Opportunity Details

Training shouldn't have to be boring. And even if learning something (like reading assembly or network packet traces) requires extensive repetition, if it's going to be a grind, we should find a way to make it a fun grind, like in games. Acquiring new skills on OST2 naturally lends itself to an RPG-like experience, as students spend time to gain XP, collect tools to make their lives easier, and level up their technical skills as they climb our skill trees. But what we need is some way to visualize all the progress that a student is making as they go through classes, which is otherwise invisible and abstract. We need a way to visualize their inventory of tools or their current skill level with debuggers or sniffers or configuration managers.

In this role, you'd help us expose and visualize the personal progress that everyone achieves when they go through classes on OST2. You won't be expected to make full videogames or anything like that. We need to start small and utilize existing technologies for things like Mozilla OpenBadges, and provide nicer integrations with Open EdX's admittedly immature gamification efforts. Or we need to find ways to collect and share character attributes like "Debugger Level 2" in Open EdX profiles, and then combine them with formal skill trees which show students what classes they can take to level up in particular skills.

If you're interested in volunteering in this capacity, email us at gamez@ost2.fyi.

Opportunity Details

Each year, thousands of people across the country join the Bike MS volunteer team. Volunteers make Bike MS happen and are the foundation of why Bike MS is the largest cycling fundraising event in the country.

Families, corporate groups, and individuals of all ages and abilities are welcome to volunteer. We are always looking for youth clubs, corporate and service-oriented community groups to lend a hand before, during and after our events. You do not have to be a cyclist or know anything about cycling to be a valuable volunteer!

When you volunteer, you become part of the MS movement – a community of passionate individuals working together to create a world free of MS. Together we provide support, have fun and make a difference for the nearly 1 million people living with MS in the United States.

The National MS Society is seeking enthusiastic and responsible volunteers to work at our Bike MS: Waves to Wine event on Saturday, September 18 & 19th! This is a two day bike ride where our participants will ride up to 160 miles through the bay area while raising funds to support those living with MS. We need volunteers to help support our Riders as they participate in this fantastic event!

If you are interested and want to learn more the event's volunteer roles please contact Harmeet Bath, at harmeet.bath@nmss.org.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	100	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Join Girl Scouts of Central Illinois, Hickory Point Bank and Neuhoff Media for an extra special 8th annual Decatur Operation Cookie Share, as we show appreciation and care for our military, frontline responders, healthcare providers and community through the comfort of Girl Scout cookies.

Help Girl Scouts give back 6:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in Central Park on Thursday, August 12, 2021.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Morning Shift #1	no limit	n/a	n/a
Morning Shift #2	no limit	n/a	n/a
Morning/Afternoon Shift #3	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

This Ol’ School Benefit Concert and Dance is a fundraiser to sustain our current programs for youth ages 11-17 in foster care or at risk of school failure; to add programs for youth ages 18-21 aging out of the foster care system, and to defray cost of social media management and digital marketing for virtual programs. This event features a live band, live performances from several local artists paying tribute to soul legends like Teddy Pendergrass, Gladys Knight, Phyllis Hyman to name a few, a live DJ will spin old school 80's and 90's R&B songs, a laser light show, a VIP reception and vendors.  

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Life Changes Annual Gala is hosted by the Elks Lodge of Reno. It offers an auction preview reception, both a silent and live auction, delicious menu, a formal dinner and most fun and opportunity to arrest your community leaders! These scoundrels are arrested for a variety of "crimes" such as "bootleggin' and cohortin' with unsavory characters! This event supports our fund development campaign for the Recovery Ranch.

Sign up! Help us out! Come sit on the committee or be of service by helping to find auction items and working the door at the October 26th event!

Volunteers will experience a formal event complete with a meal prepared by the renowned Silver Legacy chefs. An opportunity to be a part of creating change for good right here in our community. Volunteers will assist with the auction, registration table and ensure all guests are provided with a memorable experience!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	4	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Employees from Kohl's are invited to come to our warehouse to volunteer! Activities include sorting baby clothes, baby shoes and coats, repackaging loose diapers, counting diapers.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Warehouse Volunteer Opportunity	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Awareness Ambassadors are volunteers who help Perfect Inc. increase public awareness regarding the issues women face after incarceration and assist in fundraising efforts for the organization.

Impact responsibilities include:
● Utilizing personal social media platforms to engage followers with Perfect Inc. and its mission

● Contacting local businesses to coordinate events or the sale of products in which proceeds will provide funding for Perfect, Inc. and it’s programming

● Assisting with coordination and execution of community engagement events which educate the public on the challenges woman face after incarceration and how involvement from local communities can help shape a more promising future for our Perfectors'

If you are interested in becoming an Awareness Ambassador, we’d be excited to have you!

Opportunity Details

Do you want to take action? Do you want to be a part of the change? Do you want to ACT?

Well, JOIN GAIA FIRST as a volunteer in Paris, Milan, Madrid, Algiers, Berlin, London, Ottawa or anywhere in the world!

Help us planning International simultaneous events such as clean ups, charity gala, TedTalk, conferences, but also local collaborations with local associations: permaculture courses, conferences, clean ups.
Use your network to create new collaborations and expand Gaia First at the international scale.

We are looking for earth heroes all over the world!
Send your resume at international@gaiafirst.org

Opportunity Details

WEConnect International will be hosting the Financing Your Growing Business Boot Camp for women business owners in France on September 8 and 9 in partnership with Moody's.

We are looking for volunteers to support this training which helps to provide education and industry expertise on creditworthiness and how to position their business for capital input and growth.

As a volunteer, you can assist with either running the logistics of the Boot Camp and/or presenting a specific training session. On-boarding and training will be provided to all volunteers and presenters and note this training will be run in German.

• General Volunteer: These volunteers will support the overall delivery of the Boot Camp, working with WEConnect International to moderate breakout sessions, monitor and respond to attendee chat questions, or assist the presenters. Volunteers should be familiar with Zoom, able to answer general questions about creditworthiness in support of subject matter experts and have experience in virtual facilitation/moderation and a basic knowledge of these topics from the French perspective.

• Presenter: These volunteers will act as subject matter experts and deliver a training session on a specific topic – credit, financial statements, goal planning, sources of financing, capital planning, how to pitch or enterprise valuation. The presenter will be provided a pre-designed curriculum in PowerPoint and have the opportunity to suggest enhancements if needed to provide additional local context or clarity. These volunteers should have experience presenting these topics to adult learners and an understanding of how these topics are or can be applied in France.

All volunteers will be offered orientation and training.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Presenter: Session 1 — The Importance of Creditworthiness	1	n/a	n/a
Presenter: Session 2 — Financial Statements	1	n/a	n/a
Presenter: Session 3 — Goal Planning	1	n/a	n/a
Presenter: Case Study and Discussion	1	n/a	n/a
Presenter: Session 4 — Sources of Financing	1	n/a	n/a
Presenter: Session 5 — Capital Planning	1	n/a	n/a
Presenter: Session 6 — The Pitch Deck	1	n/a	n/a
Presenter: Session 7 — Enterprise Valuation	1	n/a	n/a
General Logistics Volunteer / Networking Discussion Facilitator	4	n/a	n/a
General Logistics Volunteer / Networking Discussion Facilitator	4	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Psicología y Derechos Humanos PSYDEH A.C. seeks one, or ideally, two exceptional candidates for the role of its field corps trainers in the Otomí-Tepehua region of Hidalgo, Mexico. These individuals contribute to different mechanisms of our current COVID-19 program, among others the support and mentoring of our new indigenous women field corps.

The face-to-face positions require a minimum commitment of 6 months in full-time work. PSYDEH provides housing with wifi, basic food and work-related transportation. The budget for food and transportation will be negotiated during the interview.

ABOUT PSYDEH

PSYDEH's mission includes ground-up, experiential education – that is equity-centered, human rights-based, process-oriented, and relationship-driven – leads to empowered women and communities organizing to sustainably develop the areas in which they live.

TERMS / ROLES IN THE FIELD

To learn more about the field team, you can find below a description of the roles/people that the field trainers work with on a daily basis:

General Coordinator: the General Coordinator of PSYDEH is responsible for: (A) coordinating the field team of PSYDEH professionals and community partners to ensure successful implementation of activities, (B) designing and producing PSYDEH projects, (C) organizing and conducting workshops for PSYDEH women partners, and (D) providing psychological care and legal counseling to female citizens.

Field Corps: the Field Corps carries out monthly and weekly actions, i.e., (A) personal/professional coaching sessions with 25 indigenous women leaders of a network of local grassroots organizations, (B) strategic assistance sessions to the four CSO organizations of the Network, (C) psychological care and legal advice to women citizens who require it in Casa Siempre Viva (PSYDEH's grassroots space located in Tenango de Doria) and/or in any of the 4 Municipal Instances of Attention to Women, and (D) monthly reports to indigenous women leaders on lessons learned and impacts made.

MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION

1. Train the field corps so that they in turn, can share the information and learnings with the indigenous women partners, their network and their communities.

a) Train, coach and organize corps members to live and work in accordance with PSYDEH's novel leadership values in the four selected municipalities.

b) Co-facilitate the development of the new "Casa Siempre Viva," in Tenango de Doria that bears the name of the Network's regional organization, and functions as a safe space for the women associates and field corps to work and train.

2. Empower indigenous women partners supported by the field corps to become leaders and entrepreneurs.

a) Support successful individual participation in the next social enterprise initiative.

b) Support their organizations to develop, plan, initiate and complete their own micro-impact projects.

3. Strengthen resilient rural and indigenous communities. Co-create the plan and methods for the necessary interventions required to support the field corps.

a) Execute a series of workshops on demand-side issues, e.g., utilization of local resources to, among other things, strengthen food security during the pandemic.

b) Facilitate the delivery of the COVID-19 series of episodes with reliable information in Spanish and indigenous languages to women and their communities.

c) Invite local people to express their views on concrete, data-driven needs (and their solutions) organized around the 17 goals of the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda, i.e., actualize women's own unprecedented development agenda.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Co-create a work plan to fulfill these responsibilities.
- Train the field corps in the different PSYDEH approaches to deploy those values on a daily basis and thus, maximize the possibility of success in achieving the above mentioned goals.
- Commit to the care and proper functioning of Casa Siempre Viva.
- Support and back up the field staff as needed.
- Facilitate a feedback loop, information and dialogue between indigenous women partners and their communities, field corps members and PSYDEH.
- Direct accompaniment of the field corps in the different communities in the region, where women participating in PSYDEH's COVID-19 program live.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

- Bachelor's degree in psychology, education, social or humanitarian sciences and/or a minimum of one year of work experience in social services, human services, psychology or education (paid or volunteer roles).
- Minimum age of 21 years.
- Strong written and oral communication skills in Spanish.
- Knowledge, experience, and adaptability to live in a rural context with extreme conditions (rainy weather between May and November (rain season), unstable electric power and water availability, poor telephone signal, and limited internet service).
- Accept that PSYDEH will only cover your basic living costs: housing with wifi, basic food, and work-related transportation.
- Be cautious with personal expectations regarding the project and be patient in observing developments and changes.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

- Cultural openness, interest and basic knowledge of rural Mexico/Latin America, rural indigenous groups and the challenges they face. Experience working in community settings.
- Valid driver's license, with willingness to drive in rural Mexico.

WHAT YOU WILL WIN

- The opportunity to support PSYDEH in producing the most ambitious program in its history as an NGO, navigating imagined and unimagined challenges.
- Play a leading role in creating, applying PSYDEH's novel model for empowering bottom-up, women-oriented, community-driven development.
- Support the work of a more or less new corps of indigenous women professionals, as individuals and as a team navigating imagined and unimagined challenges.
- Learn what and how to train citizens to learn and live leadership values, a method for forging the relationships needed to drive community-led development from the ground up.
- Have a sustainable impact on indigenous women and their marginalized communities through education, community organizing and local problem solving.
- Learn firsthand, from partner women and their communities, about Mexican indigenous culture and rural community life in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico.
- Live in the culturally rich Otomi-Tepehua region, located in the Sierra Madre Mountains of eastern Mexico.
- Being part of a multidisciplinary organization made up mostly of women and from many cultures and languages.
- Opportunity to innovate through new initiatives based on what you see and hear in the field as well as nurture new projects to benefit indigenous women and their communities.

COLLABORATING WITH PSYDEH

We prefer the concept of "collaborator" rather than "volunteer" because PSYDEH operates like a startup, which means it needs professionals willing and able to invest what is necessary to make a beneficial impact for all, for themselves, for our organization and for local partners. Most of our staff are collaborators and donate 100% of their time.

As a past PSYDEH collaborator states:

"If you are looking for an experience that gives you the opportunity to understand and collaborate in the challenging first-hand work needed to change rurality in Mexico, I could not recommend a higher experience."

Please send us your resume, a cover letter and everything you think we should know about you to: Carmen Grab (carmen.grab@psydeh.com).