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3 people are interested
CALL FOR BOARD MEMBER: Board of Directors, RuckusRoots
ORGANIZATION: RUCKUSROOTS INC
Please visit the new page to apply.
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3 people are interested
We are looking for a passionate community member to join our small-but-mighty team!
As an organization focused on the intersection of arts and climate equity in Los Angeles, a new Board member will demonstrate a strong commitment to our cause and both reflect and amplify the voice of your Los Angeles community.
Who We Are: RuckusRoots is a 501c3 non profit organization based in Los Angeles. Our mission is to create art programs that cultivate environmental awareness and action in historically underrepresented communities. Our goal is to foster inspired, empowered and engaged citizens through interactive art making. Our programs currently support youth and adults in South Los Angeles, Northeast Los Angeles and the South Bay.
RuckusRoots’ vision is artistically vibrant and environmentally resilient neighborhoods for all residents of Los Angeles, regardless of social or economic standing. We believe that the arts play a crucial role in fostering social, economic and environmental justice for all.
- Board Member Commitment:
- Board members meet four times per year, plus occasional additional committee meetings. We work collaboratively on all aspects of RuckusRoots, making sure that we are using our energy effectively and in the right place. We also think about ways to be able to reach more people and grow our impact. As an organization focused on the intersection of arts and climate equity in Los Angeles, a new Board member will demonstrate a strong commitment to our cause and both reflect and amplify the voice of your Los Angeles community.
- Board Member Summary:
- A Board member will have the interest and ability to engage individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to achieve the organization’s goals, and expand our network of support. This role requires creativity, vision, and a diplomatic spirit, and provides the opportunity to think outside the confines of traditional nonprofit Board models, with a goal to build upon existing opportunities and increase RuckusRoot’s impact in the years ahead. As a key leader of RuckusRoots, Board Members bring a variety of skills to the organization. Through a new member, we’re looking to grow our team’s skill-set in one or more of these areas:
- 1) Legal advice
- 2) Accounting or financial expertise
- 3) Urban Planning
- 4) Fundraising / Major donor cultivation
- 5) Restorative justice
- 6) Community advocacy, mutual aid and/or networking
- 7) Arts education and/or advocacy
- 8) Climate education and/or advocacy
- A Board member will have the interest and ability to engage individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to achieve the organization’s goals, and expand our network of support. This role requires creativity, vision, and a diplomatic spirit, and provides the opportunity to think outside the confines of traditional nonprofit Board models, with a goal to build upon existing opportunities and increase RuckusRoot’s impact in the years ahead. As a key leader of RuckusRoots, Board Members bring a variety of skills to the organization. Through a new member, we’re looking to grow our team’s skill-set in one or more of these areas:
For more information about us, please visit www.ruckusroots.org and www.instagram.com/ruckusroots.
Application Process: Please submit a resume, cover letter and any pertinent examples of work compiled into a single PDF. Email to: info@ruckusroots.org by September 30, 2024.
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About RUCKUSROOTS INC
Location:
PO BOX 411064, LOS ANGELES, CA 90041, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to create art programs that cultivate environmental awareness and action in historically under-represented communities. Our goal is to foster inspired, empowered and engaged citizens through interactive art-making.
Description
HOW: We collaborate with local artists, communities and schools to create accessible programs that build interdisciplinary arts skills, uncovering and confronting environmental issues that impact the community.
WHY: The arts have always been at the forefront of monumental societal shifts, building empathy, understanding and bridging the gap between problem and solution. But, accessible artistic programming is lacking in the communities we serve and simultaneously, these communities are disproportionately and negatively impacted by environmental injustices like litter, pollution and a lack of green spaces. Our programs offer art-making as an essential tool for addressing these injustices.
Our vision is an artistically vibrant and environmentally resilient neighborhoods for all residents, regardless of social or economic standing.
WE ARE:
Interactive: Art has an active, not passive, role.
Collaborative: Programs are co-created with community members based on community interest.
Creative: Participants express their own creative ideas.
Change-Making: Programs aim to affect positive change at the local level, addressing a need or desire identified by community members.
Community Driven: Multi-generational, multi-level community involvement, including family, local business and audience.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
PO Box 411064Los Angeles, CA 90041
DATE POSTED
July 29, 2024
SKILLS
- Visual Arts
- Legal (General)
- Accounting
- Fundraising
- Community Outreach
- Resource Development / Management
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 30
- Orientation or Training
- 2 hrs/month
- Board members meet four times per year, plus occasional additional committee meetings. We work collaboratively on all aspects of RuckusRoots, making sure that we are using our energy effectively and in the right place.