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Know Your IX Organizer Application

Know Your IX is a survivor- and youth-led group that empowers students to end gender violence in their schools. We envision a world in which all students can pursue their civil right to educations free from violence and harassment. We draw upon the civil rights law Title IX as an alternative to the criminal legal system — one that is more just and responsive to the educational, emotional, financial, and stigmatic harms of violence.

Our organizers work to:

- Educate college and high school students in the United States about their legal rights to safe educations free from gender-based harms;
- Train, organize, and support student survivor activists in challenging their educational institutions to address violence and discrimination;
- Advocating for policy change at the campus, state, and federal levels to ensure meaningful systemic action to end gender violence.

We are looking rad, young activists to join each of Know Your IX's teams—Development and Communications, Policy and Advocacy, Student Engagement—for the 2018-2019 year! This is an exciting volunteer opportunity for a young organizer to train young people about their rights, build and mobilize our student IX Campus Action Network in federal and state level advocacy efforts, and ensure that student and survivor voices are at the center of media conversations relating to campus sexual violence.

Requirements:

- Ability to work well remotely on a team
- Contribute 5-7 hours per week on average with some variation (e.g. the week of a bill hearing will require more hours, but the week after would be fewer).
- Experience working in anti-sexual violence activism, and/or organizing within other anti-violence movements (e.g, climate, economic justice, police and prisons, anti-war)
- Participating in weekly staff calls and meetings

An interest in developing expertise and skills in:

- Knowledge of Title IX, guidance issued by the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education, and related laws and policies
- Advocating for local, state, and/or federal policy and legislation
- Giving interviews and/or writing for media publications
- Fundraising (writing solicitations, canvassing, events management, etc.)
- Organizing strategic, meaningful campaign actions on your campus or in your state
- Digital communications (content creation, mass email management, social media, etc.)
- Graphic design, website management, and communications analytics

We particularly encourage people from marginalized groups, including but not limited to people with disabilities, people of color, trans people, queer people, first- or second-generation immigrants (including undocumented people), and people from low income families, to apply. We also encourage students from types of schools often overlooked in discussions of campus violence, and survivors of forms of sexual and gender-based violence commonly ignored by anti-violence efforts (relationship abuse, same-sex violence, etc.) to apply. All KYIX organizers will receive a stipend each semester and a scholarship to cover all costs related to attending annual youth organizing conference Urban Retreat.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Monday, May 14th, 2018 at 11:59 pm EST.

Applicant Information
Name * First Last
Date of Birth * MM / DD / YYYY
Email *
Phone Number * ### - ### - ####
Summer Mailing Address *
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region Postal / Zip Code Country
Name of College or University *
What State is your College or University in?
Year in School *
What are you currently studying? *
Pronouns (ex. she/her, they/them, he/him)

The pronouns that people should use when speaking about you
Gender

(e.g. female, male, genderqueer, transgender, etc.)
Race/Ethnicity
Sexual Orientation

(e.g. gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, asexual, etc.)
What skills are you most looking forward to contributing to the team? *
Organizing Actions/Protests Event Planning Lobbying Public Speaking Digital Organizing Media Interviews Training/Workshop Facilitation Writing press releases, articles, papers, op-eds Graphic Design Managing and creating content for social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) Guiding innovative grassroots fundraising campaigns Policy Drafting or Editing
What team are you interested in joining?
Policy and Advocacy Organizers Student Engagement Organizers Communications Organizers Unsure
Advocates for Youth's Urban Retreat is our annual advocacy training where you will join other youth leaders from across the contury in Washington, DC (all expenses paid) September 20 - 24, 2018. Will you be able to join for these dates? *
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Please be concise yet complete in your responses to the following questions.
Why do you want to be a part of the KYIX team? *
Are you a part of a school, community, or advocacy organization that works on issues of gender violence? If yes, what is the organization? Please describe your role. *
How does your group (or you individually) work toward a more inclusive and intersectional movement around gender violence? *
Have you worked on a legislative, student organizing, or other advocacy campaign? Please describe your work as part of the campaign. What were your demands? What did you achieve? What were the challenges? *
Please share past work/organizing experiences relevant to the team(s) you selected above and the skill(s) selected. *
Are you reapplying as a returning KYIX organizer? *
Yes No
If you answered yes to the question above, tell us about your proudest accomplishments from your previous work with KYIX.
Please name TWO people who can serve as reference to your work and why you would be a great addition to KYIX Include their full name, email address, phone number, and relationship to you. *
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