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9 people are interested
Community Outreach Assistant
ORGANIZATION: CITIZEN ADVOCACY CENTER
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9 people are interested
The Elmhurst-based Citizen Advocacy Center is a more than 20-year old, dynamic, award-winning, nonprofit organization dedicated to building democracy in the 21 st century by strengthening the public’s capacities, resources, and institution. We are seekig a volunteer to help with conveying of our work to the appropriate parties.
Tasks:
- Communication to people on our internal list via email, direct mail, phone;
- Reach out to schools, lawyers, journalists, students to spread our mission;
- Provide ideas for flyers and brochures;
- Help coordinate community events held at our office if available; and
- Other comminication tasks as needed.
More opportunities with CITIZEN ADVOCACY CENTER
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About CITIZEN ADVOCACY CENTER
Location:
182 N YORK ST, ELMHURST, IL 60126, US
Mission Statement
The Citizen Advocacy Center is dedicated to building democracy for the 21st century by strengthening the citizenry's capacities, resources, and institutions for self-governance. We are committed to: Make government more accountable to the people by increasing democratic protocols and by developing and empowering the voice of citizens; Further the citizen's understanding of civic tools and public skill in using these tools for societal problem solving; Promote individual and community efforts to resolve contemporary societal problems involving the rights and responsibilities of citizens, workers, shareholders, taxpayers, and consumers and the health, safety, and welfare of the communities we serve; Stimulate citizen awareness of and action on issues of public significance; Improve access to government-held information, access to the airwaves, access to the ballot, access to the courts; Advance justice.
Description
The Citizen Advocacy Center (CAC) is an award winning, non-profit, non-partisan free community legal organization. Founded in 1994, CAC's mission is to build democracy for the 21st Century by strengthening the citizenry's capacities, resources, and institutions for self-governance.
CAC operates through the use of community lawyers who protect the public’s assets and promote meaningful participation in the democratic process. As an institution comprised of community lawyers, CAC engages in a holistic approach to building democracy through community organizing, coalition building, legal advocacy, civic education, and litigation to make government more accountable, accessible, and transparent.
CAC seeks to increase democratic protocols at every level of government and develop the voice of the public. Efforts that start at the local level often result in statewide initiatives to address anti-democratic barriers rooted in state law.
CAC is located in downtown Elmhurst, Illinois and is open for the public to:
- obtain free civic resource materials;
- ask questions of our community lawyers on matters of public concern;
- engage in civic discussion, learn about local issues;
- attend training workshops; and
- develop skills for participating in civic affairs.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
182 N. York Rd.ElmhurstElmhurst, IL 60126
DATE POSTED
June 2, 2017
SKILLS
- Basic Computer Skills
- Internet Research
- Resource Development / Management
- Copy Writing / Copy Editing
- Public Relations
- Graphic Design / Print
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- 20/month