things in this job that happen that are completely outside of your control, which can be frustrating and a challenge to figure out how to shift plans around to deal with
