Opportunity Details

With the advent of funding bills like CARES, ARPA, and IIJA, an unprecedented amount of money is flooding through the government grant ecosystem. Many governments are struggling to keep up with the influx - for example, only 30% of the $25 billion in Emergency Rental Assistance funds has been spent thus far with a spending deadline by end of 2022.

A lack of useful technology is the main bottleneck to help these programs scale their operations. USDR has identified and is building 3 separate solutions to commonly shared problem areas. However, we need to grow awareness of these solutions so that more people can benefit!

Goal of the project:
We are looking for 2 PMM volunteers to help run our 3 product launches in June and July.
This can include:
- Designing the go-to-market effort, including audience development and measurements
- Creating the product positioning, messaging, and the overall narrative
- Working with Comms on overall content strategy and calendaring
- Working with Product to write case studies, record demos, and share user insights

Thank you for raising your hand! Your work will enable smaller governments that cannot afford for-profit solutions to find the help they need.

<10 hours/week for 3 months.
We’d like the volunteer to onboard immediately as ramping up usually take a few weeks, but expect the bulk of the project to be in June and July.

Opportunity Details

Volunteers can help us with guest check-in and check-out for our Evening of Hope fundraiser. This fundraiser is our largest of the year, and proceeds will help us continue and grow our job training program for impoverished and disenfranchised women in Spokane.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	6	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Interested in civic tech? Curious about how you can partner with governments and community organizations to cocreate tech solutions to challenging problems? Check out The Opportunity Project for Cities!

This program brings together governments, community leaders, and tech volunteers to form a sprint team to address local challenges through the power of open data and community engagement. During the program, sprint teams create a series of customized digital tools that speak to residents’ most pressing needs. The Opportunity Project for Cities builds a culture of government transparency, accessibility, and responsiveness that strengthens trust with residents and lays the foundation for lasting cocreated innovation.

The Opportunity Project for Cities was inspired by the U.S. Census Bureau’s The Opportunity Project and adapted for local contexts by the Centre for Public Impact and the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University. The Opportunity Project for Cities is supported by the Knight Foundation and Google.org.

This year, The Opportunity Project for Cities will work with a cohort of 4 communities, each tackling challenges facing their residents. This year’s cohort will be Detroit, MI, Long Beach, CA, Macon Bibb County, GA, and Miami-Dade County, FL. Please see below to learn more about the participating departments and their selected topics:

Detroit, MI: Promoting equitable digital access: use open data to support Detroit’s goal of running fiber-optic cables to the entire city by 2032. Projects may focus on broadband uptake, resident engagement, or funding transparency.

Long Beach, CA: Expanding urban forest cover: use open data to improve public health, build climate resilience and address inequities in urban forest access. Projects may focus on prioritizing vacant land for urban forests, understanding previous urban forest failures, or engaging residents.

Macon Bibb County, GA: Supporting local economic development: use open data to improve public safety and support small businesses. Projects may focus on reducing neighborhood blight, repurposing vacant properties, or supporting local businesses.

Miami-Dade County, FL: Supporting local economic development: use open data to support local entrepreneurs and simplify the permitting process. Projects may focus on improving the current permitting process, entrepreneur engagement, or helping local business assistance offices.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

This is an outdoor event!
Help set up, serve, and/or break down our annual breakfast to thank our community members here in Creston! It will be at the historic Vander Jagt house on North Plainfield.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Set-up	4	n/a	n/a
General and Youth Craft Help	4	n/a	n/a
Breakdown	6	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

We will be moving rock, install bases, fix fencing (supplies and guidance provided) and other general work around the fields to prepare for summer season. We want to be ready to play ball!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Impact & goal of Solve Education! Foundation:
Solve Education! Foundation works hard to enable people to empower themselves through education by providing access to interactive, personalized, and accessible learning platforms, namely Ed the Learning Bot, especially for marginalized communities. As of May 2024, Solve Education! Foundation has reached over 750,000 learners around the world with more than 22 million exercises completed.

This volunteering initiative provides a unique opportunity for learners to engage with professional volunteers globally through regular sessions aimed at developing crucial career skills. This program is designed to empower marginalized youth and the public by enhancing their job market readiness through practical, real-world interaction. Participants engage in mock interviews, resume reviews, and mentorship after earning points through our Ed the Learning Bot platform. This point-based system motivates continuous learning and ensures commitment before accessing our tailored sessions. Our goal is to equip learners with the skills and confidence to excel in the job market, enhancing both their personal and professional growth.

Main tasks:
As a volunteer, you will be expected to:
- Facilitate career readiness sessions for our learners, such as resume review and mock interview
- Provide mentorship and career advice to learners
- Offer feedback and encouragement to boost learners' confidence

Time zone:
This activity is set in the following time zone: GMT+7 (Jakarta Time)

Duration and frequency (can be adjusted based on the availability of the volunteer):
- Duration of session: 2 hours
- Frequency: Monthly sessions based on volunteer availability, with 5 to 10 volunteers per session
- Length of commitment: Minimum 1 session for all volunteers
- Availability: Evergreen; sessions are available year-round

Agenda:
The rough agenda of the activity will be as follows:
- 10 minutes for opening and introduction of the volunteers
- 5 minutes for distribution into breakout rooms
- 60 minutes for interactive career readiness sessions (mock interviews, resume reviews, mentorship) with volunteers in breakout rooms
- 5 minutes for participants to reconvene in the main room
- 10 minutes for a sharing session for participant feedback and testimonials

Additional info (what to bring/have):
For this activity, you should have:
- A reliable internet connection
- A device with video and audio capabilities (laptop, tablet, or smartphone)
- Prepared notes or presentation materials to support your session (optional)

We will provide:
- Workshop guidelines and support materials
- A facilitator in each breakout room to assist volunteers and ensure the session runs smoothly and is engaging
- Technical assistance during the session
- Pre and post session promotion/updates on our social media, such as through Instagram and LinkedIn

Opportunity Details

Impact & goal of Solve Education! Foundation:
Solve Education! Foundation works hard to enable people to empower themselves through education by providing access to interactive, personalized, and accessible learning platforms, namely Ed the Learning Bot, especially for marginalized communities. As of May 2024, Solve Education! Foundation has reached over 750,000 learners around the world with more than 22 million exercises completed.

This volunteering program offers a transformative experience by connecting our learners with global professionals in monthly/weekly sharing sessions. This program enables our learners to gain personal and professional insights, supporting our mission to empower through education. Our learners engage with our learning platform, Ed the Learning Bot, where they can explore various subjects and earn points. Once they accumulate the required points, they register for the session and upload their points for verification, ensuring their commitment to learning. Each session is designed to provide practical knowledge and perspectives essential in today’s interconnected world.

Main tasks:
As a volunteer, you will be expected to:
- Share your professional and personal experiences and practical knowledge with our learners through an engaging session.
- Facilitate Q&A sessions to address our learners' queries related to the topic discussed.
- Collaborate with our team to develop content for the sessions.

Time zone:
This activity is set in the following time zone: GMT+7 (Jakarta Time)

Duration and frequency (can be adjusted based on the availability of the volunteer):
- Duration of session: 1 hour
- Frequency: 1 - 2 sessions per month (can increase based on volunteer availability) with one different speakers per session
- Length of commitment: Minimum 1 day per session and speaker
- Availability: Evergreen; sessions are available year-round

Agenda:
The rough agenda of the activity will be as follows:
- 45 minutes of a sharing session which can adopt a fireside chat style or talk show (can be adjusted based on request) led by a moderator
- 15 minutes of Q&A session with our learners and internal team

Additional info (what to bring/have):
For this activity, you should have:
- A reliable internet connection
- A device with video and audio capabilities (laptop, tablet, or smartphone)
- Prepared notes or presentation materials to support your talk (optional)

We will provide:
- Session guidelines and support materials
- Technical assistance during the session
- Pre and post session promotion/updates on our social media, such as through Instagram and LinkedIn

Opportunity Details

COMPASS is a 6-week program working with the long-term unemployed to identify the potential, skillsets and gaps of each participant, while allowing for self-discovery, mindset changes, and confidence-building.

We are looking for experienced, dedicated tutors who can lead the workshops in Canterbury, as well as mentors who can help with overseeing participant progress on their work experiences/internships.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Tutoring Blocks	4	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Join the second event of JA + Twitter Global Citizen Week, where we discuss how JA Alumni can unite a polarized world without sacrificing your mental health. Wellness experts at Twitter, one of the world’s largest social-media channels, will guide JA Alumni through tips, tricks, and techniques for maintaining your mental health while helping deepen fellowship among nations.

Volunteers can be speakers or mentors for JA Alumni.

#twitterforgood

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Help us create impact for 225 Black and Brown social impact founders, and the 90,000 people they'll help over the next 2 years!

We're Represented Foundation. We're a Brooklyn, NY - based nonprofit on a mission to close the diversity gap in social impact leadership. Right now we're seeking some incredible people! We're looking for Marketing, IT, User Experience and Product Management experts who want to make a difference by enhancing our Community Portal on our website for a very special purpose.

One of our core initiatives at Represented Foundation is Service Groups; -- where we pair teams of high-skilled volunteer consultants with Black and Brown social impact leaders, for short-term, collaborative, community-based engagement projects. (Projects are in different areas including business development, marketing/communications and financial operations for typically six-week periods.)

We've implemented Service Groups twice before, each time using a manual matching system for volunteers and entrepreneurs. To increase impact, scale the opportunity and help more Black and Brown social impact founders get exactly the support they need, first we need to find an online solution that allows both types of participants to either vote for, or self-select their projects or volunteers.

We're asking for the right UX, Marketing, Sales or tech-based volunteers to:

- map and design the volunteer / entrepreneur user experiences
- find the best software add-ons or compatible software solutions for our community portal
- build out our 'Service Groups' profile matching page
- provide landscape research on similar volunteer engagement platforms
- review and enhance our sales strategy for corporate partners

As a nonprofit, our mission at Represented Foundation is to close the diversity gap in Social Impact Leadership. We want to see racial parity achieved among our leaders, leading to better solutions and healthier communities for everyone. By the year 2043 when people of color are half of the US population, we want to see half of social impact leaders be people of color as well.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Service Groups Portal - Project Support	no limit	n/a	n/a
Service Groups Portal - User Experience Support	no limit	n/a	n/a
Service Groups Portal - Tech or IT Support	no limit	n/a	n/a
Service Groups Portal - Marketing or SEO Support	no limit	n/a	n/a
Service Groups Portal - Sales or Finance Support	no limit	n/a	n/a
Service Groups Portal - Other Support	no limit	n/a	n/a