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238 people are interested
Are you a writer? Care about women's issues? Join our team!
ORGANIZATION: Soroptimist International of the Americas
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238 people are interested
Are you an experienced writer? Want to use your talents to inspire and educate? Join a team of volunteer bloggers who write about issues affecting women and girls. This is a remote opportunity with flexible hours. Build your portfolio of published work while making a difference!
LiveYourDream.org (powered by Soroptimist) is an online action network dedicated to improving women’s access to education, equipping girls for career success, and ending violence against women. Our goal is to connect, mobilize, and empower a passionate community of activists and volunteers to take action to empower women and girls.
Our blog raises awareness of our programs while offering valuable content to keep users engaged and active.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute thoughtful, original content to LiveYourDream.org: 1-3 articles (400-800 words each) per month.
- Tackle both assigned topics (which may require mild to moderate online research) and free-choice topics (that are subject to editorial approval).
- Provide content that directly aligns with our mission to empower women and girls through access to education. Topics may include education, pay inequality, gender-based discrimination, domestic violence, teen dating abuse, poverty, teen pregnancy, lack of access to healthcare, and other obstacles that can stand in the way of women and girls achieving economic success.
Requirements:
- A passion for women’s rights and an understanding of contemporary social justice issues
- Interest in our mission to empower women and girls through education
- Outstanding written communications skills and a clear and compelling author's voice
- Strong research skills; can identify credible sources, gather and organize, and cross-check information
- A basic understanding of marketing, social media, or blogging preferred
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About Soroptimist International of the Americas
Location:
1709 SPRUCE ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103, US
Mission Statement
A global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment.
Description
Soroptimist is a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment. Our Dream Programs are primarily delivered locally by our clubs and members in countries across North America, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. These include:
- The Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women, provides cash grants for head-of-household seeking to improve their lives with the help of education or training. Soroptimists invests more than $2.8 million in education grants to nearly 1,800 women each year through this program, which launched in 1972.
- Dream It, Be It: Career Support for Girls provides girls who face obstacles with guidance, training and resources to accomplish their career goals--intervening at the right time to set girls on the path for a brighter future.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
February 21, 2023
SKILLS
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Journalism
- Copy Writing / Copy Editing
- Social Media / Blogging
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- A few hours a month, flexible, remote