About Colorado for Health Care
Colorado for Health Care is uniting working families, small business owners, seniors, health care workers, community leaders, and policy makers to fight for affordable, quality health care that we can all count on. Order campaign materials.
Health care reform must ensure:
• Quality health care for everyone with a choice of doctors and plans, without gaps in access or coverage;
• Preventive care as part of any basic benefit plan that promotes health and eliminates economic and racial disparities;
• Controlled costs by providing care that is cost-efficient and medically effective; and
• Financing that is fair with responsibility shared by employers, individuals, and government.
Highlights of our campaign’s work include:
Mobilizing Voters on Health Care
We have made health care a top issue in federal and local elections. In 2006 health care voters mobilized to support a pro-health care Congressional candidate.
Passing Legislation to Expand Access and Affordability
We have worked to pass health care legislation that allows small business to join the statewide municipal employee health plan, lowering their insurance costs by establishing a large purchasing pool with greater bargaining power.
Creating Demand for Health Care Reform
We have signed up 29,000 Health Care Voters all across the state!
Colorado for Health Care is now hiring FIELD ORGANIZERS.
Colorado for Health Care is looking for self-motivated, organized, and dedicated field organizers to work on a grassroots educational campaign to raise the national voice on health care around the 2008 election. Field staff will sign-up and organize "health care voters" to elevate the issue of health care and to help educate presidential and congressional candidates on the importance of national health care reform.
The position begins May 2008 and is headquartered in Denver, but travel throughout the state should be expected.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Help execute plan to educate voters and presidential candidates on health care issues, including candidate shadowing, events, canvassing and get out the vote with health care voters.
- Assist in organizing and implementing field activities and events, as well as engage volunteers in various parts of the region.
- Meet aggressive health care voter outreach and volunteer recruitment goals.
- Motivate health care voters to participate in actions, press conferences, rallies, etc. on specific health care issues.
Additional Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent.
- Experience with organizing, community, or political campaigns required.
- Candidate should be a motivated, self-starter with a n interest in and commitment to quality, affordable health care for everyone.
- Must be willing to work extended hours, including evenings and weekends.
- A car is required.
Salary based on experience. Benefits included.
To Apply: E-mail cover letter, resume, and three references to Kjersten Forseth at kjersten@imahealthcarevoter.org. Fore more information, call 719-641-4674.
SEIU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to staff
diversity. Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
Leading up to the 2008 election we will be pushing the issue of health care reform like never before!
Colorado for Health Care is a part of Americans for Health Care, a project of SEIU.