Malikah Advocacy Coordinator

Location: Fully In-Person – Malikah Safety Center, Astoria, Queens

Contract Duration: ASAP – July 15, 2026 (with strong potential for extension)

Salary Range: $60,000

Overview

Malikah is seeking a full-time Advocacy & Organizing Coordinator to support the expansion of grassroots organizing and coalition-building among Arabic-speaking and MENA communities across New York City. This role will focus on base-building, leadership development, and collective advocacy around community safety, Islamophobia, migrant justice, and anti-carceral approaches to safety. The Coordinator will help strengthen community-led responses to violence and discrimination while organizing Arabic-speaking communities to engage in civic life and policy advocacy.

The Coordinator will play a key role in coordinating the New York MENA Coalition, supporting citywide campaigns for equity and safety, and building long-term grassroots infrastructure among Arabic speaking and Muslim communities in New York. This is a community-facing organizing role requiring strong relationship-building skills, political awareness, cultural competency within Arabic speaking and Muslim communities, and a commitment to movement-building rooted in justice and dignity.

Key Responsibilities

Base-Building Among Arabic-Speaking Communities

Lead grassroots organizing efforts among Arabic-speaking communities across New York City, with a focus on Queens.

Responsibilities include:

• Conducting outreach to community members, local businesses, mosques, and cultural institutions
• Organizing community gatherings, listening sessions, and teach-ins on safety, Islamophobia, and immigrant rights
• Supporting leadership development among grassroots community members
• Building and maintaining a strong base of engaged community participants within Malikah’s organizing work

Coalition Leadership & Movement Building

Serve as the primary coordinator for the New York MENA Coalition, a network of organizations advocating for equity, safety, and visibility for Middle Eastern and North African communities.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinating coalition meetings and communications
• Supporting joint advocacy campaigns and public actions
• Strengthening collaboration among MENA-serving organizations across NYC
• Developing shared policy priorities and organizing strategies
• Representing Malikah within broader immigrant justice, civil rights, and racial justice coalitions
• Conducting Islamophobia trainings

Community Safety & Anti-Carceral Advocacy

Support organizing efforts that promote community-rooted approaches to safety that move beyond surveillance and criminalization.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting campaigns addressing Islamophobia, hate violence, and gender-based violence
• Organizing community education efforts on safety strategies, bystander intervention, and collective care
• Building relationships with community partners working on violence prevention and restorative approaches to safety

Legislative & Policy Advocacy

Support advocacy campaigns advancing equity and visibility for MENA communities.

Responsibilities include:

• Attending coalition meetings with strategic partners, testifying and attending rallies in Albany and Cityhall
• Coordinating meetings with elected officials and government agencies
• Mobilizing community members for hearings, testimonies, and lobby days
• Tracking policy developments impacting immigrant, Arabic speaking, and Muslim communities

Community Organizing & Leadership Development,

Strengthen Malikah’s grassroots organizing infrastructure.

Responsibilities include:

• Organizing membership meetings and community strategy sessions
• Supporting canvasses, outreach campaigns, and civic engagement efforts
• Training community members on advocacy, storytelling, and civic participation
• Maintaining organizing databases and tracking community engagement

Community Events & Public Engagement

Support organizing and community engagement through Malikah’s public programs and cultural gatherings, including:

• National Muslim Women’s Summit
• Community safety trainings and gatherings

Responsibilities include:

• Community outreach and mobilization
• Volunteer coordination
• Event logistics and on-site support
• Ensuring events serve as opportunities for community organizing and relationship-building

Skills & Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in advocacy, organizing, policy work, or community leadership.
• Strong understanding of MENA communities, migrant justice issues, and data equity.
• Proven experience mobilizing community members and managing events.
• Comfortable navigating NYC and NYS political landscapes; experience engaging elected officials is a plus.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and public speaking skills.
• Strong project management capability: able to coordinate multiple campaigns, events, and partners simultaneously.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, community-centered environment with rapidly shifting priorities.
• Deep alignment with Malikah’s mission of safety, healing, economic empowerment, and collective power.
• Must be fully in person at Malikah’s Astoria center.

How to Apply

Please send your resume, a brief cover letter, and any relevant work samples to [email protected]. In your cover letter, please share:

• Why you are passionate about migrant justice, anti-carceral safety and MENA equity
• Your experience with community organizing and advocacy
• What draws you to Malikah’s mission of building collective power

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Pay: $60,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person