If you are intersted in volunteering for any of these positions please send an email to joel@lrcl.org with your contact information, time/day availability, and what position you are intested in.
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Women's Collective translator
Translate the (almost) weekly meetings on Wednesdays from 5-7pm for our English speaking members. Assist with occasional translation of projects of La Colectiva, especially with regards to the Comunicando Poder y Esperanza project which will launch an oral history project about members of La Colectiva and the experience of domestic workers this fall
Requirements:
Bilingual in Spanish and English. Translation experience not necessary, but a plus. Strong communication skills in both Spanish and English.
Time Commitment:
Wednesdays 5-7pm, as well as 2-6 hours a week of written translation and participation in the Comunicando Poder y Esperanza project. 10 week commitment.
Benefits:
Gain translation experience. Facilitate the participation of non-Spanish speaking members of La Colectiva in general membership meetings.
Job Dispatch/Refferal Volunteer
Helping to dispatch jobs to members of the Day Labor Program and La Colectiva de Mujeres to ensure professionalism in our job dispatch and intake. Assisting with the intake of jobs received online and by telephone and dispatching qualified workers to do all jobs. Inputting job information into our Salesforce database and analyzing job data to better our marketing strategies and techniques. Inputting information on our members into the database to ensure up-to-date records at the Day Labor Program.
Requirements:
Proficient in Spanish and fluent in English. Strong and professional communication skills. No database experience necessary, but must have strong basic computer skills and a desire to learn about basic data input and analysis.
Time Commitment:
1-2 mornings a week (8-9am to 12pm-1pm). At least 10 week commitment.
Benefits:
Learn to use the Salesforce database system. Contribute to the economic development of members of the Day Labor Program and La Colectiva de Mujeres.
Child Care volunteer
La Colectiva de Mujeres holds (almost) weekly general membership meetings to discuss key issues that affect the immigrant worker community and hold trainings for women to be eligible for work through our housecleaning program. Its important for our members to be able to attend these meetings to participate in discussions about workers and immigrant rights and to participate in job trainings, and to be able to do so without their children present so that they can focus all of their energy on the meeting. Because of this, its so helpful to us when volunteers are able to assist with childcare! We have a toy and book cabinet for the kids to use during meetings. Number of children ranges from 4-10, and if there are a lot of children two people will do childcare.
Requirements:
Interest working with children. Past babysitting/childcare work a plus, but not required. Many of the children speak Spanish as a first language, but mono-lingual English volunteers are also encouraged to apply.
Time Commitment:
Wednesdays 5-7pm AND/OR two Thursdays a month 5:30-7pm.
Benefits:
Play with children! Contribute to the empowerment of the immigrant worker community and facilitate the participation of mothers in La Colectiva meetings and trainings.
Monthly Mini-Newspaper Editor (El Periodiquito)
El Periodiquito is a Spanish mini-newspaper that will also be available online (with added features like videos and sound). Its mission is to empower workers by providing a space to dialogue about important political and social issues.
The volunteer would collaborate with workers in producing stories, pictures, and videos by interviewing workers, writing stories, editing, and formatting the content of both the newspaper and the website. Furthermore, another responsibility includes coordination of the distribution of newspaper.
Requirements:
Must be fluent in Spanish. Although no editing or journalism experience necessary, potential volunteers need strong writing and communications skills.
Time Commitment:
Minimum 5-8 hours a week: half of the time interviewing and the other half writing/editing. The volunteer would be able to commit at least 10 weeks.
Benefits:
Be part of mobilizing the immigrant worker community, and contribute to the immigrant rights struggle. Learn basic journalism skills through practice.
Carlos Martinez recently served in Venezuela as the program director for Global Exchange, where he coordinated dozens of delegations to Venezuela. Before returning to live in San Francisco from Venezuela, Carlos co-authored "Venezuela Speaks! Voices from the Grassroots," a collection of interviews with members of Venezuela's grassroots social movements. Carlos is now the coordinator at the Center for Political Education, an organization committed to movement-building by providing activists and organizers a space for dialogue and developing theory and ideas. Carlos volunteers teaching English classes to day laborers every week. 
Kim Rohrbach has lived in San Francisco for over 20 years and in the Mission for nearly as long. She really enjoys teaching the ESL class on Mondays at 10:30 because she relishes the interactions with her students - they have diverse backgrounds and experiences, and they keep her on her toes. She also works as a counselor at the Tenents’ Union and a as paralegal.
Previous occupations include working as a bike messenger, census taker, copy clerk, waitress, barista, and cheese monger. She picked up some Spanish while working in the hospitality industry—thanks to tutoring from Spanish-speaking co-workers.
Kim lives with her 18-year old cat, Babaganooj.