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5 people are interested
Seeking Vegan Food Justice Volunteers
ORGANIZATION: FOOD EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
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5 people are interested
Do you care about human rights, animal liberation, and environmental justice? Wish there was a way that you could donate your time and energy to an organization that isn’t single-issue? Want to use your hard-earned skills to fight injustice on multiple fronts?
Then consider joining the Washington Chapter of Food Empowerment Project! We are an all-volunteer arm of the organization, supporting the mission to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one’s food choices. We do education and outreach on vegan and food justice issues at local festivals, we fundraise for the headquarters, help with projects such as VeganMexicanFood.com and participate in national campaigns like Shame on Safeway . We endeavor to support efforts in four main topic areas: injustice in the cacao industry; farm worker justice; veganism; and food access.We are a small group, but are looking to add a few key volunteers to the team who have specific skills to help our chapter be as effective as possible.
Skills sought:- Fundraising and development
- Event management
- Project management
- Graphic design
- Social media marketing
- Public and media relations
- Legal and research
- Campaign management
- bilingual in Spanish or Tagalog
- One of the skills listed above
- Ability to meet once a month in the evening in Seattle, approx 7:00 to 9:30 pm (children are welcome, tho’ we recognize the time is not ideal for younger kids, there is a TV, couch, and bedroom)
- Approximately 3-5 hours of volunteer time per week
- Ability to check-in to a project management/communications tool once per day (phone app available)
- A sincere passion for two or more of the following topics: injustice in the cacao industry; farm worker justice; veganism; and/or food access.
Learn more about Food Empowerment Project:
- https://foodispower.org/mission-and-values/
- www.twitter.com/foodispower
- www.instagram.com/foodempowermentproject
- www.Veganmexicanfood.com
- Founder and ED, lauren Ornelas TEDx Talk :
- Animal Rights Hall of Fame article.
Learn more about the Washington Chapter: https://www.facebook.com/FoodEmpowermentProjectWA/
More opportunities with FOOD EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About FOOD EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
Location:
PO BOX 7322, COTATI, CA 94931, US
Mission Statement
Food Empowerment Project seeks to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one’s food choices. We encourage healthy food choices that reflect a more compassionate society by spotlighting the abuse of animals on farms, the depletion of natural resources, unfair working conditions for produce workers, and the unavailability of healthy foods in low-income areas. By making informed choices, we can prevent injustices against animals, people, and the environment. We also work to discourage negligent corporations from pushing unhealthy foods into low-income areas and empower people to make healthier choices by growing their own fruits and vegetables. In all of our work, Food Empowerment Project seeks specifically to empower those with the fewest resources.
Description
Food Empowerment Project is a vegan food justice organization and a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) and was founded in 2007 by lauren Ornelas. Learn more about the organization’s leadership team.
Food Empowerment Project is a vegan organization founded by a woman of color. Our values include a stance against racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, ageism, and body shaming. That is not to say we have never made mistakes or we never will, but we do our best to learn and listen to those impacted to make any necessary changes.
These values also include supporting a variety of causes, such as boycotts called by farm workers and other impacted community members, as well as supporting and amplifying the voices of those in communities of color, women impacted by sexism or harassment and bullying in the animal movement, and those who speak out against violence to human or non-human animals.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, Spokane, etc.Seattle, WA 98101
DATE POSTED
March 18, 2019
SKILLS
- Event Planning / Management
- Social Media / Blogging
- Fundraising
- Community Outreach
- Project Management
- Public Speaking
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- 3-5 hours each week, working from home, 3 hour meeting once/month
- We are looking for long term teammates who want to volunteer for at least a year and can commit to ongoing organizing.