Health Center Advocate

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Function of Organization: Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota is a trusted provider of affordable reproductive health care services, education and advocacy for women, men, teens and families. We are a non-profit community-based organization whose volunteers help fulfill our mission to affirm human rights to reproductive health and freedom.

General Description: The Health Center Advocate helps educate and engage patients and visitors as they wait in Planned Parenthood’s Moorhead Health Center waiting room. The volunteer will collect activist network sign-ups or voter pledges, distribute fun Planned Parenthood merchandise, answer limited questions related to public affairs, and may occasionally circulate around the clinic.

Specific Duties:

* Ask patients and visitors to join Planned Parenthood’s Action Network

* Explain goal of the Action Network and the importance of connecting as an advocate

* If willing, ask patients to write or share their personal story about Planned Parenthood

* Be a friendly, welcoming, professional face of the clinic
* Other such duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

* Reliable transportation to Moorhead health center

* Friendly and outgoing towards strangers; ability to work with a variety of people

* Able to answer questions about Planned Parenthood in a helpful, educated manner and redirect any unknown questions to health center front desk, grassroots organizer or website

* Respect patient confidentiality

* Support Planned Parenthood’s mission

Commitment:

* Minimum of 2 hours/week (opportunity to volunteer more available and encouraged)

* Must be available sometime when health center is open (Mon-Fri 9A-6P)

Location: Fargo-Moorhead area

Contact: Briana Rabenberg | Grassroots Organizer | brabenberg@ppmns.org | 701-526-0726

Complete the online application here.

Contact the Volunteer Program with any questions regarding your application:

volunteers@ppmns.org

612.821.6113