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9 people are interested
Communications/Media Assistant Volunteer Opportunity! Will train!
ORGANIZATION: PEOPLE AND STORIES - GENTE Y CUENTOS INC
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9 people are interested
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Volunteer job title: Communications/Media Assistant - Volunteer
This is an outstanding growth/learning opportunity to volunteer for a 50-year-plus successful non-profit Humanities Organization alongside the Deputy Director!
This is an on-site position at our new Princeton office! 475 Wall Street, Suite #139, Princeton, NJ 08540
We are seeking a detail oriented person with an interest/experience in data entry, marketing, public relations and/or communications; Approximately 4 hours per week to start (may be completed over 2 days per week - flexible from 10:00 to 6:00 each day). Spanish fluency is a plus. WE WILL TRAIN THE RIGHT PERSON - GREAT INTERN OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLEGE STUDENT OR SOMEONE RETURNING TO WORKFORCE
Primary responsibilities to start:
- Monthly, on-going Data Entry for media and community calendar websites
- Assist with marketing, fundraising and public relations plan outreach & media contact for events & programs
- Additional future opportunities to assist in brand awareness campaign, community outreach events & social media
About us:
Literature has the power to transport an audience to another time and place, conveying life lessons through complex characters, intricate themes, and multiple points of view. But who owns literature? And, more importantly... Who has access to it?
Since 1972, People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos has believed and demonstrated that literature belongs to us all, and can benefit us all, including those with low literacy and those who face obstacles to the joys of independent reading.
Our participants transform literature, which is usually seen as reserved for the few, into instruments of their own learning and self-development. In doing so, they demystify social hierarchy and reclaim the basic truth of human equality.
Equal Opportunity Statement
P&S/GyC is committed to creating a diverse workplace. It is our policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.
If you require assistance and/or accommodation to submit your application and/or in the interview process, please let us know at debra@peopleandstories.org. We will be happy to assist accordingly.
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About PEOPLE AND STORIES - GENTE Y CUENTOS INC
Location:
475 Wall Street, Suite #139, PRINCETON, NJ 08540, US
Mission Statement
People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos (P&S/GyC) is dedicated to opening doors to literature for new audiences. Through oral readings and rigorous discussions of enduring short stories, we invite participants to find fresh understandings of themselves, of others, and of the world. Our programs, offered in English and Spanish, use oral readings and structured dialogues of complex short stories to invite participants to connect their own varied life experiences to the universal themes found in great literature. For over 50 years our program methodology has been working to remove obstacles to the rewards of reading, especially for adults and young adults who identify as not having the skill, confidence, or motivation to read independently.
Description
Our Founder, Sarah Hirschman, was born in Lithuania into a Russian Jewish family and educated in France and the United States. A reader fluent in several languages, she was always interested in the reception of literature by groups of different cultural backgrounds. After a five year stay in Colombia and work with urban community groups and development projects, she started People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos in Spanish in 1972 in Massachusetts. She developed a now patented methodology that has effectively connected more than 40,000 lives to literature, with trained coordinators conducting programs in both English and Spanish.
Today, our programs continue to reach youth, adults, and seniors in diverse social service agencies-including residential treatment facilities, prisons, shelters, adult education programs, libraries, senior centers, and alternative schools-on local, regional, and national levels.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
475 Wall StreetSuite #139Princeton, NJ 08540
DATE POSTED
July 11, 2024
SKILLS
- Data Entry
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Spanish
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 20
- approximately 8-16 flexible hours per month to start - may be more as available seasonally - possibility to grow into future paid position
- On-site at our new Princeton, NJ offices - schedule to be determined on availability and some remote work possible following training.