SBADI Community Organizer

The Community Organizer will work closely with the Executive Director and Director of Organizing and other community leaders and colleagues as needed to ensure effective SBADI campaigns and coalition participation. The SBADI Community Organizer will be responsible for leading Fifth Avenue Committee’s (FAC) South Brooklyn Accountable Development Initiative (SBADI) which advances a new vision of economic development in New York City in which public policy delivers truly affordable housing, environmental justice and sustainability, living wage jobs and livable neighborhoods. Through SBADI, and community organizing FAC organizes residents and stakeholders around housing, development, economic development, environmental issues, and eviction prevention in the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Gowanus, Red Hook, and Sunset Park. FAC also responds to emerging borough and city wide concerns connected to accountable development principles. This position involves community education, policy analysis, grassroots organizing as well as individual advocacy for residents facing displacement pressures