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Current Volunteer Opportunities

 

2010 Vote for a Change Campaign

Voter Registration Drives

Make a difference this election season by helping Poverty Action register 500 new, low-income voters. Contact our volunteer coordinator for information about upcoming registration drives.

 

SPEAK Out!

Sharing Personal Experience As Knowledge (SPEAK) is a Poverty Action initiative to capture the voices of people struggling with poverty and low-incomes.  People are sharing their stories to break down stereotypes, to change social policies, and to strengthen the voices of people with low-incomes at the state level. 

Volunteer to SPEAK Out!
Tell us your story.  Tell us about barriers you're facing to opportunity from housing to education. SPEAK out about your experience with GAU, predatory lending (payday or mortgage), TANF, or Basic Health.  You can share your story in person, in writing, in video, or as an audio recording. Contact our Volunteer Coordinator at 206-694-6794 or toll free at 1-866-789-7726 to learn more.

 

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Calendar

For a complete summary of upcoming volunteer opportunities and events, please visit our new volunteer calendar.

Database Assistance
One of the most important assets we have is the ability to contact our members.  In order to do this, we must keep our database up-to-date.  Come in and help us clean out duplicates and 'bad' addresses and phone numbers.  This is a mellow and easy way to help.  Sign up here.

Website Guru
Dear Website Guru, we could use your help keeping our website pristine.   If you have an eye for design, appreciate the subtlety of character fonts, enjoy working independently, are available a few hours weekly, and share our dream of an uncannily relevant and user-friendly website, we need you! Sign up here.

Translator
Are you fluent in Spanish and English.  What about Russian and English? What about Mandarin and English?  If you answered yes to any of those queries, we need you and your awesome linguistic talents to help us translate our outreach materials. Sign up here.

Something else?
Not able to do one of these activities, but want to volunteer?  Drop us a line and let us know.  Our Volunteer Coordinator will work with you to set up opportunities that fit your interests and talents.