Sustainable Jobs for Organizers: A Toolkit for a Stronger Movement
A free online toolkit for turning burnout jobs into sustainable ones, made by All Due Respect with the Staffing the Mission project. It works through 10 key areas: compensation, insurance, diversity, equity and inclusion, supervision, employee voice, transparent communication, professional development, workplace conditions, hours of work, and the particular stresses of organizing. It offers a discussion guide, tables and checklists, written for organizing groups but useful to any small nonprofit.
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All Due Respect (2023). Sustainable Jobs for Organizers: A Toolkit for a Stronger Movement. https://respectorganizing.org/
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