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CAUSE hiring Summer interns — and it’s PAID

At CAUSE, building the next generation of community leaders isn’t just part of our vision – it is our vision. We believe our future lies with young people grounded in justice, ready to defend the progress we’ve made and fight for a more just and sustainable future in the Central Coast.

From June 16 to August 8, we’re looking for two interns to join our team and the fight for housing justice, workers’ rights, and environmental justice. These part-time internships are 10 hours weekly, with a pay rate of $20/hour. Whether you’re drawn to policy or building grassroots people power through organizing, this is your chance to build skills, grow your leadership, and make a real impact.

We’re now accepting applications for two dynamic, 8-week paid internship positions:

Farmworker Advocates Share a New Vision for Farming in Ventura County with Local Leaders and Stakeholders

OXNARD — On June 25, 2024, CAUSE, MICOP, and Lideres Campesinas — longtime farmworker rights organizations in Ventura County — brought local stakeholders and leaders together to release a new report, Healing Land, Collective Power, which laid out a vision for advancing farmworker-led cooperatives and land trusts in local agriculture.

The three organizations came together in 2022 to begin studying the potential to develop farmworker cooperatives in Ventura County. The multi-year research, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, included surveys and focus groups with farmworkers, interviews with alternative agriculture experts across the country, and a map of farmland ownership in Ventura County. 

RSVP deadline is Aug. 26 for CAUSE’S Raising Justice ‘Quinceañera — An Afternoon of Celebrating 15 years of Working for Regional Equality on the Central Coast’

VENTURA — Patti Chang, former president and CEO of The Women’s Foundation of California, will be the keynote speaker at CAUSE’S  Raising Justice “Quinceañera — An Afternoon of Celebrating 15 years of Working for Regional Equality on the Central Coast,” on…

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to be keynote speaker at CAUSE’s ninth annual ‘Raising Justice — Building Community’ celebration on Sept. 17

VENTURA — California Secretary of State Alex Padilla will be the keynote speaker at CAUSE’s ninth annual ‘Raising Justice — Building Community’ celebration on Thursday, Sept. 17 at the Ventura Beach Marriott, 2055 E. Harbor Blvd., Ventura. “Join us in reaffirming our…