AFT-Oregon’s Member Organizer Institute (MOI) is a training and development opportunity for emerging leaders who are ready to learn union organizing skills and build our local for the future.

MOI is a three-month intensive paid training program that teaches organizing skills through real-world experience in concert with staff and local leaders. The goal of the institute is to train union members to build power, grow our membership, engage current members in our union, and ensure the long-term sustainability of PSUFA by having members trained to continue their organizing work and help develop other members after participating in the institute. 

Here are what some former PSUFA MOI organizers say about the program: 

Program highlights include:

• A two-day organizing training with other member organizing institute/academy participants

• Real-world field experience under guidance from professional organizing staff 

• Regular team meetings with other MOI participants to compare and learn

• Establish & build organizing practices for PSUFA

Admittance into the institute is competitive and will be based on an application and interview. 

Link to program details, deadlines, and application.

The MOI program accepts applicants for Fall, Winter and Spring terms, check the link above for program and application timelines. Send your applications and questions to Mayra Vasquez-Garcia, mayravg [at] aft-oregon.org.