Do you envision a world where every worker enjoys financial security, and businesses actively contribute to the resilience of communities? Do you want to help reverse the racial wealth gap and address economic inequality? So do we!
Project Equity empowers employees to become owners of the businesses where they work. We do this by raising awareness of employee ownership (EO) as a business succession strategy, conducting business outreach and education, and providing direct support for both business owners and employees in their transition to EO. Since our inception in 2014, we have successfully educated over 10,000 business stakeholders on employee ownership as a succession strategy, counseled more than 800 businesses, and provided transition and post-transition technical assistance to more than 100 companies representing over 2,000 workers. Over the ten years since our launch, Project Equity has become a national leader in the movement to harness EO to address income and wealth inequality, honor business owners’ legacies, and sustain vibrant local communities.
An emerging area of focus in our work is advocacy and policy in support of employee ownership. Through our public policy work, we partner with local government stakeholders across the country to embed EO in business support systems and elevate EO as an economic development strategy. Coming on the heels of our success in helping pass California’s Employee Ownership Act in 2022, the recent federal passage of the WORK Act, and state legislation advancing in several other states, there is immense momentum and opportunity for EO policy. As we deepen our partnerships in multiple regions nationally, we are working to expand our policy work at the local, state, and federal levels to reduce barriers and create incentives for EO.
As a policy-focused graduate student researcher, you will play an important role in a two-year collaborative research project that Project Equity is conducting in partnership with Morehouse College and the University of California at Riverside. The “Increasing Black Income and Wealth through Employee Ownership” project aims to:
You will work closely with Tyler Rivera (Manager, Policy & Impact) and Hilary Abell (Co-founder and Chief Policy & Impact Officer) to advance this project through one or more of the following tasks (we will determine your final scope of work together based on your research interests, experience, and the currently active work):
The Graduate Student Researcher may volunteer up to full-time (35 hours per week) for ~12 weeks during summer 2024, with flexible start and end dates. This is an unpaid volunteer opportunity intended to complement a students’ current academic studies through practical experience with a growing nonprofit organization. We encourage applicants to explore the availability of outside funding opportunities you may be eligible for (e.g., school programs that subsidize work with mission-driven organizations). Our team is distributed and mostly remote, and you will be expected to have access to your own technology for remote work, including a reliable computer and internet connection.
Project Equity is an independent operating project of the nonprofit umbrella organization, Multiplier, a nationally recognized nonprofit with a growing portfolio of innovative initiatives that conserve and protect a sustainable and resilient world (www.multiplier.org)
Multiplier and Project Equity celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams and partnerships that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Multiplier and Project Equity are also committed to providing an environment of mutual respect that is free from discrimination and harassment. Multiplier and Project Equity prohibit discrimination in its governance, programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, marital status, amnesty, status as a covered veteran, because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from public assistance, or for any other non-merit based factor.
Please email a resume and cover letter to tyler@project-equity.org by March 20, 2024. In your cover letter (approximately one page in length), please explain what you hope to get out of this volunteer experience, what motivates you to work with Project Equity, and how your education, experience, and skills align with the goals of this volunteer experience.
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Do you envision a world where every…
Please email a resume and cover letter to tyler@project-equity.org by March 20, 2024. In your cover letter (approximately one page in length), please explain what you hope to get out of this volunteer experience, what motivates you to work with Project Equity, and how your education, experience, and skills align with the goals of this volunteer experience.
Please email a resume and cover letter to tyler@project-equity.org by March 20, 2024. In your cover letter (approximately one page in length), please explain what you hope to get out of…