Volunteer Self-Advocacy Leader

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Would you like to be a part of supporting a person with a disability to advocate for themselves? Do you want to work with people in your community and gain skills in leadership and advocacy? Community Involvement Programs (CIP) supports people with disabilities and mental health diagnoses to live their greatest lives and CIP has partnered with Advocating Change Together (ACT) to provide a Self-Advocacy pilot session in September. We are looking for people who are passionate about learning and supporting others to be leaders in self-advocacy and self determination.

Description: This volunteer will contribute and work together with the self advocates to deliver the curriculum revolving around self-advocacy to a small group of people. The volunteer will use existing curriculum that ACT has developed. The volunteer will share concepts of self-advocacy and self-exploration throughout multiple sessions. This volunteer will also be responsible for:

• Using predetermined curriculum materials within each session

• Collaborating with self advocates to teach skills for that week’s topics

• Promote discussion and learning opportunities around self-advocacy

Benefits to Volunteer:

• Build partnerships with others in your community

• Gain leadership experience

• Build your resume with volunteer hours

• Empowering people to advocate for themselves

Commitment and Location: Expectation is that the project will take 24 hours of volunteer time. That time will be split between preparation, presenting at the sessions and some follow-through. The session dates, times, and duration are flexible with schedules. The location is 1600 Broadway St. NE. Minneapolis, MN 55413 but may be subject to change.