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Work With Us

At Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW), we believe in the power of grassroots organizing to fight for justice and build communities where everyone can thrive. Our work centers housing justice, immigrant justice, climate justice, and workers’ justice—and we do it by mobilizing our members, organizing around core issues, cultivating local leadership, and building strong coalitions.

Joining AARW means becoming part of a team that is deeply committed to movement building. We strive to create a workplace rooted in care, accountability, and collective power.

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Open Positions

Working at AARW

    • Impactful Work: Every role at AARW contributes directly to building power for Asian American communities and fighting displacement in all its forms.

    • Collaborative Culture: We are a small, dedicated team that values creativity, experimentation, and collective decision-making.

    • Commitment to Growth: We invest in the leadership of our staff and members through training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities.

  • We work hard to make AARW a sustainable place to build your career and your life. Our benefits include:

    • Health insurance reimbursement

    • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

    • 4 weeks vacation + 2 weeks sick time

    • Numerous paid holidays + ~3 weeks of org-wide closures annually

    • Wellness and tech fund

    • Strong commitment to training and professional development

    • Paid 3-month sabbatical after 5 years of employment

    • Nourishment: We sustain our drive for movement building by leading with solidarity, love, and compassion for each other. In partnership with other marginalized communities, we feed a collective hunger for spaces of healing and sanctuary. We organize in order to heal from both interpersonal and structural harm, as well as to move toward radical, transformative relationships. This healing must also include sustainable stewardship of public goods and natural resources including land, air, transportation, food, water, and housing. 

    • Adaptation: We approach organizing with the perspective of meeting people where they are, increasing accessibility, and pushing ourselves to grow together. Our organization prioritizes learning and adjusting to accommodate the needs of those seeking to join the Workshop. We expect new issues to arise with the ebb and flow of political and social systems, so AARW evolves to embrace shifting tides with both flexibility and resolve to fulfill our mission.

    • Imagination: As leaders, artists, and organizers, we wield creativity to expand the perceived limits of what futures are possible. Through creative expression, we exercise autonomy over how our stories are presented and shared. We lean on our collective and varied histories to ground us as we build the future together. We do not shy away from asking each other challenging questions through critical dialogue. We are not afraid to turn forward-thinking ideas into reality.

    • Commitment: Relationships in and across communities require mutual trust and effort over the long term. The Workshop exercises self-reflection through building deep relationships between individuals and communities, while critically examining the legacy of colonialism and other forms of violence. We commit to engaging intergenerationally and cross-ethnically to develop leadership capacity and build grassroots power. AARW is driven by our members and grounded in the leadership of queer, trans, and gender expansive people. We amplify voices that otherwise risk silence or exclusion.