If you could advise the next United States President on what they should do their first day on the job, what would you say? Would you urge them to pull the US out of Iraq? Ask them to focus on eradicating the debt of developing nations? Request universal health care for all Americans?
If you're under 24 and have an idea for a better future, check out the Y in the World: International Cooperation and My Generation video contest. Hosted by On Day One, a project of the Better World Fund, the contest calls on all youth with creativity and a camera to let the world know what they have to say. How? Create a short video about what you think the next President should immediately start working on, and simply put it up on YouTube for judging.
Two winners—one for Most Creative Video and one for Best Idea—will receive an all-expenses paid trip to NYC to take their ideas from mock reality to real life at the Youth Leadership Summit this July. Besides getting to hang out in a cool city with other innovative youth, the winners will also have the chance to become guest bloggers for On Day One.
Submissions are due June 15. Why not let your voice be heard?
Scene from Web of Change 2005, by Flickr user kk+
Hungry for some hands-on training in how to use the web for social change? Check out the Social Tech Training, coming up June 22-24 in Toronto, Ontario:
http://www.marsdd.com/socialtechtraining
This practical and comprehensive workshop is designed to help you build a solid Web 2.0 plan from the ground up, while aligning your organization's culture to support it. With key themes of Outreach, Engagement, Organization and Leadership, the training aims to show participants how to maximize the opportunities offered by the web, without wasting resources on tools and consultants that add little value to your mission.
Taught by a team of the best leaders in the social web sector, this three-day event is designed specifically with the needs of social change organizations in mind, and will be applicable to organizations based in both the United States and Canada. Each participant will leave with a customized, comprehensive Web 2.0 plan for their organization. View the full agenda here.
SPECIAL IDEALIST DISCOUNT: Register with the code "Idealist" to get $100 off your registration fee! For more information, email info@webofchange.com.
In case you missed the announcement, June is Free Job Month here at Idealist.org.
We've compiled a list of tips for the many hiring managers who will be posting a job opportunity on our site this month. If you want to be sure that job seekers can find your posting, here are some things you should do...and a few things you should avoid.
By Flickr user Darren Hester
Dos
- Do write the complete, official name of the location (i.e. New York, New York; Washington, District of Columbia)
- Do select Virtual from the country drop-down menu in the location field if the opportunity is available online or can be conducted remotely
- Do include contact information and/or application instructions
- Do mention other locations where the opportunity is available in the description field or create a separate listing for each location
- Do be thorough when describing the nature of the position
Don´ts
- Don’t list more than one location (city, state, and/or country) where the opportunity is being offered
- Don’t list geographical areas or counties in the city field (i.e. Bay Area, Prince George’s County, Tri-State Region)
- Don’t include more than one opportunity per listing
- Don’t abbreviate (i.e. gov’t, admin, temp, perm, PT/FT, asst, etc.)
Happy hiring!
Each week we bring you a roundup of what you can find on our site related to a specific country, region, or city. Today we spotlight Bolivia.
By Flickr user y2k_sflam
As of this afternoon, there are more than 210 organizations listed on Idealist that are based in Bolivia. If you'd like to volunteer with one of them, you can search through more than 50 different opportunities, some posted in English, some in Spanish.
Want to connect with Idealists in Bolivia? Today we found 190 people with personal profiles and nearly 400 volunteer profiles (these are mainly in Spanish). Why not reach out to them?
Would you like to help make more connections among people, organizations, and resources in Bolivia through the Idealist network? Start or join an Idealist Group or visit our Spread Idealist page to get connected.
The idea behind the website CouchSurfing.com is pretty simple: friendly travelers around the world who need a place to stay can crash on people's couches, for free. But more than that, the project aims to foster cross-cultural understanding and create global community.
CouchSurfers socializing, courtesy of Flickr user eeliuth
If that sounds good to you and you haven't tried CouchSurfing yet, why not give it a shot? There's no more perfect time to start than June 12th, which is International CouchSurfing Day. From Uruguay to Malaysia, Ethiopia to Hungary and everywhere in between, members will be coming together in over 100 countries to celebrate couches and camaraderie.
There are plenty of ways to catch the CouchSurfing wave. First thing first, if you haven't done so already, is to sign up. Then, if you're on the road, forget hotels and hostels for a night and try staying with a local. If sharing intimate space just isn't your thing, you can always get together for a drink or coffee. And if you're not traveling anywhere for a while, try connecting with fellow surfers in your area.
Want to hear about how CouchSurfing helped two tuxedo-clad lads on their charitable whirlwind adventure? Check out our podcast on Tuxedo Travels for some inspiration--and a good laugh.
As an Experience Analyst here at Idealist, Scott S. spends a lot of time exploring the latest tools and ideas the internet has to offer. Here's a piece he wrote recently:
An idea I've been thinking a lot about lately is how the future of volunteering and ideas like timebanking and thecommon.org will radically change, once mobile platforms like the iPhone, the Blackberry, and Google's Android begin to proliferate and services like Fire Eagle are integrated into these websites.
One of the biggest problems with timebanking, and volunteering in general, is that they work like a set TV schedule. There's no timeshifting technology involved (like a Tivo for volunteering) based on the convenience of the volunteer and not that of the organizing body. This idea doesn't revolve so much around selfishness as it does efficiency: what should we be doing when we find ourselves with 2 to 3 hours to kill that we hadn't planned? My iPhone needs to tell me, based on my profile and preferences (on whichever service), that there are volunteering opportunities RIGHT NOW within a certain distance to where I am, how to get there, and what I'll be doing (like tutoring, teaching a skill, neighborhood cleanup, etc.). Of course, for this to work, the matching of the volunteer to the person on the receiving end needs to be seamless. Something akin to Google's Dodgeball?
I'll give you an example of the timeshifting idea in a similar (though not the same) context.
A friend of mine writes for globalvoicesonline.org and has many readers. Part of his job requires that he travel and attend various seminars and conferences related to his work, all around the world. He sometimes speaks at these events and always writes about them.
As he hops from country to country, he posts volunteering opportunities at all his stops on the site Dopplr.com. For the people that follow him, and have befriended him on Dopplr, they'll see that he's in Jamaica, what he was speaking on, and what relevant volunteering events are taking place in or around Kingston. He's a trusted individual, in a trusted network; and if I were in Jamaica, even on vacation, I might just show up and help. This isn't exactly spontaneous, but I might not normally be looking to volunteer while I was on vacation, but because I had time to kill I might just want to.
I really believe that once volunteering opportunities are less restricted and decentralized, like everything else decentralized (p2p, blogs, new aggregation, even materials production), volunteering and related opportunities will hit a huge growth curve.
There are a bunch of holes in this idea, and much to think through. What do you think?
After being captured and tortured by the Sudanese government, Fema and her family fled to the Netherlands looking for protection. She didn't receive help right away. Instead, the immigration officials treated her hostilely and doubted her story—and consequently her health suffered. Finally, after a 5-year battle, her family was recently granted refugee status.
On June 20, World Refugee Day celebrates and honors people such as Fema who have endured hardships and risked everything to make a better life for themselves, free from war and persecution. This year's theme, "Protecting Refugees: Rebuilding Lives in Safety and Dignity," aims to increase public understanding of people who are forced to flee the familiar and struggle to adapt to a new homeland. Currently, there are over 10 million refugees throughout the world, with a high percentage from Afghanistan and the Sudan.
To help raise awareness, there are a variety of events occurring in over 100 countries. In the United States, there's a cultural program and immigrant resource fair in the Twin Cities, and a book club dinner in Washington, DC with the Refugee Experience Series group, just to name a couple. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is hosting the Refugee Film Festival in Tokyo, as well as several programs across Canada. The International Rescue Committee is also coordinating a series of events in Africa, using the arts to shed light on refugee situations in places such as Ethiopia and Guinea.
If there's nothing going on in your area, try hosting your own event with some help from this Amnesty International toolkit.
Looking to get involved beyond this one day? Check out our lists of more than 225 volunteer opportunities and 700 organizations around the globe dedicated to assisting refugees.
On Monday in the sweltering heat, more than 100 people gathered on a rooftop overlooking the Williamsburg Bridge to Make Good Ideas Happen (hosted by All Day Buffet and Behance). At the event, three nonprofit organizations presented their goals and asked participants for resources, advice, practical ideas, and connections that they could offer to help them reach those goals. Three Idealist staff members were part of the action; here's their report!
By Flickr user itomi
There were three blank boards up on the wall, one for each of the featured organizations: City Year, StartingBloc, and Sustainable South Bronx. After hearing a two-minute speech from each organization, and chatting with representatives about what kind of advice they were looking for, everyone got the chance to brainstorm ideas, connections, and solutions. These were then written on index cards and posted up on the boards.
The three nonprofits were looking for a variety of things, including help with website design, advice about expanding their programs nationally, feedback about branding, and spaces to hold large events. City Year, for example, was wondering what they could do to get more young people to stop at their table when they are tabling at career fairs next to large corporations that offer high-salary jobs. In response, some participants helped them brainstorm design concepts for eye-catching graphics and video to display. Minds worked, conversation buzzes, and the boards filled with ideas and action steps.
Everywhere else on the rooftop, people were chatting with strangers and friends about social change websites, community gardens, fundraising, art projects, and more. We left feeling productive, energized, and hopeful—and truly glad we had spent the last two hours on the rooftop, sweating, instead of inside the air-conditioned bar below.
The event demonstrated the importance of getting people together in the same space to exchange ideas and resources. For more opportunities to connect with like-minded people, and really make things happen, check out the New York Idealist Network and other Idealist Groups throughout the world.
Most Fridays we bring you a roundup of listings on our site related to a region, city, or country. Today, in honor of Father's Day -- which will be celebrated in many countries this Sunday, June 15 -- we're focusing on dads instead.
By Flickr user sean dreilinger
If you're interested in issues related to fatherhood, or you want to work with other dads to do more good in the community, try typing "father" into the search bar at the top of this page. Today we tried this and found more than 200 organizations and several volunteer opportunities, Idealist Groups, and other ways to connect.
Looking for some creative gift ideas this year? Here are some new ways to show Dad how much you care:
For the do-gooder pop, think about sending him a charitable gift from Changing The Present, where you can donate to an organization in his name, highlighting anything from the Millennium Development Goals to medical research. Or, raise awareness about great dads everywhere by giving to the documentary-in-progress The Evolution of Dad.
Looking for something a little more DIY? You can find ideas for crafty gifts at the blog Father's Day Craft Ideas, or cook him a delicious low-fat meal. And if you live in Dallas, TX, you can attend the "Rock the Block" Father's Day picnic hosted by the Fathers for Equal Rights.
Happy Father's Day!
You're invited to Idealist.org's Graduate Degree Fairs for the Public Good in Washington, DC on June 18 and in New York City on June 19.
The fairs are free and run from 5-8 pm. They are the only grad fairs dedicated to serving aspiring, new and mid-career social change professionals. Our summer grad fairs are especially helpful for summer interns in the DC and New York areas.
To learn more about and register for the DC fair, click here.
To learn more about and register for the New York fair, click here.
At the fairs, you can talk with over 60 representatives from graduate programs including public policy, international affairs, education, social work, nonprofit management and many more. Learn about how different graduate degrees can help your career and leadership development. Have you ever considered getting your graduate education in another country? There will be international graduate programs participating as well.
In addition to gathering information from grad schools, you can also attend a one-hour panel during the fair to glean more insight into the graduate admissions process from the people who work in admissions and make the decisions.
Not sure how to best prepare for the grad fair? You can peruse our tips on this page. And if you can't make it to a fair this summer, we'll hold more in the fall; you can see the schedule at www.idealist.org/gradfairs.
Please tell your friends. We hope to see you there!
Can you spend a few hours with Idealist.org and Upwardly Global on the evening of June 26?
http://www.idealist.org/en/volunteeropportunity/149578-83
For many immigrants, adjusting to another country takes some time. There are different customs to learn, another language to understand, and a job market that can be difficult to crack. It's a whole new life—and it can be tough.
With the aim of making that transition smoother, Upwardly Global is a nonprofit that helps skilled immigrant professionals put their talents to good use in the United States. Since its inception almost two years ago, Upwardly Global has empowered hundreds of immigrants to move from unemployment and low-level jobs to robust careers in their respective professions. To ensure success, the organization frequently hosts events and workshops to assist jobseekers hone their résumé writing, interviewing and networking skills.
Idealist.org will be partnering with Upwardly Global to host a Nonprofit Networking Session in NYC--and we need your help! The event is pretty simple. Basically, it's an opportunity for Upwardly Global jobseekers to mingle with nonprofit professionals to develop their networking skills and connect with peers in a friendly environment. We're looking for volunteers from nonprofits in the NYC area who like to mingle---and have some knowledge to share--to come give a hand.
The event takes place on June 26th at The International Center from 6-8:30pm.
Let us know soon if you can make it! For more information on how to become a volunteer, click here.
A lot of would-be job-posters ask us what kind of a response they can expect after posting on Idealist.org. Here are some things to keep in mind before posting on Idealist:
Demographics: Our stated target audience is "everyone, everywhere" and Idealist users represent a high level of diversity in regards to race, religion, age, geography and socio-economic background – particularly in relation to any other broadly used nonprofit website.
However, the actual audience is not necessarily that broad. The majority of our users are female (65%) and between the ages of 21-30 (45%) and 31-39 (30%). While we receive users and content from approximately 215 countries and territories each month, nearly 70% are from the United States (with high representation from New York, Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco, and Chicago). Idealist users are especially well educated (due in part to our Graduate Degrees for the Public Good programs) and are strong connectors on their campuses, in their places of work, and in their communities.
If we were to create an aggregated Idealist user, the result would be a 27 year old female on the East Coast of the United States with a degree from a top 50 US university and a strong commitment to social justice issues.
• Resumes and Recruitment: Idealist does not middle-man the application process – we do not receive or review resumes on behalf of the organizations listed on the site nor do we have a resume database. We encourage direct contact between organizations and candidates, so don’t forget to include an email/mailing address, phone/fax number, or website in the “How to Apply” section of your listings.
• Reputation: We recommend that you speak to other organizations on our site regarding their experience with Idealist. We bet that it was positive! If you haven’t already, check out what some previous posters have to say about Idealist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-BQYIPILUU
• Content: The most important factor that will influence your response rate is the content of your listing. Certain things that make listings more or less popular are the nature of the work, the location of the position and the salary. Our users like details, and the more the better! (If you can’t disclose exact salary, can you give a range?) The way you write your listing and the information you include heavily influences the responses you will get.
• It’s FREE: Here’s the great thing: It’s free job month so you can try posting a wide range of positions for FREE and see what kind of response you get!
Calling all environmental organizations: This month, you can get targeted help with your fundraising efforts from the Foundation Center.
The Foundation Center works to connect U.S. nonprofits with the information they need about grantmakers and philanthropy. It offers extensive online tools, events and trainings, and five regional libraries to get this information out. For the month of June, the Center is holding its first ever Funding for the Environment Month. Any nonprofit that works on issues related to the environment can benefit, through a series of webinars, classes, and other programs where participants can learn more about their local environmental funding community, as well as methods of making their organization's activities more eco-friendly.
Click here for more information about the initiative and to get details about special events and programs going on in New York, Atlanta, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.
Are you a New Yorker interested in telling a story about positive change in your community? Join Idealist.org's Community Podcast team as a volunteer this summer and we'll help you tell that story as well distribute it on our podcast.
By Flickr user jarito
We have two opportunities available:
Click here to learn how you can podcast about a community group, organization, or initiative you're passionate about.
Click here if you'd like to podcast specifically about gentrification.
All levels of experience are welcome: we're looking for citizen journalists who have produced podcasts or conducted interviews before, but we can also work with newbies who want to develop those skills. Our team will provide training on interviewing, storytelling, recording, editing and whatever else you may need as well as general technical support. Whether you are a longtime NYC resident or a summer intern here for the short term, this is an excellent opportunity to immerse yourself more deeply in the community efforts happening around you.
If you already have an idea about positive change in your New York community or just want more information on the first volunteer position, click here.
We're also looking for people who are specifically interested in telling stories about gentrification. After surveying our New York City audience last month, we learned that this is the number 1 issue on your minds. Here's your chance to tell us why! Click here to check out the gentrification podcast opportunity.
When Barbara Hadrill of Wales was asked to be a bridesmaid in a wedding in Brisbane, she was met with a quandary: because of the incredible amounts of CO2 that planes emit, she had pledged never to fly again. But how else was she to get from Great Britain to Australia?
By Flickr user angela7dreams
Ms. Hadrill decided to exercise a new trend in traveling, called sustainable tourism, which applies the concepts of sustainable living to the way we relax. By being cognizant of nearly every aspect of your trip, from how you dispose of your trash to the actual transportation you use to get to your destination, individual travelers can reduce their trip’s carbon footprint.
For Ms. Hadrill, this meant traveling for seven weeks by train, boat, and bus, and witnessing the varied landscapes of Europe, Russia, Mongolia, China, Singapore, Australia, and the South Pacific ocean. For others, it could mean paying for the carbon footprint of your flight, or spending your vacation volunteering, such as at this health care clinic in Bolivia.
You can find more information on sustainable tourism at Green Passport, the Ethical Traveler, and Sustainable Travel International.
Did you know that you can sign up to receive daily email alerts of recently-posted listings that match your interests? Whether you're looking for a job in environmental conservation, an internship related to human rights, or a volunteer opportunity in India, we will deliver listings directly to your inbox. And the best part is that you'll receive all of these opportunities in just one single email.
By Flickr user FotoDawg
To receive personalized, daily email alerts, just sign up for an individual account with Idealist. Once registered, log in to your account, click on the "Email Alerts" tab, and then on "Click here to start." You'll be able to select the kinds of listings you want to be notified about (i.e. jobs, events, programs, campaigns, or internships), the language of the listing, the location of the opportunity, the area(s) of focus (i.e. international relations; media and journalism; or voting, democracy and civic engagement), and you can enter your own keywords as well. Once you've submitted your preferences, all you have to do is sit back and wait for your dream opportunity to come to you!
You might also want to consider subscribing to an RSS feed, which is another helpful tool that notifies you of the latest listings posted to Idealist that match your preferences. For more information on RSS feeds, click here.
By customizing Idealist to your interests and needs, you can get the latest and most relevant listings sent to you without having to spend time looking for them!
Each week we bring you a roundup of what you can find on our site related to a specific country, region, or city. Today we spotlight the United Arab Emirates.
By Flickr user Capture Queen
As of this afternoon, there are 13 organizations listed on Idealist that are based in the UAE. If you'd like to work with one of them, there are more than 50 jobs currently available.
Want to connect with Idealists in the UAE? Today we found nearly 50 people and more than 50 volunteer profiles. Why not reach out to them?
Would you like to help make more connections among people, organizations, and resources in the UAE through the Idealist network? Start or join an Idealist Group or visit our Spread Idealist page to get connected.
This Tuesday, June 24, join a growing movement to conserve water by turning off your tap for ten hours. In a world where climate change is becoming more and more apparent each day, the need for water conservation is becoming increasingly dire.
By Flickr user cogdogblog
Less than 1% of the earth's water is available for drinking water. Yet showering and bathing account for the largest indoor uses ( 27% ) of fresh water among Americans today, totaling up to 170 gallons of water a day, according to the Sunnyslope County, California website. Reducing a person's use of tap water each day, and participating in initiatives such as "Turn Off Your Tap," can help to substantially reduce the amount of freshwater used worldwide. Other ideas for reducing your water output include installing or building low-flush or composting toilets in your home, or recycling your wastewater.
Still want to do more for the cause of conserving water? Check out the over 250 organizations we found when we searched Idealist under "water conservation," or consider applying for a job under a similar search!
But whatever you do, remember that you can start tomorrow, June 24, or even today -- by turning off your tap.
Attention, all creative souls: Have you ever felt torn about whether to follow your artistic passions or do something that's truly going to change the world for the better?
By Flickr user mi media naranja
Why not explore the intersection of these paths instead? There are an awe-inspiring number of initiatives all over the world that blur the lines between community organizing and art—whether through music, visual art, theater, writing, or film making. The trend is so strong, in fact, that some people are calling it a movement.
In "Why Build a Movement Among Youth-Driven Music Spaces?" Shannon Stewart summarizes a conversation among several organizers involved in this type of work. The group tried to answer the question: "In our respective organizations, do we see ourselves as doing cultural change or social change work, and what's the difference?" Most of them agreed that the two go together quite naturally.
Chris Wiltsee, the founder of Youth Movement Records, replied that the artist's "role in producing art is to try to alert the rest of the community or society to 'wake up! Look at this!' and hopefully create some action. I think that cultural change by definition preempts social change." And Katy Otto, who works with the organization Positive Force, said, "Engaging in a cultural practice humanizes people for each other—e.g. if you listen to music or read books or view art from a group of people, you have a little more insight into their lives. When you have more insight into other people, it becomes harder to dehumanize them."
Want to explore the world of arts-related community organizing? For an entertaining and informative introduction to this whole genre of work, preview this book: The Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts by Keith Knight and Mat Schwarzman. It blends true stories from the field, comic-book style, with exercises and tips to help you develop your project. If music is your medium, visit the All-Ages Movement Project's extensive Resource Wiki. And to read more articles about arts-driven community projects, check out the Community Arts Network and WireTap Magazine.
If you know of other helpful resources for artsy activists -- or activisty artists -- leave a comment below!
As excitement builds for this November's general election in the United States, a large contingent of youth in the Pacific Northwest are getting a civics lesson they will never forget. Teens, twentysomethings, and thirtysomethings in Washington State have hopped aboard the Washington Bus, a grassroots youth organization bent on training a new generation of change-makers.
photo from busproject.org
This isn't your average school bus; riders travel around on Saturdays en masse, traveling to other parts of Washington state to join town meetings, knock on doors, and talk about issues that matter to them. They're making sure that community leaders and candidates know that young people are following the races closely. And founders of the Washington Bus seek to engage voters that have previously felt marginalized from the electoral process -- so they mobilize participants through leadership training programs, spirited rallies, and fun voting drives like trick-or-vote and candidate derbies.
The Washington Bus was inspired by Oregon's Bus Project. Tired of large gaps in voter turnout among the state's youngest voters, the founders of the pioneer project began traveling around Oregon with their rallying cry "get on the bus," harnessing their creative powers to educate voters about candidates and issues. And Washington wasn't the only state to follow suit; Oregon's success has inspired similar campaigns in Colorado, Montana, and New Mexico.
Looking for ways to ride the bus? Volunteer for the Washington Bus or the Bus Project here.
This month the Idealist Community Podcast featured the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (BAADS). For those interested in the subject, here are a few more disability-related podcasts we found:
Members of the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors
Ouch! Disability Talk Show: The BBC presents this podcast featuring two comedians, Mat Fraser and Liz Carr, who chat, joke, discuss and interview about disabilities.
Disability 41: Disability411 provides audio workshops, interviews and information on disability-related topics for those who work with individuals with disabilities.
Disability Nation: An online community featuring the latest in news, information and coverage of issues important to the 51 million Americans with disabilities.
The Disability Law Lowdown Podcast: Brought to you by nationally recognized leaders in the field of disability law and rights.
Do you know of others, or do you want to share feedback about our podcast episode? Leave a comment below!
Each week we bring you a roundup of what you can find on our site related to a specific country, region, or city. Today we spotlight the Dominican Republic.
By Flickr user Wesley Friar
As of this afternoon, there are 77 organizations listed on Idealist that are based in the DR. If you'd like to work with one of them, there are 5 jobs and more than 30 volunteer opportunities currently available.
Want to connect with Idealists in the DR? Today we found nearly 90 people and more than 150 volunteer profiles. Why not reach out to them?
Would you like to help make more connections among people, organizations, and resources in the DR through the Idealist network? Start or join an Idealist Group or visit our Spread Idealist page to get connected.
Every day, thousands of people, groups, and organizations post information to Idealist about their activities, opportunities, interests, and more. In order to maintain the quality and accuracy of our site content, we depend on the help of fellow Idealist users like you.
Idealist´s reporting system allows you to notify both the Idealist staff and other Idealist users of problematic site content (such as information that is inappropriate or inaccurate). To the right side of every listing, there is a link that allows you to report it. Reporting problematic content helps us to ensure that all the opportunities and information listed on Idealist are accurate and reflect our principles of enabling change without engaging in violent or illegal action, or in any action that discriminates against a person or group.
You can also report any listings that are not posted in the correct database, do not provide any contact information, or contain problems within the listing itself. One example is if you find a job posted in the internship database instead of the job database. Another is if you find a job listing that contains more than one job in it. These kinds of problems make it difficult for users to search for opportunities and correcting them will help to improve the navigation of the site for everyone.
Our reporting system, however, should not be used to "flag" opportunities that interest you, organizations that you support, or individuals that you wish to contact. Moreover, please do not report your own content. If you see a problem with your own content and need help to access or update it, please get in touch with us via the Contact Us page.
Idealist is an interactive network and an open forum owned by its users. Feel free to participate and take ownership of the content on the site. In doing so, you´re helping to ensure that Idealist is providing a forum of legitimate opportunities where people can work with others, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect, to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.
Are you a New Yorker interested in telling a story about positive change in your community? Join Idealist.org's Community Podcast team as a volunteer this summer and we'll help you tell that story as well distribute it on our podcast.
by Flickr user jarito
A couple of weeks ago we put out a call to all New Yorkers interested in podcasting with us, and there are still opportunities available:
Click here to learn how you can podcast about a community group, organization, or initiative you're passionate about.
Click here if you'd like to podcast specifically about gentrification.
All levels of experience are welcome: we're looking for citizen journalists who have produced podcasts or conducted interviews before, but we can also work with newbies who want to develop those skills. Our team will provide training on interviewing, storytelling, recording, editing and whatever else you may need as well as general technical support. Whether you are a longtime New York City resident or a summer intern here for the short term, this is an excellent opportunity to immerse yourself more deeply in the community efforts happening around you.
Deadline to express your interest or submit an idea for an episode is July 7.
|
