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Sales and Customer Service Internship
ORGANIZATION: Uhuru Furniture and Collectibles
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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21 people are interested
Participate in the team at Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles, a non-profit economic development project of the African People’s Education and Defense Fund, making lasting changes to impact on the health, education, human rights and future of the African community.
We are seeking an intern to help with sales, customer service and building community relationships.
* Are you an outgoing people person who sees the need of change and wants to have a positive impact on your community?
* Do you have an interest in or want to learn about furniture, design and home decor?
Tasks and benefits:
- Learn and practice excellent sales and customer service, with people from all walks of life in a high quality, non-profit furniture store.
- Learn the skill of developing long term community relationships to advance this black-led institution that promotes African community economic development and self-determination.
- Develop skills and knowledge in furniture, merchandising, home decor, styling, collectibles and more.
* Use and develop your social media skills to reach out to the many friends of Uhuru Furniture.
- Reference for future employment
- 20% discount on all purchases at Uhuru Furniture
Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles - Philadelphia is located at 832 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19130. We hold volunteer orientations every Thursday night at 5:30pm on the second floor of our store. You can come into the store to sign up for the volunteer orientation, or you can call us at 215-546-9616 (x3). You can also check out our blog uhurufurniturephilly.blogspot.com for new items and volunteer projects. We're open 5 days a week from 11am-6pm, every day except Mondays and Tuesdays!
Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles is an economic development project of the African People's Education and Defense Fund (APEDF.org), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. APEDF is lead by and works in the interest of the African working class, to address the grave disparities in education, health, healthcare and economic development faced by the African community. APEDF welcomes the contributions of everyone who supports these goals.
Through the sale of donated, quality furniture and collectibles, Uhuru Furniture raises much-needed resources to support the programs and institutions of APEDF. As part of the national and international Uhuru Movement, APEDF organizes African people to solve the everyday problems imposed on our community. APEDF has established a farmers market in a food desert in St. Louis MO, created community gardens in many cities, established African marketplaces, and organizing centers as part of the grassroots effort to uplift and mobilize our community.
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About Uhuru Furniture and Collectibles
Location:
832 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19130, US
Mission Statement
Uhuru Furniture and Collectibles is a project of the African People's Education and Defense Fund (APEDF). APEDF strives to develop and institutionalize programs to defend the human and civil rights of the African community, and to address the grave disparities in education, health, healthcare, and economic development of the African community.
Description
Uhuru Furniture and Collectibles is a non-profit store that is a fundraiser for black community empowerment programs of APEDF. We receive a truck load of donated furniture and household items every day. This is a lively, popular Philadelphia store staffed mostly by volunteers. When you volunteer at Uhuru Furniture, you not only contribute to the success of the store, you become part of a larger movement for peace through social justice. People shop at Uhuru Furniture for low priced, top quality items and to support crucial programs for social justice for African people.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
832 N. Broad StPhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA 19130
DATE POSTED
September 30, 2023
SKILLS
- Networking
- People Skills
- Sales Process
- Business Development & Sales Management
- Merchandising
- Interactive/Social Media/SEO
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Unpaid intern position of approxmately 20 hours per week