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ADMIN/COMMUNICATION ASSISTANT-Volunteer in People & Stories' Princeton office - Make a difference!

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ORGANIZATION: PEOPLE AND STORIES - GENTE Y CUENTOS INC

  • 25 people are interested
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  • Join the People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos Community
    onsite at our Princeton, NJ office: 475 Wall Street, Princeton, NJ 08540


    If you love people, literature, communications, and making a difference with your office / administrative skills, this could be a great opportunity for you!
  • Data entry of our program surveys (familiarity with Microsoft EXCEL and Spanish a plus)
  • Google Docs/Microsoft office to generate letters/mailmerge
  • Use of office equipment (making copies/stapling for our program participants)
  • Website and digital bibliography maintenance (familiarity with Adobe and Squarespace)
  • Assist with social media/media database outreach
  • Occasionally assisting with events, community outreach, annual appeal and other seasonal activities, when needed.
  • Flexible schedule, approximately 6-10 hours per week, generally Mondays or Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - we can work with your schedule - rare evening or weekend possible
  • Great opportunities to learn new skills, use skills you have, and make a difference for those in need!

Email debra@peopleandstories.org for details and to apply.

ABOUT PEOPLE & STORIES/GENTE Y CUENTOS:
People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos (P&S/GyC) is dedicated to opening doors to literature for new audiences. Through oral readings and rigorous discussions of enduring short stories, we invite participants to find fresh understandings of themselves, of others, and of the world.

People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos is located at 475 Wall Street, Suite #139 in Princeton, NJ and open Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and by appointment. Most programs are held at partner sites and other locations. For more information, call 609-882-4926 or visit www.peopleandstories.org/ upcoming-events or https://peopleandstories.org/get-involved/volunteer for volunteer information

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About PEOPLE AND STORIES - GENTE Y CUENTOS INC

Location:

475 Wall Street, Suite #139, PRINCETON, NJ 08540, US

Mission Statement

People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos (P&S/GyC) is dedicated to opening doors to literature for new audiences. Through oral readings and rigorous discussions of enduring short stories, we invite participants to find fresh understandings of themselves, of others, and of the world. Our programs, offered in English and Spanish, use oral readings and structured dialogues of complex short stories to invite participants to connect their own varied life experiences to the universal themes found in great literature. For over 50 years our program methodology has been working to remove obstacles to the rewards of reading, especially for adults and young adults who identify as not having the skill, confidence, or motivation to read independently.

Description

Our Founder, Sarah Hirschman, was born in Lithuania into a Russian Jewish family and educated in France and the United States. A reader fluent in several languages, she was always interested in the reception of literature by groups of different cultural backgrounds. After a five year stay in Colombia and work with urban community groups and development projects, she started People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos in Spanish in 1972 in Massachusetts. She developed a now patented methodology that has effectively connected more than 40,000 lives to literature, with trained coordinators conducting programs in both English and Spanish.

Today, our programs continue to reach youth, adults, and seniors in diverse social service agencies-including residential treatment facilities, prisons, shelters, adult education programs, libraries, senior centers, and alternative schools-on local, regional, and national levels.

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Arts & Culture
Education & Literacy
Advocacy & Human Rights, Arts & Culture, Education & Literacy

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

475 Wall StreetSuite 139Princeton, NJ 08540

(40.39993,-74.65073)
 

SKILLS

  • Data Entry
  • Administrative Support
  • Donor Management
  • Database Administration
  • Community Outreach
  • Microsoft Office Suite

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 22
  • Orientation or Training
  • 6-8 hours per week, on average - on site
  • Must be local/comfortable traveling to Princeton, NJ - we work with your daytime schedule - Mondays and Thursdays preferred! Great environment! Great opportunity to build and use office skills and help transform lives through literature!

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