Human Rights Watch 2026 Santa Barbara Dinner

VOLUNTEER OPENING

Development and Outreach Department

Santa Barbara Office

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Apply Immediately

Volunteer Description: The Development and Outreach Department of Human Rights Watch (HRW) Santa Barbara is seeking volunteers for its annual Voices for Justice event on May 31, 2026 at Lotusland (Cold Spring Rd, Montecito, CA 93108). Volunteers will be asked to assist between 10:00am and 7:00pm. Ideally, each volunteer will be available for a minimum of 4 hours and a maximum of 8 hours within these times.

The event, a fundraiser to support the work of Human Rights Watch, begins with registration and a reception at 2:45pm, followed by a program and dinner at 4:00 pm. The event will conclude by 7:00 pm.

VOLUNTEERS MAY BE INVOLVED WITH:

▪ Event Set-up & Breakdown;

▪ Live Fundraising Help;

▪ Registration;

▪ Greeting and Directing Guests; and

▪ Other Miscellaneous Tasks

A brief virtual training prior to the event will be required. Please note that tasks may involve light lifting and standing for extended periods of time, and the event will take place outdoors. We will provide dinner for all volunteers on-site.

How to Apply: After expressing interest through Idealist, you will receive two required forms. Please return these forms to santabarbara@hrw.org no later than May 8, 2025.

Human Rights Watch is strong because it is diverse. We do not discriminate in hiring practices and actively seek a diverse applicant pool. We encourage candidates of all abilities, ages, gender identities and expressions, national origins, races and ethnicities, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with criminal records to apply. We welcome all kinds of diversity. Our employees include people who are parents and nonparents, the self-taught and university educated, and from a wide span of socio-economic backgrounds and perspectives on the world.

Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer.

Human Rights Watch is an international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization known for its in-depth investigations, its incisive and timely reporting, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns, and its success in changing the human rights-related policies and practices of governments and international institutions.