About CAA and AACRE  

Chinese for Affirmative Action was founded in 1969 to protect the civil and political rights of Chinese Americans and to advance multiracial democracy in the United States. Today, CAA is a progressive voice in and on behalf of the broader Asian American and Pacific Islander community. We advocate for systemic change that protects immigrant rights, promotes language diversity, and remedies racial and social injustice. 

In 2014, CAA helped to launch the Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality (AACRE) network that focuses on long-term movement building, capacity infrastructure, and leadership support for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders committed to social justice. Including CAA, there are currently 11 partnering member groups with unique strengths.  Fiscal sponsorship, administrative, and operational support is provided centrally for all of these groups so they can focus on their core programs. 

More recently, CAA, along with AAPI Equity Alliance and the San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Department, launched the Stop AAPI Hate coalition to document and respond to incidents of hate at the local, state, and national levels. The mission of Stop AAPI Hate is to advance equity, justice, and power by dismantling systemic racism and building a multiracial movement to end anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate. This is an exciting period of growth and impact for Stop AAPI Hate. Due to the extraordinary demand and support for our work, we are poised to deepen and expand our reach and engagement throughout the country. 

At the grassroots level, our community building work nurtures the ability of immigrants to participate fully in civic life. These activities include direct services, leadership development, and civic engagement with limited-English proficient newcomers and immigrants on issues that impact our community. At the systemic level, CAA leads advocacy, communications, and movement building work to improve public policy and shape public discourse. We produce community-based research, publish policy analyses and recommendations, influence opinion through media, organize to engage elected and government officials, and nurture a range of progressive coalitions.

Position Overview

As part of CAA’s historical work to advance immigrant rights, the Immigrant Rights Community Advocate plays a key role in engaging low-income, monolingual/limited-English proficient (LEP), Chinese immigrant community members.  The Community Advocate is an integral part of the immigrant rights team which has a  multi-prong approach to immigrant rights that includes direct services, civic engagement, community education, and policy advocacy. The Community Advocate will provide in-language and culturally relevant individual immigration pre-screening and direct services under the supervision of Department of Justice accredited staff, coordinate and conduct community education and outreach, and work closely with the CAA civic engagement team that includes part-time outreach specialists who are directly impacted community leaders. The Immigrant Rights and Civic Engagement teams partner on outreach, campaigns, and special projects, which the Community Advocate supports. The Community Advocate also helps inform CAA’s other program areas of trends and concerns amongst CAA’s Chinese immigrant base, supports the development of community members to become their own advocates, and works to empower them from being recipients of services and information to becoming effective community leaders alongside others from marginalized communities.  

The immigrant rights team works through community partnerships and coalitions, experts and service providers, city departments, elected officials, and other stakeholders. We do our work in ways that are culturally and linguistically accessible, that deliver  accurate and reliable information, and that apply a social justice lens rooted in CAA’s values of inclusion, compassion, and equity. 

A non-exempt position supervised by the Immigrant Rights Program Manager, the Community Advocate will work both at CAA’s San Francisco office and remotely. The percentage of remote versus in-person hours will be determined with the Immigrant Rights Program Manager; however, as a position that works primarily with community members, the position must dedicate a significant portion of hours in-office, with increasing in-office hours as the pandemic subsides. 

Key Responsibilities

• With guidance from the Immigrant Rights Program Manager, coordinate, and conduct direct services, outreach, and community education on immigrant rights issues including but not limited to CAA core issues areas such as immigration, language access, non-citizen voting, economic justice, education equity, and racial equity
• Provide immigration pre-screenings, form-filling, and client follow-up
• Provide case management to ensure immigrants have access to legal services and are aware of local public services and available community resources, and make referrals as needed
• Conduct community education presentations and workshops within the core issues areas of the program, both in-person and virtual 
• Work across CAA teams and with community outreach specialists to coordinate, implement, and deliver direct services, community education workshops, and campaigns
• Work within the immigrant rights team to develop linguistically and culturally accessible outreach informational materials, community education content, short video clips, recorded audio workshops/podcast episodes, curriculum, fact sheets, and fliers regarding relevant programs and updates to immigration policies and that promote a progressive AAPI perspective on immigrant rights
• Build and maintain relationships with immigrant serving community organizations and citywide institutions including through active participation in community coalitions to expand CAA’s reach for community education and outreach
• Maintain complete and accurate client files and track and report activities and deliverables for funder and internal reporting purposes
• Monitor trends and concerns on immigration within low-income, monolingual and LEP Chinese immigrant communities to inform community education curriculum and CAA’s policy priorities and advocacy efforts
• Participate in planning, coordination, and staffing of CAA program and organization events, which may take place on evenings and weekends

Qualifications

• Oral fluency in Cantonese required, Chinese literacy a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Migration Studies, Asian American studies, Political Science, or other related fields desired
• Experience with conducting one-on-one direct services, and community outreach and education
• Familiar with the basics of how the US immigration system operates
• A strong passion and commitment to assisting monolingual and LEP immigrant families to navigate government bureaucracy and institutions
• Commitment to social justice and to CAA’s core values
• Experience working in low-income and immigrant communities  
• Excellent inter-group, interpersonal communication and analytical skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to work both independently and commitment to working as part of a team
• Willingness to work flexible hours- including weeknights and weekends
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency with Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Zoom,Canva, WeChat and audio-editing skills
• A valid driver’s license and access to a car is a plus

How To Apply

To apply, please email a cover letter and resume to employment@caasf.org. In the subject line, please write “Community Advocate, Immigrant Rights.” In your cover letter, please address the following questions:  What about our mission or values inspires you? What has been your most impactful work and/or life experience so far, and why? For more information about CAA, please visit www.caasf.org.

CAA is an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and immigrants are encouraged to apply. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Hours: Full-time; exempt

Deadline: Open until filled

About CAA and AACRE

Chinese for Affirmative Action was founded in 1969 to protect the civil and political rights of Chinese Americans and to advance multiracial democracy in the United States. Today, CAA is a progressive voice in and on behalf of the broader Asian American and Pacific Islander community. We advocate for systemic change that protects immigrant rights, promotes language diversity, and remedies racial and social injustice. 

In 2014, CAA helped to launch the Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality (AACRE) network that focuses on long-term movement building, capacity infrastructure, and leadership support for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders committed to social justice. Including CAA, there are currently 11 partnering member groups with unique strengths.  Fiscal sponsorship, administrative, and operational support is provided centrally for all these groups so they can focus on their core programs. 

More recently, CAA, along with AAPI Equity Alliance and the San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Department, launched the Stop AAPI Hate coalition to document and respond to incidents of hate at the local, state, and national levels. The mission of Stop AAPI Hate is to advance equity, justice, and power by dismantling systemic racism and building a multiracial movement to end anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate. This is an exciting period of growth and impact for Stop AAPI Hate. Due to the extraordinary demand and support for our work, we are poised to deepen and expand our reach and engagement throughout the country. 

At the grassroots level, our community building work nurtures the ability of immigrants to participate fully in civic life. These activities include direct services, leadership development, and civic engagement with limited-English proficient newcomers and immigrants on issues that impact our community. At the systemic level, CAA leads advocacy, communications, and movement building work to improve public policy and shape public discourse. We produce community-based research, publish policy analyses and recommendations, influence opinion through media, organize to engage elected and government officials, and nurture a range of progressive coalitions.

Position Overview

CAA seeks a visionary, strategic, and goal-oriented Managing Director of Development as the most senior development executive for the organization at this critical time of growth. Reporting to one of the two Co-Executive Directors, the Managing Director of Development leads and implements CAA’s annual and long-term fundraising objectives and significantly contributes to long-term asset building strategies. This team leader is highly organized, effective, and excited to utilize their skills and experiences in development and communications to advance positive social change in a strong and well-established organization rooted in community. The Managing Director of Development is a people-centered leader working collaboratively with staff leadership, board members, and community members to coordinate the strategic cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of CAA supporters, especially major donors. 

This position focuses on engagement with individual donors, especially growing and leading the organization’s major donor programs, donor events, and campaigns, and oversees Stop AAPI Hate corporate engagement and fundraising. This role supervises the two dedicated development staff which include the CAA Development Manager and the Stop AAPI Hate Director of Corporate Engagement, and works closely with the administrative and communications teams. 

An exempt position, the Managing Director of Development can work at CAA’s San Francisco office located in historic Chinatown, remotely, or a combination of the two, and there is a strong preference for candidates who already reside in or are willing to relocate to the Bay Area. 

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Leadership 

• Lead the development team in execution of a comprehensive development strategy 
• Amplify, strengthen, and identify new ways to enhance CAA’s and Stop AAPI Hate’s voice and brand across donor engagement activities
• Co-build a culture of narrative storytelling and communications across the organization as a tool for driving social change
• Be a member of various leadership teams in support of development goals

Donor Management 

• Develop and implement meaningful year-around donor engagement, including direct mail and online annual major gift campaigns, donor stewardship events, engagement, and acknowledgement / public recognition strategies
• Design targeted donor outreach based on analysis of donor interest and history of giving
• Lead the development of donor collateral under the advisement of the Co-Executive Director
• Oversee and/or advise systems and protocols for regular and quality donor communication, online donation platforms and donor/prospect data tracking

Event Management

• Lead major donor strategies, including campaigns, cultivation, appreciation / stewardship, and informational events
• Lead CAA’s planned giving program with member engagement and cultivation events
• Lead CAA board and staff to organize the annual Celebration of Justice dinner and other events related to CAA’s annual fundraising campaigns

Communications 

• Develop and implement annual plans to keep CAA’s supporters informed through various communications channels, including print, email, and social media  
• Contribute development-related content to the organizational e-newsletter, special news, and annual reports

Institutional Fundraising

• Support foundation fundraising including proposal development and grant reporting
• Develop and implement a laddered corporate engagement and fundraising strategy including Employee Resource Group engagement

Qualifications

• Minimum 7-10+ years of increasing responsibility in nonprofit development leadership
• Track record of successfully leading individual donor cultivation, grant writing, events, and campaigns to support fundraising for annual budgets of $5M+
• Strong management experience with the demonstrated ability to share leadership, inspire initiative, and build consensus among team members in a highly collaborative style
• Highly relational with strong ability to build relationships with and inspire donors, vendors, colleagues, and partners
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the demonstrated ability to inform and persuade in presentations, conversations, and across various written mediums
• Strong commitment to the mission and values of CAA, including a demonstrated commitment to social justice, equity, and civic engagement
• Experience and cultural competence working in the AAPI community in a social justice context
• Strong proficiency in fundraising software and platforms, including Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and donor databases/CRM such as Salesforce and EveryAction

To Apply

CAA is partnering with Walker and Associates Consulting – a values-aligned, Bay Area-based, and women of color owned and led strategic management consultancy and executive search firm – on this search. Please email a cover letter and resume to caasf@walkeraac.com. In the subject line, please write “CAA Managing Director of Development.” In your cover letter, address the following questions: What about our mission or values inspires you? What has been your most impactful work or life experience so far, and why? For more information, visit our website at www.caasf.org.

CAA is an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and immigrants are encouraged to apply. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Position: CAA Receptionist

Employer: Chinese for Affirmative Action

Hourly Rate: $24.63/hour; excellent benefits, including healthcare and paid time off (for eligible employees if more than 20 hours per week)

Hours: Full time (40 hours/week)

Status: Non-exempt; temporary

Deadline: Open until filled

Posting: April 2023

About CAA  

Chinese for Affirmative Action was founded in 1969 to protect the civil and political rights of Chinese Americans and to advance multiracial democracy in the United States. Today, CAA is a progressive voice in and on behalf of the broader Asian American and Pacific Islander community. We advocate for systemic change that protects immigrant rights, promotes language diversity, and remedies racial and social injustice.

At the grassroots level, our community building work nurtures the ability of community members to participate fully in civic life. These activities include direct services, leadership development, and civic engagement with limited-English proficient newcomers and immigrants on issues that impact our community. At the systemic level, we lead advocacy, communications, and movement building work to improve public policy and shape public discourse. We produce community-based research, publish policy analyses and recommendations, influence opinion through media, organize to engage elected and government officials, and nurture a range of progressive coalitions.

Position Overview 

Reporting to the CAA Administrative and Operations Manager, the primary role of the CAA Receptionist is to greet guests, including walk-in community members and clients with appointments, who come to CAA’s Chinatown office. 

This role is critical to CAA as it is the very first point of contact for clients, community members, partners, vendors, and other stakeholders when they call or walk into the office. The position is responsible for being helpful to community members, keeping the office in order, and promoting a safe and welcoming workplace for our staff and visitors. 

The position is non-exempt and temporary. The CAA Receptionist works in-person at the Chinese for Affirmative Action office in San Francisco’s Chinatown from Monday through Friday during business hours (9am-5pm).   

 Key Responsibilities

• Welcome visitors to the office and answer the phone
• Answer bilingual inquiries about available CAA services, programs, and campaigns
• Direct calls to staff and make community resource referrals when needed
• Maintain safe and orderly office space, conference rooms, and kitchen area. 
• Assist with office organization including materials, files, equipment. 
• Maintain contract tracing for all clients and vendors entering the office
• Provide onsite meeting support, including room setup and food arrangements as necessary. 
• Support with community member sign-in, screening, and internal and external referrals 
• Perform other support duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Oral fluency in Cantonese required, Mandarin a plus.  Desire to develop basic English skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with diverse constituencies including low-income, immigrant, limited-English proficient, and undocumented communities
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Commitment to the mission, values, and goals of CAA

To Apply

To apply, please email a cover letter and resume to employment@caasf.org. In the subject line, please write “CAA Receptionist”.  For more information about CAA, please visit www.caasf.org.

CAA is an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and immigrants are encouraged to apply. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

About Stop AAPI Hate and Chinese for Affirmative Action 

Stop AAPI Hate is a national coalition of AAPI Equity Alliance, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and the San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Department. The mission of Stop AAPI Hate is to advance equity, justice, and power by dismantling systemic racism and building a multiracial movement to end anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate. 

This is an exciting period of growth and impact for Stop AAPI Hate (SAH). Due to the extraordinary demand and support for our work, we are poised to deepen and expand our reach and engagement throughout the country. This evolution will include the deployment of new strategies, additional programs, and increased staffing.  

Since its launch two years ago, the Stop AAPI Hate online reporting center has documented close to 11,000 hate incidents affecting AAPIs and enabled us to raise awareness and shape conversations around anti-Asian racism.  Our efforts have captured the attention of lawmakers and catalyzed them into action and spurred a broader movement for progressive change. Going forward, Stop AAPI Hate’s work in research and data, policy advocacy, narrative change, and community capacity building will address core issues areas including education equity and ethnic studies, community safety and resilience, and civil rights and racial justice infrastructure.  

Chinese for Affirmative Action is one of the founding partners of Stop AAPI Hate and also serves as its fiscal sponsor. With a legacy of more than five decades of achievements in civil rights and community progress, CAA continues to be a leader in and on behalf of the broader Asian American community.  

Position Overview 

Reporting to the Stop AAPI Hate Managing Director, the Director of Data and Research’s primary role is to lead data and research efforts for the Stop AAPI Hate Coalition, further advancing our work in social justice and civil rights.

The Director of Data and Research is part of Stop AAPI Hate’s leadership team which sets the organization-wide strategy for implementation of the vision and mission using a social equity framework. The Director oversees the Data and Research team and directly manages our Research Manager and Data Manager.

The Data and Research team manages Stop AAPI Hate’s reporting system, the largest reporting center for hate incidents against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The Data and Research team ensures that the Stop AAPI Hate incident dataset is transparent, high quality, protected, appropriately represented, and in keeping with our values as data generated by and for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

The Data and Research team also oversees Stop AAPI Hate’s research work. This workstream includes setting an annual research agenda; identifying potential partners to conduct research; co-authoring research reports; presenting research findings orally and in writing to non-technical audiences; providing technical expertise to other teams within the Stop AAPI Hate coalition on their own research activities; and engaging with other researchers active in the anti-hate, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and other relevant spaces.

An exempt position, the Director of Data and Research may work 100% remotely, but may also work hybrid in-person and remotely from the Stop AAPI Hate coalition member offices in Los Angeles or San Francisco. This position will require travel to meet other Stop AAPI Hate employees at least two to three times per year and other work related travel.

Areas of Responsibility

Oversee Stop AAPI Hate Hate Incident Reporting Center

• Lead Data and Research team to continually improve quality and efficiency of the Stop AAPI Hate Incident Reporting Center
• Oversee workflow from initial hate incident report to Stop AAPI Hate to its internal review and categorization to potential followup (if consent is given) from Stop AAPI Hate staff
• Oversee analyses of hate incident data
• Communicate results from hate incident data in Stop AAPI Hate publications with appropriate caveats and in response to ad-hoc requests from community partners, academics, media, and other interested parties

Oversee Stop AAPI Hate research

• Support annual research agenda-setting process across the Stop AAPI Hate coalition
• Ensure high-quality, values-driven research products, including identifying potential partners to conduct research and overseeing data collection and analysis
• Communicate research findings in non-technical language in research briefs and reports
• Provide technical expertise to other teams within the Stop AAPI Hate coalition on their own research activities

Represent Stop AAPI Hate’s Data and Research team externally

• As needed, present on Stop AAPI Hate’s data and research work externally
• Engage with others active in data and research in the anti-hate, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and other relevant spaces

Manage Data and Research team

• Directly manage two mid-career employees (Research Manager and Data Manager)
• Ensure health, well-being, and safety of data and research team members and contractors
• Represent the Data and Research team within Stop AAPI Hate’s shared leadership team

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required

• Commitment to the mission, values, aspirations of CAA and the Stop AAPI Hate Coalition
• Knowledge of participatory action research and other community-based approaches to support social justice in communities who have been historically underserved.
• At least 5 years of experience in research design and execution
• At least 3 years of experience in a senior or supervisory role
• Deep commitment to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities
• Flexibility, including the ability to develop and advance long term goals while being responsive to new developments and crises
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills and ability to communicate data and research to non-technical audiences
• Ability to work as part of a dynamic team, develop effective working relationships, share leadership, and build consensus
• Subject matter expertise related to language diversity, immigrant rights, economic justice, education equity, racial equity and/or community safety and justice (preferred)
• Graduate degree in social science, law, public policy, public health or related field, or equivalent combination of work experience and education (preferred)
• Experience with data and research tools such as R, STATA, Tableau. Dedoose, or NVivo (preferred)

How to Apply

To apply, please email a cover letter and resume to employment@caasf.org. In the subject line, please write “Director of Data and Research.”  For more information about Stop AAPI Hate, please visit http://www.stopaapihate.org.

Stop AAPI Hate is fiscally sponsored by Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and this position is housed at CAA. CAA is an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and immigrants are encouraged to apply. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.