Nonprofit
Published 7 days ago
Remote Volunteer Inclusion & Accessibility Committee Member — Believe in Me
Remote, Volunteer must be in United States
Details
Time Commitment:
Flexible
Commitment Details:
Approximately 2–5 hours per month for at least six months, plus required orientation.
Recurrence:
Recurring
Volunteers Needed:
8
Cause Areas:
Arts & Music, Children & Youth, Education, Housing & Homelessness, Hunger, Food Security
Benefits:
Training Provided
Participation Requirements:
Background Check, Attend Orientation
Age Requirement:
18+
Other Requirements:
Successful screening plus confidentiality, privacy, accessibility, nondiscrimination, trauma-informed engagement, responsible demographic data, boundaries, and escalation training.
Description
Help Believe in Me improve inclusive, equitable, and accessible practices across programs serving underserved youth and young people.
Volunteer Inclusion & Accessibility Committee Members review approved policies, communications, experiences, and practices, then provide practical recommendations informed by evidence and community perspectives.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in scheduled committee meetings, reviews, learning, and assigned projects
- Examine approved volunteer, participant, partner, digital, event, scholarship, and communication practices for barriers
- Recommend improvements to accessibility, language, representation, outreach, accommodations, and respectful engagement
- Help create checklists, resources, feedback methods, and progress measures
- Distinguish documented findings, lived experience, community feedback, and personal opinion
- Protect participant, personnel, volunteer, donor, demographic, accommodation, and incident information
- Avoid tokenizing individuals, demanding disclosure, speaking for entire communities, or making personnel or eligibility decisions
- Refer legal, medical, mental-health, safety, or discrimination concerns to authorized owners
- Support constructive accountability and nonretaliatory feedback
Qualifications:
- Experience or lived perspective related to accessibility, inclusion, disability, education, youth programs, community engagement, policy, research, or organizational change
- Respectful listening, collaboration, confidentiality, reflection, and practical problem-solving
- Familiarity with accessibility, trauma-informed practice, nondiscrimination, and responsible demographic data is helpful
- At least 18 years old and willing to complete screening
- Ability to work across different perspectives without claiming universal representation
This is a remote, recurring committee role available within the United States. Expect approximately 2–5 hours per month.
Questions: volunteers@believeinme.org
Believe in Me
107 Spring Street, 2nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 414-8043
Location
Remote
Volunteer must be in United States
Associated Location
Seattle, WA, USA
