Transportation Equity Fellow

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Intern Intern Oakland, CA, US

14 days ago Requisition

Greenlining is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. Greenlining is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff and an inclusive workplace that values equity. We welcome applications from immigrants, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ applicants, and people with lived experience in poverty.

Job Title:

Transportation Equity Fellow

Program Dates:
September 8, 2026 - August 6, 2027

The Greenlining Institute works towards a future where communities of color can build wealth, live in healthy places filled with economic opportunity, and are ready to meet the challenges posed by climate change.

We work with communities of color to:

• Understand and analyze the racist barriers to economic opportunity.
• Demand accountability from the public and private sectors to combat injustice.
• Foster consensus-building that produces long‑term change and success.
• Bridge research and policy to spearhead innovative strategies at the intersections of racial, economic, and climate equity.

To achieve our vision, we focus on four strategic issue areas:

• Economic Equity
• Climate Equity
• Transformative Communities

The Greenlining Institute is deeply committed to justice and equity not just in the work we do in communities, but also within our organization. We actively work to create a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace that values lived experience, community wisdom, and racial equity. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those with lived experiences in historically marginalized communities.

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The Greenlining Institute envisions a future where communities of color can build wealth, live in healthy places filled with economic opportunity and are ready to meet the challenges posed by climate change. With equity practice and systems change guiding us, we incubate and advocate for new ideas and build with diverse communities and partners to ensure that race is never a barrier to opportunity.

The Greenlining Institute’s Leadership Academy Fellowship is an 11‑month training and experiential learning program for early career leaders seeking to gain hands‑on public policy experience and invest in their personal and professional growth. Fellows are integrated into one of Greenlining's policy teams to develop, plan, and implement the organization's policy and advocacy efforts while they simultaneously work with the Leadership Academy to focus on the skills to support their personal growth and deepen their leadership perspective.

We’re looking for individuals who have a strong commitment to racial equity and social justice for communities of color and can demonstrate a sincere interest in building themselves into true race equity leaders. Our offices are based in Oakland, CA and participants will be expected to attend in person throughout the program.

The Transportation Equity Fellow works with our team to re‑envision a just transportation future that advances equitable policies that meet the unmet transportation and mobility needs of low‑income communities of color and address the injustices created by past infrastructure projects. We work to build this future through robust, effective, enduring statewide and national transportation electrification and mobility equity policies, investments and programs that eliminate the structural inequities of the U.S. transportation system.

The Transportation Equity Fellow will assist in advocacy efforts to shape and implement equitable, sustainable, and community‑driven transportation and mobility decisions, plans, and projects at the state and federal‑level leveraging…