Job Opportunity: Voting Rights Senior Program Coordinator

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus needs you to help protect the vote.



Are you talented, passionate, social justice-oriented individual who cares about creating a more inclusive democracy and help protect the vote for immigrant AAPI and Latino voters this year?

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus, the nation's oldest Asian American civil rights organization, is looking to hire a Senior Program Coordinator for its Voting Rights Program. This role will oversee the civic engagement portions of Advancing Justice-ALC's Election Protection / Language Access project, which protects access to the ballot for immigrant and limited English-proficient AAPI and Latino voters in eighteen Northern California counties.

Here are some more details about the position:

Weird-Ass Craigslist Posting, Part 45: "Seeking an Asian Wife"

"I need a personal researcher/assistant part-time to help me find the perfect female."



File this one under the wacky, weird world of Craigslist... If you're looking for some part-time work, here's a guy looking for an Asian wife -- and he needs your help! He's looking to hire an "Asian Researcher" -- preferably with Chinese or Korean language skills -- to assist him in finding "the perfect female."

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Job Opportunity: Voting Rights Organizer, AALDEF

Help defend the voting rights of Asian Americans.


Want to help defend the voting rights of Asian Americans? The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund's Asian American Democracy Program seeks to promote fairness in the electoral process and invigorate the civic participation of Asian Americans, especially new citizens and persons not yet fluent in English.

AALDEF is currently looking to hire a Voting Rights Organizer who will be responsible for mobilizing Asian American community groups for a non-partisan exit poll of Asian American voters and overseeing volunteers for Election Day poll monitoring for the 2016 Presidential Election.

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Job Opportunity: Editor, Open City Magazine

The Asian American Writers' Workshop is hiring a part-time editor to take over Open City.



The Asian American Writers' Workshop is looking to hire a part-time editor to take over Open City, an online magazine that seeks to tell the stories of low-income Asian American immigrant communities in New York.

The ideal applicant is committed to the mission of the publication, excited about managing and mentoring emerging writers of color, and ready to publish excellent, deeply reported and researched nonfiction.

Over the last few years, Open City has tackled topics ranging from stop-and-frisk in Jackson Heights, Sikh temples in Queens, the underground Chinatown Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card community, the eviction of tenants on 81 Bowery, the Queens hip hop scene, the welfare-to-workfare system, domestic violence in the Afghan community, participatory budgeting in Queens, the last movie theater in Chinatown, Hurricane Sandy's effect on communities of color, and more.

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Job Opportunity: Policy Director, SAALT

SAALT seeks an experienced policy professional with a background in immigrant or civil rights.

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) is a national nonpartisan non-profit organization whose mission is to elevate the voices and perspectives of South Asian individuals and organizations to build a more just and inclusive society in the United States. They recently announced a job opening for a Policy Director.

The Policy Director, based in SAALT's office in Takoma Park, Maryland, will develop, direct, and implement SAALT's legislative, administrative, and public policy agenda and activities.

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Job Opportunity: Executive Director, Visual Communications

Looking for an exceptional individual to lead one of the nation's premier APA media arts centers



Check it. Know an awesome, amazing arts administrator looking for a job?

We are looking for an Executive Director to lead a nationally recognized, Asian Pacific American media arts organization located in Los Angeles. Visual Communications, a 44-year-old organization, is the presenter of the annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and the C3: Conference for Creative Content, and is one of the leading media arts centers in the country serving Asian American creative media professionals.

Here are the position's primary responsibilities and required qualifications:

Job Opportunity: Communications Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles

The nation's largest legal and civil rights organization for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

Here's a job opportunity for a capable person in communications... Our friends at Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA, the nation's largest legal and civil rights organization for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, are looking for a qualified individual to fill the role of Communications Director.

The Director is responsible for both external communications (e.g., developing and maintaining Advancing Justice - LA's relationships with media) and internal communications functions (e.g., ensuring standard and consistent agency messages), and strategic communications projects and responsibilities including coordination with communications staff at other Advancing Justice affiliates.

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Get paid to hang out and hug and play with pandas

Now hiring Panda Nannies. Your dream job awaits.



Looking for a career change? Or are you a new graduate wondering what the heck what's next? I have the job for you. Pack your bags. The China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Ya'an, China is now recruiting caretakers. Your job duties will include hanging out and hugging and cuddling with pandas.

The World's Best Job Is Hiring: Panda Nanny

PANDAS, PEOPLE. Find your calling as a panda nanny. According to organizers, as a caretaker, you'll be tasked with "spending 365 days with the pandas and sharing in their joys and sorrows." Basically, you'll get paid to play with cute animals and be their best friend. It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it.

Maybe you'll get to push a panda down a slide:

Internships at the Japanese American National Museum

Apply for a paid summer internship position with JANM in Los Angeles

Hey students! Internship opportunities! If you're going to be in Los Angeles this summer, and you would like to work in a world-class museum, the Japanese American National Museum is looking for qualified individuals to fill a number of paid internship vacancies.

Take particular note of the Exhibitions Internship. You'll get to work directly on JANM's upcoming major exhibition "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty." Yes, they're putting together an exhibit dedicated to Hello Kitty, and you'd get to help!

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Job: Marketing & Outreach Director, Pacific Arts Movement

San Diego nonprofit media arts organization seeks awesome individual with marketing skillz

Looking for a cool marketing job? The good people over at Pacific Arts Movement, a nonprofit media arts organization based in San Diego, are seeking a creative, outgoing, and highly motivated Marketing & Outreach Director to advance the organization to the next level.

Got what it takes to help Pacific Arts Movement bring Pan Asian media arts to the people? They're doing some pretty awesome work. This is a full-time position that requires a great attitude, marketing acumen, fierce work ethic, and flexible work schedule including some weekends and evenings.

Here are some of the Marketing & Outreach Director's responsibilities:

Jobs at the 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Seeking outstanding applicants for 30th anniversary edition, May 1-11



Visual Communications, the nation's premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, is looking for some outstanding, motivated individuals for employment and volunteer opportunities in preparation for the 30th anniversary edition of The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, running May 1-11, 2014.

This film festival is one of my favorite events of the year. Be part of the team that makes it awesome. There are a variety of seasonal festival staff positions available. Check the list; some of the application deadlines are coming up soon:

Apply to be an intern with NPR's Code Switch

Join the public radio team exploring issues of race, ethnicity and culture.

Are you a public radio nerd? A critical thinker about race, ethnicity and culture? Know more than a thing or two about broadcasting, blogs and social media? Then here is an awesome internship opportunity for you.

The folks at National Public Radio's Code Switch, who are concerned with the "frontiers of race, culture and ethnicity," are hiring an intern for winter/spring 2014, from January to April. Interns will receive a $5,500 stipend and will work out of the NPR headquarters in Washington DC.

They're looking to work with a budding journalist who is social media savvy, a strong writer and passionate about covering race, ethnicity and culture.

Think you're up for the job? Here's some more information:

Job Opportunity: Lecturer in Asian American Studies

Responsible for teaching Hmong American Experiences in the U.S.

I got this academic job listing passed along to me, and figured one of you smart somebodies out there would be qualified for it...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a looking for a lecturer in Asian American studies to teach a course next semester on Hmong American Experiences in the U.S. That sounds like it could be a pretty cool class.

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Job Opportunity: Public Programs Assistant, Japanese American National Museum

The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans on Japanese ancestry. It's an amazing facility and a valuable resource to Asian Americans and the greater Los Angeles community.

The Museum is currently seeking to fill a full-time Public Programs Assistant position who will be responsible for coordinating, implementing, and managing National Museum public programs. Here are some more details about the job:

Job Opportunity: OCA Civil Rights Fellowship

Spreading the word... OCA, a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic well being of Asian Pacific Americans, is seeking qualified candidates for the OCA Civil Rights Fellowship.

The program is a national advocacy fellowship based at the OCA National Center in Washington, DC. The fellow will work in key OCA program areas including, but not limited to, naturalization assistance, voter registration, hate crimes education and monitoring, and public policy. Here are some more details about the fellowship:

Job Opportunity: Open City Editor, Asian American Writers' Workshop

A job opportunity for writerly folks in New York...

The Asian American Writers' Workshop is currently looking for a new Open City Editor. Specifically, "a self-motivated and resourceful individual with a vibrant vision of how the stories of immigrant New York City should be told." Maybe that's you. This is your opportunity to lead a smart publication about issues you actually care about and that you actually want to read.

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Job Opportunities: 28th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Some employment opportunities in Los Angeles...

Want to get involved with a classy film festival that's dedicated to bringing you the best of Asian and Asian American cinema? The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications, is looking for outstanding, motivated individuals to fill seasonal paid positions and volunteer opportunities for the 28th edition of the annual festival.

This is an opportunity to observe and participate intimately with the mechanics of organizing a large-scale event and the operations and philosophy of a grassroots, community-based Asian Pacific American arts organization.

Here are some of the available positions:

Job Opportunity: Museum Curator, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Passing along this job opportunity... The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC is looking for a Museum Curator for the Asian Pacific American Center, which produces educational programs, exhibitions and research about the Asian Pacific American experience and works in partnership with museums and centers across the Smithsonian and beyond to enrich collections and activities about the APA experience.

The position serves as Curator for APA digital and emerging media. That sounds pretty cool. But what exactly does that mean? Here are a few more details about the job: