LeadMO and LeadMO Action are looking for the diverse, progressive staff to power change in Missouri. We are seeking staff who embody the following qualities:
- Organizer Intelligence – This has nothing to do with formal education, but curiosity and the ability to listen, reflect, communicate, challenge the conventional wisdom, make judgments in complicated situations, and show flexibility
- Love That Calls You To Action – We believe that love is the at the root of effective advocacy. When you see people/communities you love being harmed by the status quo it is natural to become outraged. That intolerance for injustice and impatience for change is a call to action.
- Willingness to Cross Race and Culture –Effective advocates are willing to work with people unlike themself, people of other races, classes, orientations, and faiths.
- Experience – not necessarily in occupation, but evidence from your life of attempting to relate to people and to respond to situations that seemed to demand response; some success in whatever field or endeavor has occupied the individual’s time.
- Drive – Evidence you are committed to people and place and to embrace the tradition of organizing communities directly affected by injustice and a hunger to build power and take action from the bottom up.
The Spring 2026 Cohort is accepting applications now until February 7, 2026. The LeadMO staff will then conduct interviews with applicants and finalize a roster. The program will begin in March 2026.
