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Volunteer Opportunities:

Youth Organizing

Description: College Community Organizing Intern

CALLING ALL ACTIVISTS
Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) is seeking a Community Organizing Intern to participating in our grassroots organizing work during the Summer 2009 and/or the 2009-2010 school year. We are willing to work with an intern to shape the experience in order to meet her/his personal learning goals. Internships are unpaid, but may be used for academic credit.

Time frame: Interns are expected to work with GGE for at least 3 months, and part-time as well as full-time internships are available.

Summer 2009 Organizing tasks include:
- Planning the Third Annual NYC Gender Equality Festival
- Outreach to the community leaders, businesses, and nonprofit organizations
- Contacting media about the event
- Building our School Safety Collaboration

2009-2010 School Year Tasks Include:
- Assistance in planning and facilitate youth organizing programs and community organizing initiatives in Urban Leaders After School Academy
- Creating relationships with community leaders, local politicians, and community-based organizations
- Building our School Safety Collaboration

Qualifications:
- Understanding and analysis of the systemic nature of oppression, particularly the intersection of gender, race, sexuality, and class
- Experience working with young people
- Comfort working in low-income communities of color
- Excellent computer and phone skills
- Knowledge of and experience working in the NYC public schools is a plus

How to Apply:
If you're interested, please send your resume and a cover letter to:
Vanessa Nisperos
fax: 718.857.2293
tel: 718.857.1393
email: organizing@ggenyc.org


Urban Leaders Academy

Description: Internship/Volunteer Opportunity for Educators

LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED, FUN AND OUTSPOKEN EDUCATORS

We are currently seeking educators and artists to serve as instructors to scholars ages 11-14, at Atwell Middle School located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Our after school program, Urban Leaders Academy, at MS 61 is a holistic program designed to help young men and women, of Central Brooklyn, achieve academic excellence, explore career options and maintain healthy lifestyles, while reducing violence and pregnancy risks. Mentors play a significant role in helping each child develop their study habits, goals, self-esteem and career plans. Remember, it takes a village to raise a child!

Time frame: 1-2 days a week (depending on your availability) for approximately 2 hours a day. Must commit to a minimum of 8 weeks.

Intern/Volunteer Requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must have at least 1 year experience conducting youth workshops or class instructions
• Must be available at least 1 to 2 days per week for 8 weeks, 1 to 2 hours per session, anytime between 3pm-6pm
• Create and implement lesson plans that build upon themes of health and fitness, teamwork, community and/ or positive self-expression
• Display knowledge and skills in the development of group and individual activities
• Display willingness to take initiative and work independently
• Organize and implement activities that are creative, exciting, and age appropriate
• Create an end-of-year presentation with students

Intern Positions Available:

• Health & Fitness
• Afro-American History
• Modern Dance & Step
• Rites of Passage Program (males & females)
• Career Builder Workshop (budgeting, goal setting, work etiquette, etc.)
• Yoga
• Visual art
• Other: Please feel free to suggest a class that you feel aligns with the themes of creative self-expression, leadership, community-building, and/or health and fitness. d develop their study habits, goals, self-esteem and career plans. Remember, it takes a village to raise a child!

How to Apply:
If you're interested, please send your resume and a cover letter to:
Anja Merilainen
fax: 718.857.2293
tel: 718.536.9496
email: Urbanleaders@ggenyc.org


Health and Fitness Program

Description: Sports Coach or Mentor

STRONG GIRLS NEED STRONG WOMEN

The Health and Fitness Program is putting together it's final list of participants for the 2007-2008 Girls Sports Program. If you know of any schools that would like to participate or if you would like to be a coach or mentor please contact our Health and Fitness Director at health@ggenyc.org.

We are also looking for a Program Coordinator Intern to work with us during the 2008-2009 school year:
- Organizing girls' sports programs (basketball, soccer, and boxing) and health workshops in schools and community organizations
- Organizing field trips to WNBA games and attending school basketball tournaments
- Facilitating a girls’ empowerment group

Description: Strong Girls Need Strong Women: Seeking Women Volunteers to Mentor Girls throughout NYC.

We are currently seeking women volunteers to serve as Mentors to girls, ages 9-14, on various teams in our basketball league, who attend public school throughout NYC. We have leagues in all five boroughs, so you would be placed with a conveniently located team. We welcome women who play and love basketball as well as those with no previous experience or interest in the sport!

Time frame: 1-2 days a week (depending on your availability) for approximately 2 hours a day, during the after-school hours of 3-5 or 4-6 (depending on which school you work with, as they get out at different times), from March through June. We will train you!

While GGE’s Health and Fitness Program strives to give girls the opportunity to engage in sports and fitness, we also make it more than just about the sport. Team mentors serve as role models and friends to each girl participating in the basketball league. Mentors remind the girls they work with that GGE not only gives them an opportunity to play sports, but also teaches them about what it actually means to be a girl in sports, health risk behaviors that they face on daily basis, and helps them develop into healthy, self-confident young women. You can make a difference in the lives of girls!

How to Apply:
If you're interested, please send your resume and a cover letter to:
Health and Fitness Director
fax: 718.857.2293
tel: 718.857.1568
email: health@ggenyc.org


How to Volunteer:

E-mail or fax the volunteer application form and please post the volunteer form in your school or work place

GGE is led by women, men and girls who volunteer their time. The girls of GGE would like to thank all of the wonderful women and men who have volunteered, interned and persistently worked to nurture young girls' self esteem and create opportunities for girls to play sports. GGE exists because of fantastic volunteers who are dedicated to girls' and womens' right to self-determination.


College Social Work Interns at GGE become involved in all aspects of grassroots non-profit work. Some GGE interns may be responsible for facilitating groups, organizing, policy research, community outreach, grant writing and fundraising. Because GGE is a small organization, interns have the opportunity to work with all staff members and, to some extent, self-design projects to fit their talents and interests.

Internships are unpaid. If requested, GGE will arrange a student’s high school or university to offer academic credit. Interns may start at anytime and are expected to work with GGE for at least 3 months. Part-time as well as full-time internships are available.

Winter and Spring Internships are now available! Apply online or email your resume and cover letter to jsmith@ggenyc.org. Please review this website for a summary of the work that we do. When applying, please indicate how you would like to help. Resumes without a cover letter will not be accepted.