All Ways Up Foundation VISTA Member Position
ORGANIZATION: ALL WAYS UP FOUNDATION
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Are you passionate about college success issues? The All Ways Up Foundation is sponsoring a multi-site AmeriCorps VISTA project that will focus on college access and success for low-income youth. The VISTA Member will assist the All Ways Up Foundation in achieving these objectives and developing new project activities and sources of community support. This is part of a seven-site effort with eleven VISTA Members and one Leader. NO prior AmeriCorps experience needed for the Member position, but a one-year full-time commitment is required.
The VISTA Member under the direction of the VISTA Leader and AWU site Supervisor will: 1) Create and update a replicable Alumni and Donor database that tracks students’ progress. 2) Design and modify as needed all Alumni projects including: a) college, career, and financial literacy webinars, b) summer internship program and resources, and c) career placement and tracking for graduating college seniors. 3) Modify and regularly evaluate a social media/communications plan for the 2016-7 school year to enhance communication between the student scholars and organization utilizing Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, and quarterly e-newsletters. 4) Build connections with the seven AWU local non-profit partner sub-sites also focused in college access and success, 5)Participate in an initial training and then five in-service trainings to continually enhance staff development and understanding of VISTA and site protocols. 6) Complete all needed VISTA and site administrative requirements. 7) Regularly meet with VISTA leader and site Supervisor to discuss planning, strategies, and any issues or questions to buttress capacity-building success.
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About ALL WAYS UP FOUNDATION
Location:
15301 VENTURA BLVD STE B570, SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403, US
Mission Statement
ALL WAYS UP helps first-generation and low-income youth get to AND through college. By providing scholarships, support for other non-profit organizations and an annual leadership summit, we are working to bridge the gap between ambition and opportunity to break the generational cycle of poverty.
Description
ALL WAYS UP started by offering a scholarship to any high school graduate who lived in Section 8 housing and enrolled in a two- or four-year college or university. These students were given scholarships of up to $2,500 a year to ease the financial burden of college. After seeing the impact of this initial effort, ALL WAYS UP soon began to offer Section 8 residents other services, including summer camp scholarships for children and home ownership down payment grants for couples and families saving every spare penny to buy their first home.
As ALL WAYS UP began to evolve, it discovered another way to create positive change:
To partner with community-based, non-profit organizations that were running programs for low-income, hard-working, motivated participants.
In 2012, ALL WAYS UP broadened its charity partner outreach by launching the Bridging the Gap Awards (BGA), a grant that assisted smaller-sized non-profits working hard to help low-income residents all around the country. Through partnerships with these grass-roots charities, ALL WAYS UP has expanded its giving programs to include college scholarships and an annual UP Through Education Summit for students entering their first year of college. To date, through the BGAs and other initiatives, ALL WAYS UP has funded more than 40 community partners and approximately 200 education scholarships.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
5800 Hannum AveSuite 100Culver City, CA 90230
DATE POSTED
August 23, 2016
SKILLS
- Database Administration
- People Skills
- Project Management
- Multi-Tasking
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Professional Development
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Minimum of 40 hours per week
- Living stipend and education award provided