Board of Directors Seeks New Members

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Sojourn Chaplaincy has provided Multi-Faith Spiritual Care for Zuckerberg San Francisco General since 1982. Our organization was founded in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis through an interfaith endeavor with the Episcopal Diocese of California. We started with a community chaplaincy program that educated and supervised volunteers to care for those affected by the epidemic. The community chaplaincy program grew to care for the entire hospital. Since then, we have developed a deep partnership with ZSFG, and have grown into a robust Spiritual Care department providing innovative, comprehensive spiritual care to the patients, families, and staff of ZSFG with volunteer and professional chaplains. We serve the hospital through clinical chaplaincy, our community program, etc. During the Covid pandemic, we piloted the Code Lavender program, which provides care to hospital staff and crisis intervention stress management related to complicated clinical experiences.

Sojourn is a 501(c)3 organization. We are committed to serving the marginalized, including all people in SF, especially migrants, the undocumented, LGBTQ populations, people seeking reproductive healthcare, people dealing with substance use issues, other populations without health insurance, victims of violence and trauma, etc. Equity and justice are vital components of our mission, which calls us to provide innovative and comprehensive spiritual care for all those in need.

Job Description   

We are currently seeking new members for our board of directors.

The board of directors of Sojourn Chaplaincy has a legal and ethical responsibility to ensure that the organization does the best work possible in pursuit of its goals. The BOD believes in the purpose and mission of the organization and will act responsibly and prudently as its fiscal and effective stewards.

Board members are responsible to:

• Create and maintain the mission and vision of the program

• Interpret the organization’s work and values to the community, represent the organization, and occasionally act as a spokesperson.

• Actively serve on at least one committee

• Actively participate in one or more fundraising endeavors

• Stay informed about what’s happening in the organization; ask questions and request information; participate in and take responsibility for making decisions on issues, policies, and other board matters.

• Raise supplemental funds needed to meet the annual budget

• Determine and monitor the organization's mission, vision, and programs and provide strategic insight

Board members commit to serving one 3-year term. No more than three consecutive terms are allowed.

Time commitment: minimum of 5 hours per month.