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1 person is interested
Research Assistant - Intern
ORGANIZATION: MARIN LINK INC- Blossom-Project
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1 person is interested
About:
The Blossom Project and Downtown Streets Team are partnering to do a pilot project, to give women experiencing homelessness the emotional and physical tools necessary to empower their lives.
Blossom are a non-profit organization working in US and Denmark to create better conditions for homeless, refugee, and sex-trafficked women. Here in SF, Marin, Berkeley and Oakland, we are tackling the issue of period poverty (when women can't afford things like menstrual pads) and helping homeless women by providing menstrual care packages;
We are doing a pilot project named Blooming Room in collaboration with the non Profit,Downtown Street Team. The Program is a women empowerment project. The purpose of the program is to give women who experience homelessness the emotional and physical tools necessary to empower their lives.
The purpose of Blooming Room is to create an atmosphere of inclusion and community where vulnerable women feel safely grounded to rebuild their lives again. This pivotal life transformation is generated by strengthening self-confidence, highlighting skills and competencies that women already possess and supporting them in acquiring new ones.
Through Blooming Room, women uncover opportunities to prepare for their future by discovering and believing in their own resources. Blooming Room activities also support women in finding positive relationships and building healthy communities.
Location:
1100 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
The opportunity:
Blossom is seeking a highly motivated and curious individual to join the pilot project. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of developing the program and exploring and practice research skills.
Reporting Relationship:
Reports to founder Tine Christensen
Responsibilities:
- Make sure the log- book is filled out and returned from volunteer teacher
- Group observation during the program
- Interview the participants in the program end of program
- Make sure to hand out evaluation forms and collect from participants
- Organize data and communicate results
- Write the final minor report
Time commitment
Start soon as possible. The program runs until June and then there will be one month for writing the research in July.
It will be between 5-10 hours a week. A stipend will be given once the assignment has been completed.
Education/Experience:
Actively pursuing or has a B.S. in Anthropology, Sociology, Social work or a related field
You
You will want to make your mark on the organisation and you are a selfstarter and passionate about Blossom and Street Team SF’s cause. As a person, you are smiling, outgoing and have a little entrepreneur in your stomach and like to think innovative solutions.
- Demonstrate a commitment to Blossom and Street Teams values
- Energetic, resourceful self-starter with high integrity
- Intellectually curious, enthusiastic, creative
- Adaptable and resilient with a problem-solving orientation
If this has piqued your interest, please send us a short application and your resume at tine@blossom-project.org.
Conversations will be held on a regular basis.
We look forward to hearing from you.More opportunities with MARIN LINK INC- Blossom-Project
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About MARIN LINK INC- Blossom-Project
Location:
WeWork Civic Center, 1161 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, US
Mission Statement
Blossom is a non profit that through relationship-building work to create better conditions for homeless women, through prevention programs: - Hygiene bags that seek to help homeless women managing their menstruation. - Outreach team to make contact with the women and promote health. - Blooming room, a project where women have the opportunity to prepare for their future by finding and believing their own resources
Description
The idea to launch Blossom Project formed in 2016 as the founder was reading articles about the many hardships that homeless women endure. She was filled with deep compassion as she realized the added difficulties that homeless women face attempting to maintain personal dignity and good sanitary habits, especially during their monthly feminine periods.
Since the summer of 2016, Blossom Project has made its mission to support homeless women, inspired as a response to the sizable number of women facing life on the streets invisible in the shadows of our communities.
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do."
Edward Everett Hale
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1100 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108San Francisco, CA 94108
DATE POSTED
March 25, 2019
SKILLS
- Anthropology
- Research
- Grant Writing / Research
- Social Work
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Start soon as possible. The program runs until June and then there will be one month for writing the research in July. It will be between 5-10 hours a week. A stipend will be possible in the end, if assignment is fulfilled.