The Movement for Black Lives is hiring a
M4BL In-Person Retreat Facilitation Team
Location: Remote/St. Louis, MO (for the in-person retreats)
Contract rate: $25,000 for the facilitation team
Priority Deadline: Priority will be given to resumes and interest letters received by Dec 15th, 2022
Contract Dates: January 2023-March 2023
About The Movement For Black Lives:
The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) formed in December of 2014 was created as a space for Black organizations across the country to debate and discuss the current political conditions, develop shared assessments of what political interventions were necessary in order to achieve key policy, cultural and political wins, convene organizational leadership in order to debate and co-create a shared movement-wide strategy.
M4BL is an ecosystem of more than 150 Black-led organizations representing thousands of Black people from across the country that have come together with renewed energy, strategy, and purpose to articulate a common vision and agenda. Our ecosystem is united by core values and politics that seek to build an anti-capitalist, abolitionist, and Black queer feminist future.
Our Work:
The Movement For Black Lives is committed to building a powerful Black Social Justice Movement. In order to leverage our collective power, we are committed to cohering movements and engaging organizations and individuals in strategies that are crucial to deepening shared work and building power. We believe that our historical mandate and our responsibility in this moment is to provide a container to strengthen the potency and possibility of Black led formations that are moving in coordination to a shared vision.
Contractor Description:
The facilitation team (minimum 2 people) will be responsible for facilitating two consecutive in-person retreats for M4BL on Feb 5-11th, 2023 in St Louis MO. One retreat will be for our member leaders, the other will be for our staff team. Both retreats will have 40+ people. The retreats will have one day of overlap and both the member leaders and staff will be present for the day of overlap which will be about 80 people. M4BL will cover the facilitation team’s airfare and lodging.
The goals of the retreats will be:
Areas of Work/Deliverables: This facilitation team is responsible for working with the planning team to build an agenda for the two retreats, will work to synthesize notes so that the two retreats speak to each other and provide written synthesized notes that have decision points articulated for the teams to move into implementation.
You will thrive in this role if you...
Attributes, Experiences, and Qualifications*:
*While no candidate will possess every quality, the successful candidate will possess many of these qualifications and attributes. Even if you aren’t sure but are excited about the position, we encourage you to apply!
To Apply:
Please kindly submit the following via the BambooHR link by Wednesday Dec 15th, 2022: