Volunteer Opportunity: Narrative Justice Volunteer

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About The Narrative Project

We help people rewrite their stories before their stories rewrite their endings.
The Narrative Project is a community storytelling and healing justice initiative rooted in truth-telling, trauma recovery, and cultural reclamation. We work with youth, survivors, and community members to transform silence into speech and pain into power.

The Narrative Project also works at the intersection of storytelling and justice system reform, partnering with formerly incarcerated individuals, justice-involved youth, and people actively rebuilding their lives after incarceration. We believe every person deserves the right to reclaim their story, and that lived experience is a powerful source of truth and transformation.

Our work lives at the intersection of story, equity, and liberation.

1. Story Circle Co-Facilitator
Support trauma-informed story workshops for youth, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, or survivor communities.
Note: Some roles may require school clearance or a background check.

2. Community Outreach & Engagement Volunteer
Help build connections with local orgs, schools, and potential participants.

3. Event Support + Logistics
Assist with setup, registration, hospitality, and sacred space creation for healing events.
Volunteers must sign a basic liability waiver for in-person events.

4. Social Media & Content Support
Help curate and share stories of impact, amplify community voice, and extend our digital presence.

5. Research & Impact Documentation Volunteer
Assist with grant data, quote collection, and building narrative-based reports to show our impact, and help with looking for future grants.

• Folks who believe in story as medicine and justice

• People with experience or passion for healing work, facilitation, advocacy, or community organizing

• Those who can honor trauma and transformation with integrity and care

• Students, artists, teachers, counselors, and dreamers welcome

• Especially seeking BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and lived-experience volunteers

• Formerly incarcerated individuals, juvenile justice alumni, and those currently on the path to healing and reform are especially encouraged to apply. Your story matters here.

Volunteers will be asked to maintain confidentiality and emotional safety in all participant interactions.

• Training in narrative justice and trauma-informed community work

• Experience in nonprofit and healing-centered facilitation

• A chance to be part of a growing movement for truth, repair, and collective power

• Optional credit, recommendation letters, or acknowledgment for school programs

Fill out online application and Send a short intro (written, audio, or video) to:
jacob.newsome@powerofthenarrative.com
Include your name, a bit about what draws you to this work, and what role(s) you’re interested in.