Founded in 2017, Alphabet Alliance of Color (AAoC) is an organizing alliance of queer and trans Black, Indigenous, and people of color (QTBIPOC) in the Puget Sound region working on every level of change, from individual to institutional. AAoC was born from our struggle for dignity and self-determination within white, cisgender, and heterosexual-led nonprofits. Our purpose is to build and nourish the interconnected network of alliance members who challenge and tear down the systems that cause or recreate harm to the community. We will know we are successful when these harmful systems have been replaced with transformative justice models based in reciprocity, non-hierarchical leadership, shared power, and mutual aid.

- Support incoming mutual aid or resource requests by connecting people to other individuals, organizing collectives, or institutions (e.g. job search, ASL interpreter recommendation, rent support)
- Supporting alliance and community members with navigating institutional dynamics (e.g. dealing with racist / homophobic employers)
- Coordinate volunteers for major events

- Participate fully in weekly staff meetings
- Plan and coordinate various meetings/programs including:
* Choosing skill-building topics based on community needs, interests, and capacity
* Contracting with facilitators
* Creating and distributing RSVP forms
* Creating Canva slides
* Selecting and hiring performers, artists, healers, or documenters
- Facilitating container for various meetings/programs including:
* Set up
* Check-ins / COVID protocol checking
* Groundings
* Land and labor acknowledgements
* Introductions / access needs check ins
* Organizational Updates
* Closings
* Take down
- Programs include:
* Monthly General Alliance Meetings, Coworking Spaces, and Core Team Meetings
* Fall workshops on various topics
* Annual events like end of year Holigay party, spring Open House, and summer Taking B(l)ack Pride
* Other one-off events like Seattle Public School’s Gender Affirming Clothing Swap, Healers for a Free Palestine / We See You, COVID Safety event
- Coordinate with social media manager to create relevant content about programming and resources
- Support general alliance and wider partnerships by attending alliance member events, tabling at community gatherings, and being a representative for our team
- Sharing about our programming and events among wider QTBIPOC community

- Lead Policy Practice Spaces by identifying local and statewide policy topics of interest to community, researching them, and selecting and working with facilitators to bring information to the community
- Support with brainstorming other civic engagement and political education programming and social media campaigns
- Program evaluation and planning
- Optional: Assist with grant scoping, writing, and editing

ability to attend all ongoing programming and workshops, networking and connecting with QTBIPOC in this region, hotspot available if needed, food provided at most events

Our ideal applicant is:
- A queer/trans student of color who is deeply committed to our values of care, integrity, collective power, and our vision of building toward liberation for QTBIPOC.
- Paying attention to wider QTBIPOC community needs and has experience in this community (can include unpaid, personal, or paid experience).
- Enjoys facilitating community space or is interested in sharpening that skill.
- Interested in the history, current state, and possible future of policy as it impacts our communities.
- Comfortable interacting with communities via email, social media, Zoom, Google Meet, phone, and in person.
- Has an eye for aesthetics and can put together a cute Canva, or willingness to learn.
- Committed and has follow-through to execute tasks—including potentially routine or mundane tasks—that are crucial for the implementation of projects and programs.
- Flexible, dependable, able to work independently and interdependently, and has strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience and/or interest in: art / creativity, healing justice, disability justice (neurodivergence, covid-consciousness, community care, accessibility), transformative justice, mutual aid (care mapping, pod mapping), somatic practices, herbalism, cross-cultural connections, and queer relationship building are a plus!

Location/Tech Details:
- Almost all programming is available virtually, with some hybrid events throughout the Puget Sound region, mostly in Seattle, South King County, and occasionally Tacoma.
- Must have a computer. Internet support via hotspot is available.

We were inspired by and borrowed some language from WSCADV, Transgender Health and Wellness Center of WA, Lambert House, Infinitely Well PLLC - thanks y’all!

Strong English-language communication is a must

Please send one PDF that includes:
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- 3 References (ideally 1 professional and 1 community reference plus 1 additional reference of your choice)

Send materials to Karissa Masciel, MSW, karissa@alphabetalliance.org, put "MSW Practicum Application" in the subject line. Selected applicants will move forward to an interview.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!