Help build our veteran/family adoption and toy project
ORGANIZATION: Becoming We The People
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Becoming We the People is a non-profit organization. We are an education based social justice promoting organization focused on initiatives that lead to the end of poverty, not just alleviation.
We are looking for an intern to assist with two specific initiatives in particular. One is the further building of our South Shore Toy Project and the other is the launching and building of our Family and Veteran Adoption program. See our website for information about both projects www.becomingwethepeople.org
Possible Duties (may include some or all of these things):
Send e-mails and call contacts.
Contacting businesses and organizations to build our adoption program.
Contacting businesses about Toy Drive initiatives.
Fundraising activities: writing letters, making phone calls, organizing an online auction, etc.
Daily postings to Twitter and Facebook, including interactive use of both.
Developing flyers and press releases for events and sending them to appropriate contacts.
Writing thank you letters.
Research for our different projects.
Making changes to website
Developing ideas to better accomplish the organization's goals.
Scheduling meetings and workshops.
Event planning
Developing presentations for workshops.
And more as they come up...your duties are continuously different and changing, so we need someone that is flexible.
More opportunities with Becoming We The People
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Becoming We The People
Location:
PO Box 2931, 211 S. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60604, US
Mission Statement
We are an organization rooted in working toward equality. Equality meaning that all people have the rights stated in our Declaration of Independence, the rights to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. One step further is that every person should have an equal footing toward obtaining the things that are essential to sustaining life- food, water, shelter, clothing, and further, education, healthcare and employment.
Description
- We are an organization rooted in working toward equality. Equality meaning that all people have the rights stated in our Declaration of Independence, the rights to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. One step further is that every person should have an equal footing toward obtaining the things that are essential to sustaining life- food, water, shelter, clothing, and further, education, healthcare and employment.
- Our first goal is ending poverty in the United States, beginning in the Chicago area. Why? There is no reason poverty should exist in the "richest" country in the world. It is a direct result of inequality- not everyone has access to all the same opportunities- education, employment, etcetera. As for the Chicago area, we realize to accomplish a goal so big, we have to start small. There is no better place to begin than a richly diverse city, historically resistant to change. Our thought is, if change can happen here, it can happen anywhere. Including around the world, especially in parts of Africa where it is needed most.
- We see our organization as a part of a movement that was started in the 1960's but seemed to lose momentum with the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the end of his life, he formulated a plan for the "Poor People's Campaign". It didn't really have a chance to run, so we're taking a similar path and running with it.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
April 10, 2018
SKILLS
- Organization
- Social Media / Blogging
- Relationship Building
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Administrative Support
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- A few hours a week. Very flexible