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Growing up as a young woman in India’s patriarchal society comes with challenges on all fronts. Even in the 21st century, the story of every woman is entangled in discrimination and violence that has consequences to their freedom, aspirations, and mobility. Gender seems to be a dominant variable that influences the opportunities, potential, and safety of women and girls, universally.

But. All is not glum, women across the globe are raising their voices and demanding for justice, equality and rights. We at Milaan have witnessed this transformation and seen the power of young women to challenge the norms and attitudes that allow discrimination. Now, Milaan is stepping into yet another initiative to leverage the strength of the collective through ‘Rise for Her’- a community for women aimed to foster a nurturing space to convene, share and create social impact through a journey of self-transformation and learnings.

A 40-hour journey spread over one year, the initiative is aimed at women between 18-40 years of age to come together in a safe space to learn, share, connect and take action to promote gender equality.

The program has numerous and exciting workshops with experts, a chance to mentor girls in rural communities, and design impact projects to fundraise + campaign for advancing equality!

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World-wide, women make up ~50% of the population, but the cybersecurity workforce men outnumber women 3 to 1. In the US while many companies have published diversity reports and indicated their intention to hire a more diverse workforce, both hispanic and black citizens remain underrepresented relative to their population. But OST2 can help be an equalizer by providing high quality education to everyone for free, and giving people the skills they need to obtain not just entry level jobs, but the significantly higher paying jobs too.

In this role, you'd work with other organizations which are focusing on outreach to underrepresented communities to build strong partnerships. E.g. you'd help ensure their constituents are aware of OST2 as a resource. You'd also seek out instructors to help increase OST2's diversity and representation.

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

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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).

Opportunity Details

This position is responsible for the full range of fund development activities for the organization. These activities include grant writing and reporting with public
agencies, private foundations and corporations. Specifically, this person is responsible for writing proposals for both unrestricted operating revenue and restricted projects and for submitting timely and accurate reports for all existing grant-funded projects. Assist with fundraising projects.
We need a strategist that can help us plan on how to generate revenue to scale up our impact and reach more people with our programs.

Available Shifts

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

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About Us: -

CrowdDoing.world is a joint initiative of Match4Action Foundation and Reframe It. CrowdDoing is focused on addressing the social, economic, and environmental challenges our world faces by collaborating with professionals and volunteers from many different industries. We offer a platform for individuals to connect and collaborate toward creating systemic change. What makes us different? CrowdDoing aims to support social innovations with transformative impact potential through global multi-disciplinary volunteering, micro-leadership and service learning. We work through operating leverage for systems change to achieve collective agency. We orient to ikigai and self-determination theory in order to help each person have the perfect role. We would love for you to join the team!

 

Project Outline: -

Wildfire Prevention Derivatives is a framework/approach to align stakeholder (e.g., homeowners, landowners, utilities, local authorities, insurance and reinsurance companies, and others) interests and incentives in a way that leads to investment in Nature-based preventive solutions such as targeted grazing (by goats, sheep, etc.) as well as advanced technological solutions (e.g., IoT) in areas predicted by data driven models as highly vulnerable to wildfires. Prevention Derivative aims to mitigate preventable risks arising from wildfires instead of transferring them.

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Role Description: -

We are looking for a qualified Silviculturists who will apply different treatments to make forests more productive and more useful to a landowner and society on a sustainable basis. Designs and implements silvicultural methods to develop stand composition and structures that may be reflected in natural disturbed ecosystems and thereby fulfill objectives that produce tangible (harvestable commodities) and intangible (ecosystem structure and function) benefit. The ideal Candidate is a good team player with great communication skills.

Key Responsibilities: -

Monitor contract compliance and results of forestry activities to assure adherence to government regulations.
Plan, supervise and conduct research in such problems of forest propagation and culture as tree growth rate, effects of thinning on forest yield, duration of seed viability, and effects of fire and animal grazing on growth, seed production, and germination of different species.
Establish short- and long-term plans for management of forest lands and forest resources.
Determine methods of cutting and removing timber with minimum waste and environmental damage.
Supervise activities of other forestry workers.
 

Skills and Competencies: -

Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Analytical or scientific software - Forest vegetation simulators; Forest yield software
Data base user interface and query software - Data entry software; Microsoft Access; SMART
Electronic mail software- IBM Notes; Microsoft Outlook
Inventory management software - Forest Metrix; Fountains Forestry TwoDog
Map creation software - ESRI ArcGIS software; ESRI ArcView; Geographic information system GIS software; Mapping software
 

Qualification and Experience: -

A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Forestry.
Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in forestry, or at least 30 semester hours in any combination of biological, physical, or mathematical sciences or engineering, of which at least 24 semester hours were in forestry.
Experience and knowledge in silviculture, forest management operations, timber management, wildland fire science or fire management, utilization of forest resources, forest regulation, recreational land management, watershed management, and wildlife or range habitat management.

If you have any questions about processes for joining CrowdDoing.world as a volunteer to support our efforts in systemic change please write to volunteerorientation@crowddoing.world

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About Us: -

CrowdDoing.world is a joint initiative of Match4Action Foundation and Reframe It. CrowdDoing is focused on addressing the social, economic, and environmental challenges our world faces by collaborating with professionals and volunteers from many different industries. We offer a platform for individuals to connect and collaborate toward creating systemic change. What makes us different? CrowdDoing aims to support social innovations with transformative impact potential through global multi-disciplinary volunteering, micro-leadership and service learning. We work through operating leverage for systems change to achieve collective agency. We orient to ikigai and self-determination theory in order to help each person have the perfect role. We would love for you to join the team!

 

Project Outline: -

Wildfire Prevention Derivatives is a framework/approach to align stakeholder (e.g., homeowners, landowners, utilities, local authorities, insurance and reinsurance companies, and others) interests and incentives in a way that leads to investment in Nature-based preventive solutions such as targeted grazing (by goats, sheep, etc.) as well as advanced technological solutions (e.g., IoT) in areas predicted by data driven models as highly vulnerable to wildfires.Prevention Derivative aims to mitigate preventable risks arising from wildfires instead of transferring them.

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Role Description: -

We are looking for a qualified Fire Ecologists who will study the origins of fire, what influences spread and intensity, fire’s relationship with ecosystems, and how controlled fires can be used to maintain ecosystem health. They look to scientific research for guidance on how prescribed burns and lightningstarted fires can be used to benefit ecological systems.

 

Key Responsibilities: -

Assess and apply precedents to devise strategies and plans to overcome significant forest management problems. Adapt standard scientific techniques, processes, and procedures for unit use.
Provide technical assistance to all disciplines on methods for reestablishing fire’s role in the ecological system and fire ecology operations. Collect and analyze field data, project, and landscape level planning input to carry out studies.
Participate as a member of interdisciplinary teams to evaluate impact of service and other agency activities on national forest and other lands and resources.
Review and prepare long-and/or short-range plans for prevention, detection, pre-suppression, suppression, fire coordination and implementation, and fuels management efforts.
Review and evaluate the interrelationship of fire management program elements with functional resource plans and land management plans and schedules.
Assess need and provide input into fire management analysis systems and other fire management action plans.
Develop alternative strategies which reduce adverse effects on fire management and other activities.
Advise other principal staff on the compatibility of proposed functional area actions with the overall fire management plan.
Interpret available data to address variables, effect on other resources, and the rationale of the competing interests. Use database technology to manage natural resources.
Develop natural resources databases for use in making recommendations to management. Review existing data and collections for accuracy and appropriateness. Add additional data to complete or maintain a current inventory of natural resources.
Performs other duties as assigned. Performs wildfire suppression support as directed within training and physical capabilities.
 

Skills and Competencies: -

Ability to lead teams to effectively plan, ignite and extinguish controlled fires
Knowledge of vegetation that burns easily
Landscape and xeriscape in order to minimize fire damage and spread
Use computer programs to simulate a controlled fire
Use projected data to analyze and determine a particular outcome; craft a management plan and make adjustments as necessary
Provide remediation plans for land areas in the event of a wildfire to prevent future wildfires from occurring
Predict fire volatility of ecosystems based upon the vegetation and types of fuel present
Determine wildfire risk assessments of areas of land for government or private land owners
 

Qualification and Experience: -

An undergraduate degree in forestry, ecology or related field of study with extensive experience in fire and fuel management
A High degree of knowledge of ecological succession and vegetation in certain biomes or regions

If you have any questions about processes for joining CrowdDoing.world as a volunteer to support our efforts in systemic change please write to volunteerorientation@crowddoing.world

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Village Capital launched the Future of Work 2021 Africa program to support innovations that help young people find jobs, build careers, and prepare for the future of work.

The goal of this session is for companies to both gain experience leading a board meeting and gain insight into the biggest strategic challenges they are facing as a company. Mentors should help companies think through their challenge and provide insight from their particular lens. At the end of the meeting, the mock board should come to a vote on the discussion items.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Cohort 1 - Mock Board Meetings	6	n/a	n/a
Cohort 2 - Mock Board Meetings	6	n/a	n/a

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Village Capital launched the Future of Work 2021 Africa program to support innovations that help young people find jobs, build careers, and prepare for the future of work.

The goal of the Stakeholder Advisory Meetings is for companies to learn more about important stakeholders in their business and gain insight on strategic challenges they are facing in regard to their customer targeting, acquisition, differentiation, and product-market fit, as well as explore how they might add value.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Cohort 1 - Stakeholder Advisory Meetings	6	n/a	n/a
Cohort 2 - Stakeholder Advisory Meetings	6	n/a	n/a

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Village Capital launched the Future of Work 2021 Africa program to support innovations that help young people find jobs, build careers, and prepare for the future of work.

In this session, the goal is to enable companies to articulate their own business model and evaluate that of their peers. Mentors and peers probe on the assumptions in each of the business models and articulate further hypotheses they need to go out and test.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Cohort 1 - Articulating your Business Model	6	n/a	n/a
Cohort 2 - Articulating your Business Model	6	n/a	n/a

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The Circle is a land development project that we are proud to be establishing in Middleburg, FL. This project will not only provide educational, employment and health resources to the community but it will also provide food. This is why we are in need of a land surveyor for this project.