Student Organizing Fellow

Want to be an RG Student Organizing Fellow? We are looking for 7 current student organizers who can each commit to on average 8 hours per week to national college organizing, beginning with an orientation on Monday, April 27, 2026, and ending on Thursday, May 6, 2027.

The Resource Generation Student Organizing Fellowship is a 12-month, stipended leadership role created to support, deepen, and expand RG’s work on college campuses across the country in our existing chapter regions. RG Student Organizing Fellows can expect to receive organizing training, political education, and leadership development through participation in monthly staff and member-led trainings, dedicated check-ins with RG staff throughout the program year, and through attending RG conferences and workshops.

This position will be supervised by Resource Generation’s College Program Manager, keithlee spangler (they/them) (keithlee@resourcegeneration.org).

During the first four months of the program year, Fellows can expect to learn more about RG’s flagship political education resource, praxis; receive regular coaching from RG staff regarding how to organize on campus; and build relationships with local RG chapters. During the remainder of the program year, Fellows will run RG programming on local campuses and with their other peer networks; recruit for and attend RG’s annual conference, Making Money Make Change; run college praxis in person or virtually; participate in a one-day student organizing retreat; and receive an in-person visit from keithlee.

Applications are open to current or former RG student leaders. Applicants must be current undergraduate or graduate students during the majority of the program year.

Priority deadline to apply: April 3, 2026

Note: We believe in cross-class, multiracial, feminist organizing, and especially encourage students of color with wealth and/or class privilege who have been involved with RG to apply. If you have questions about whether or not this role would be a good fit for you personally, please reach out to RG’s College Program Manager, keithlee spangler, at keithlee@resourcegeneration.org.

Student Organizing Fellow Responsibilities

Attend RG’s Best Praxises training series

• 4 cohort-only sessions across 6 months on weekday evenings from 7-9pm ET/ 4-6pm PT.
  • TBD April - Intros, Goal Setting, Logistics of Setting up Praxis
  • Wed April 29 - Why Praxis, Good Group Dynamics
  • Wed July 8 - Addressing Race / Interrupting Racism with Roleplays
  • Wed Aug 19 - Emergent Roleplay, Next steps
• 3 open-to-all trainings on organizing topics related to praxis from 7-8:30pm ET/ 4-5:30pm PT.
  • TBD May - Transformative Fundraising
  • Wed June 10 - Cross Class Partnerships
  • Wed July 22 - Leadership Asks

Attend and support during RG’s annual conference, Making Money Make Change, in Santa Fe, NM in early November 2026

• RG will cover airfare, lodging, and meals to support your attendance at Making Money Make Change
• While attending MMMC, support programming spaces for students

Attend 1-day Student Organizing Fellows retreat

• Co-plan the agenda and set priorities for the retreat, with baseline goals of midyear connection, aligning on strategy for the remainder of the Fellowship, and sharing reflections on the first half of the fellowship
• Co-facilitate agenda sessions with other Fellows

Co-design and Facilitate RG programming for colleges in our chapter cities

• Attend support calls for student organizers, as needed
• Co-design and facilitate college-specific RG trainings (virtually or in-person), resources, toolkits, and curriculum
• Support the planning of workshops, open houses, praxis (core program of RG student groups), and other events/programs on college campuses

Contribute to RG’s national college organizing programming & strategy

• Co-create the 2026-2027 college organizing goals and provide regular feedback to shape future years of the Student Organizing Fellowship
• Help with recruitment for the next round of Fellows

Support national RG priorities as needed

• Recruit for national RG programming, including our annual national conference Make Money Make Change (MMMC), webinars/trainings, and other events
• Lead student RG membership drive initiative during RG fall and spring appeals
• Responsible for regular input of data around college organizing, as well as basic administrative tasks such as uploading timesheets and submitting quarterly invoices
• As needed, provide support with assigned special projects that serve RG’s larger organizing goals

Commit to their own development as leaders and organizers

• Attend bi-weekly team meetings with other Student Organizing Fellows
• Attend weekly or bi-weekly supervision check-in meetings with the College Program Manager
• Complete political education trainings and readings
• Commit to regular self-reflection & assessment

Core qualifications and required skills

• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and student organizing, which likely looks like 1 or more years of leadership or committed involvement in a social justice organization or student group. This could be on or off campus, paid or unpaid, and could look like planning events and actions, recruiting members, building relationships, etc.
• Relationship-building skills with a wide range of people. Excited to talk to people, share stories, to do outreach, to organize!
• Creative & self-directed: someone who is persistent, creative, and solutions-oriented no matter what the obstacles are
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to meet all deadlines and communicate effectively about progress of work with team members in a remote environment (via email, text, and other channels)

Our ideal candidate would have

• Openness and curiosity about class, classism, and your own class identity
• Belief in the role of young people (and young people with wealth) in advancing movements for justice towards liberation
• Recognizes the value of cross class organizing and building relationships between wealthy and poor and working-class students, and first-generation/low-income student groups
• Experience recruiting and developing chapter-based organizations on campus

Student Organizing Fellows play a crucial role in generating excitement and commitment from our base of college students across the country to move resources to social justice movements and participate in campaigns for change towards liberation. Prospective Fellows should be passionate about racial, economic, and social justice; creative problem-solvers; and have strong follow-through. As part of participation in the program, Fellows will receive training around facilitation, fundraising, organizing, and cross-class relationship building, and will be expected to build on those skills throughout the program year.

Location: The candidate can be based in/near any of our chapter regions: Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Bay Area, Washington D.C., Michigan (Detroit, Ann Arbor), North Carolina Triangle, Nashville, Denver/Colorado Springs, Chicago, Twin Cities (Minneapolis, St. Paul), Portland (OR), Seattle, St. Louis

Duration: mid-April 2026 through mid-May 2027

Compensation: This is a stipended position with an annual compensation of $4,000 to be paid in quarterly installments of $1,000, plus comped attendance at RG’s annual conference, Making Money Make Change, in Santa Fe, NM this November. This position is a contract role and does not include benefits. Applicants are required to have access to a computer and cell phone for use during the Fellowship.

How to apply: Fill out the RG Student Organizing Fellowship Application by Friday, April 3rd, 2026 for priority consideration. If you have questions about whether or not to apply, or to request application accommodations, please reach out to keithlee@resourcegeneration.org.

Paid travel, lodging, meals, and registration to RG's annual conference, Making Money Make Change, in Santa Fe, NM.

English language proficiency required