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Program Director
Faith in Public Life is a strategy center that promotes faith in the public square as a positive and unifying force for justice, compassion and the common good. Since its founding in 2005, FPL has broadened the debate over the role of faith in politics and public policy by amplifying progressive faith voices in the media, challenging the narrow agenda of the religious right and building diverse coalitions with national and state-based partners on moral issues such as health care, immigration reform, economic justice, LGBT rights and seeking common ground between pro-life and pro-choice leaders.

FPL’s top accomplishments include organizing the 2008 Compassion Forum—an unprecedented presidential candidate event with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton broadcast live on CNN that featured faith leaders asking questions about human rights, poverty and climate change. The forum received glowing reviews for expanding the narrative over values issues and highlighting the essential role of faith communities in creating social change. FPL also earned prominent media coverage for Catholic nuns who helped ensure passage of health care reform and organized a national health care reform call-in with President Obama in August 2009 that attracted 300,000 listeners. The national call, which received extensive press coverage, helped shift media attention away from Tea Party opposition to the moral case for health care reform.

Following the 2004 election, when faith was often hijacked for partisan gain, a diverse group of 40 religious and social justice leaders founded Faith in Public Life to advance a positive alternative: an inclusive and unifying faith movement that would counter the religious right and mobilize faith leaders working to promote the common good. Since its official launch in 2006, FPL has emerged as the most influential faith-based organization building this burgeoning movement’s media presence and capacity, providing strategic assistance to faith-based coalitions, developing creative online communities and campaigns, and sponsoring groundbreaking opinion research.

Position Description: The Program Director works in close collaboration with the Executive Director to set the overall priorities and direction of FPL’s program work. The Program Director develops compelling and innovative campaigns and initiatives, builds and strengthens collaboration among faith leaders and groups, and directs a dynamic communications and online staff team.

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Faith in Public Life Internships
Faith in Public Life is looking for interns to provide support to our strategic media and organizing operations. Interns will help compile the FPL News Reel-- a daily roundup of faith and politics news coverage, assist with special projects and research tasks, and contribute content for FPL's blog and social networking sites.

Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome, and a weekly stipend will be provided. Start dates are flexible.

To pursue the opportunity to work at the nexus of religion and politics in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, download more information and send a resume and cover letter to Jacintha Wadlington at jwadlington@faithinpubliclife.org.

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