Get Involved

Community Alliance for Global Justice
206-405-4600: contact_us@seattleglobaljustice.org
606 Maynard Ave S. Rm 102, Seattle WA 98104

Get involved!

Monthly Meetings – please call ahead to confirm time and place

Current Volunteer Opportunities: Contact us at volunteer@seattleglobaljustice.org or 206-405-4600 for more info!

Grants Coordinator: Use CAGJ’s online Grant tracker to determine timeline for applying for grants, and work with Director to coordinate grant applications. Some research for grants may be involved; writing grants included if desired.  Time varies, 10 – 20 hours per month depending on your involvement in writing.

Newsletter Editor: Compile Community Calendar, Solicit newsletter items from Steering Committee, and work with Director to format online e-newsletter on the last day of every month.  4 – 8 hours per month.

Book Group Coordinator:  Help keep CAGJ’s book group going by polling participants for monthly (or bimonthly) book choice, posting announcement to listservs and website, and ensuring there is a rotating facilitator. 5 hours/month.

Office Volunteer: Assist Director with data-entry and other current, ongoing organizing tasks.  A regular data-entry volunteer is really needed a few hours per week!

Web Guru: With support from CAGJ, do back-end updates, trouble-shoot, some content management, user management; Good to know WordPress; 10 hours/month.

Fundraising Coordinator: Work with Director to set priorities and goals, and provide support to volunteers to ensure ongoing fundraising goals are met.  6 – hrs/month.

July 14, 2012 SLEE Dinner: Co-coordinator for event – work with Director to coordinate volunteers, make day-today decisions, complete tasks, and ensure ongoing organizing to prepare for Dinner. 10 hrs/month (more hours in July), Jan or Feb through July.

Dessert and Silent Auctions Co-Coordinators: Coordinate a group of volunteers to do outreach to known contacts for dessert and silent auction donations.  6 – 8 hours/month March thru June, more hours in July.

Hike-a-thon Co-Coordinator: Work with Food Justice Project to carry out fun fundraiser in Spring 2012.

 

Food Justice Project – fjp@seattleglobaljustice.org

  • Help coordinate Teach-Outs by contacting farms, deciding on locations, publicize and do outreach for Teach-Outs – making flyers, finding places to post them, etc.
  • Participate in FJP Community Education efforts
  • Help fundraise for 2nd Edition of CAGJ’s publication, Our Food, Our Right: now planning Spring Hike-a-Thon!

Trade Justice – tradejustice@seattleglobaljustice.org

  • Help Identify actions to post to the Trade Action Network
  • Act as a liaison with partner organizations – WA Fair Trade Coalition and Seattle CISPES

AGRA Watch – agrawatch@seattleglobaljustice.org

  • Notetaker (3 hours/month) – attend meetings, take detailed notes, edit notes, send to list-serv within two days
  • Media Coordinator (3-5 hours/month) – contact person for media, send press releases for events, catalogue media contacts
  • News Gleaner / Rapid Response Coordinator (10-20 hours/month) – write letters to editor, develop template responses, search through news for articles to post to list-serv or to issue response to, forward interesting articles to “Blogger”
  • Grants Coordinator (5 hours/month) – search for grants, update grants list, monitor upcoming grant deadlines
  • Blogger / Social Media Coordinator (10 hours/month) – update info and events on website, write blog posts once a week, Facebook
  • Technology Guru (5-10 hours/month) – provide assistance with Google site, website and other online forums
  • Outreach Tsar (varies – 5-10 hours/month) – distribute flyers, send email announcements on list-serv, post Facebook events
  • Membership / Volunteer Coordinator (5 hours/month) – generate and keep records for new members, plug members into events and volunteer roles
  • Direct Action Coordinator (varies – 2-10 hours/month) – arrange logistics and ensure safety of participants, outreach for direct action communicate with media person to get the word out, coordinate with artistic person; secondary responsibilities: identify strategic opportunities for direct action, communicate with news person about timely opportunities, propose action to the group
  • Networker (varies – 5-10 hours/month) – coordinate Round Two of Consulta process with other organizations, manage contact list and ensure that important organizational contacts are added, seek out networking opportunities and attend community events
  • Event Host (varies – 2-5 hours/month) – offer to host your house for events!
  • Research (varies – 10-20 hours/month)
  • Artistic Visionary (10 hours/month) – create t-shirts, signs, posters, etc. for events, design AW logo, graphic design for flyers, help with website, help with designing theatre or staging for actions
  • Photographer (2-5 hours/month) – take photos and/or videos at events, make available online and to AW members
  • Historian (2-5 hours/month) – document accomplishments, create and maintain a portfolio of events, double-check that they are on the webste
  • Anti-Oppression Monitor (2-10 hours/month) – watch for problematic dynamics in the group and in our work, and look for ways to resolve them