OVERVIEW
The Youth Justice Coalition (YJC) is working to build a youth, family, and formerly and currently incarcerated people’s movement to challenge America’s addiction to incarceration and race, gender and class discrimination in Los Angeles County’s, California’s and the nation’s juvenile and criminal injustice systems.
The YJC’s goal is to dismantle policies and institutions that have ensured the massive lock-up and deportation of people of color, increasing law enforcement violence and militarization, violation of youth and communities’ Constitutional and human rights, the construction of a vicious school-to-jail track, and the build-up of the world’s largest network of jails and prisons. We use transformative justice and community intervention/peacebuilding, FREE LA High School, know your rights, participatory defense, and police and court monitoring to “starve the beast” – promoting safety in our schools, homes and neighborhoods without relying on punishment and suppression, preventing system contact, and pulling people out of the system. We use direct action organizing, advocacy, political education, and activist arts to agitate, expose, and pressure the people in charge in order to upset power and bring about change.
For more information, visit: www.youthjusticela.org
Current Job Postings:
YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION MATH & SCIENCE TEACHER
JOB DESCRIPTION:
We are looking for teachers who are creative, flexible, progressive, and who truly care about youth who have not done well in traditional school settings.
COMPENSATION:
$60,000 to $82,000 annually- depending on education and experience
TIMELINE AND PROCESS:
Position is full-time; year-round, beginning July 2024, with paid training and preparation time before the school year begins. Position open until filled. Interested applicants should send resume, along with a cover letter. Please email Tyler Hamilton at: jobs@youthbuildcharter.org. Please include “Los Angeles – Credentialed Teacher- STEM” in the subject.
YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION STREET C.R.E.D. PROGRAM COORDINATOR
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Coordinator for the Street C.R.E.D. program will be responsible for the success of Street C.R.E.D. to grow the capacity to educate on substance use, prevention of substance use disorders and grow the intervention around substance use disorders – both within FREE LA, Chuco’s Justice Center and the communities of South Central, Watts and Compton.
COMPENSATION:
$50-60,000 / annual (based on experience) with benefits. Reporting to the FREE LA Education Director & Development Team for updates and areas of support needed.
TIMELINE AND PROCESS:
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt, until the position is filled. Position will begin immediately. Please send a cover letter, resume, and three references to: jobs@youth4justice.org. Please include “STREET C.R.E.D. Program Coordinator” in the subject line.
YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION | YOUTH CENTER PROGRAM COORDINATOR
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Youth Center Program Coordinator will work closely with the peacebuilders, health promoters, youth leaders, development team to co-create and manage YJC’s new Youth Center.
The Youth Center Program Coordinator will be responsible for all administrative and coordination of the Community Operated Youth Center to be a safe and fun space for children of all ages to be, learn and grow. The position reports directly to the FREE LA Director.
COMPENSATION:
The position offers a salary of up to $65,000 a year commensurate with experience.
TIMELINE AND PROCESS:
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt, until the position is filled. Position will begin immediately. Please send a cover letter, resume, and three references to: jobs@youth4justice.org. Please include “Youth Center Program Coordinator Position” in the subject line.