Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
Volunteer with Village Vancouver
Village Vancouver is working steadfastly to build this city and the region's capacity for change toward more sustainable living: less affected by global economic shocks and instability, better able to manage severe climate shocks, and all together a more socially just and fair society.
But we need your help!
We are currently looking to fill several key organizational roles to build the kind of responsive and responsible society we envision. Many members take on specific projects of their own design, while others provide vital support and coordination to ensure all of our projects are both successful on their own and synergistic with others. Below are several key positions we are looking to fill, all part-time or event-related and geared to already active people. Working together, we can do a lot with limited time and resources.
We all give what we can, and we make a difference. If you would like to volunteer with Village Vancouver, either for one of the volunteer opportunities listed below or in any other capacity, please fill out our Volunteer Interest Form or simply send an email to volunteer@villagevancouver.ca.
- Community Currency Team Member: You can help Vancouver realise the many benefits to community currencies can bring, including a more vibrant, greener and more resilient local economy and new sources of support for resource-strapped community groups and charities. We currently have a local currency project on the go in Dunbar, and have other projects and activities in the works. Some of the help we can use includes:
- Designers (money, brochures, posters, logos, infographs etc)
- People to help with outreach to businesses, community groups and the public
- Website/social media designers andf administrators
- Researchers
- Writers and good communicators (essential for getting these concepts across!)
- Computer techs and programmers
- Administrators/coordinators
- Videographers, animators and photographers
- Event planners
- People with legal experience
- Much more! Feel free to contact jordan@villagevancouver.ca directly to inquire about any community currency volunteer opportunities.
- Email Manager: take charge of our growing collection of email lists and listservs, including coordinating the creation of new, targeted lists for specific Transition-related interests and updating and scrubbing older paper and computer lists. Skills: data entry and an interest in exploring new opportunities in on-line communications.
- Videographer: make videos of events for VVTV and post them to this site, learn about video production, including making our own “In Transition” Vancouver video to document our expansion and relevance to sustainability in Vancouver.
- Slideshow Artist: make Slideshows about VV using the incredible collection of photos on this site, shows which can be used as talking "wall-paper" at VV events.
- Event Promoter: coordinate the posting of major citywide VV events in the Georgia Straight, Westender, Courier, and other on-line calendars, such as the VV Facebook page. A few events a month need a little extra outreach to the "usual suspects" and also to those not currently reached. Make contacts with media and help our growing Facebook community come alive.
- Materials Organizer: make and help to keep up a tote box of VV outreach materials that can be easily taken to booth/table events
- Tablers: Help promote Village when we table or have a booth or demo village at a larger city-wide event.
- Group and Network coordinators/core group members: Some of our Groups and Networks aren't very active because we don't have coordinators for them. Take a small leadership role in your community or on a topic of interest, and a little time investment can leverage our huge resource of committed people.
- Newsletter Editors: We are looking for a core group of members to form a Newsletter Committee to help get our newsletter out each month and make it the best it can be. Perfect for aspiring journalists and media barons!
Current opportunities
Kitsilano Car Free Day Core Organizers, now to June 19:
Car Free Day VV Village Organizer, now to June 19:
- Volunteers to work with Shelby and Ross on organizing a huge VV Village at Car-Free Day this coming June. Help coordinate dozens of volunteers to create a truly sustainable urban village on Main Street.
- Folk Festival Tablers, July 15-17: Approx. 10 people are needed to share the staffing of our full 3-tent Village from Friday afternoon to Sunday night. Reduced price tickets are available for volunteers who commit to 4 hours lounging in our Village "living room," smiling, and drinking ice tea.
If you have other skills you'd like to share--maybe something we didn't know we needed--please leave a comment below.
Comment
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Comment by Alyssa Kohlman on June 30, 2011 at 9:33pm -
Do you still need help with the Folk Fest? And what exactly is 'reduced price'?
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Comment by Derek Irland on March 22, 2011 at 4:00pm -
Hi All,
We're looking for a few more volunteers to help out this Friday evening and Saturday with Eco-Dreaming Vancouver (mostly setting up and putting away chairs and staffing a check-in table). If you are able to lend a hand please contact Derek Irland at dirland@hotmail.com. Please note that volunteering will likely not interfere with your ability to participate in and fully enjoy the event itself.
Eco-Dreaming Vancouver
March 25 & 26 (Friday & Saturday), 2011
W2 Storyeum (151 West Codova, across the street from Woodwards)
Volunteer needs during the event...
Friday, March 25
-6 to 6:30pm: set up chairs
-7 to 7:45pm: staff check-in table
-7:45 to 9:30pm: on standby to help out with any unexpected needs
-9:30 to 10:00pm: set up for Saturday (may take longer but leave whenever you need to!)
Saturday, March 26
-9 to 9:30am: set up
-9:30 to 10:15am: staff check-in table
-10:15am to 1:00pm: on standby to help out with any unexpected needs
-1 to 1:30pm: set up for afternoon session
-2 to 5pm: on standby to help out with any unexpected needs
-5 to 5:30pm: tear down
This event will feature Mark Lakeman of Portland, Oregon’s City Repair, an organization that has been engaging citizens to help reshape neighbourhood public spaces. City Repair processes are turning Portland into one of the U.S.’s greenest cities, and people are having lots of fun and getting to know each other better in the process. Eco-Dreaming Vancouver will introduce people here to how City Repair works. There will be a Friday evening lecture and full day of workshops on Saturday with collaborative games and hands-on neighbourhood visioning sessions. More info and event registration are at http://ecodreamingvancouver.eventbrite.com/
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Comment by Ross Moster on February 10, 2011 at 12:17pm -
From: "Ross Moster rmoster@flash.net" <rmoster@flash.net>
To: VV volunteers
Cc: Mary Adkins <maryradkins@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, February 9, 2011 12:24:47 PM
Subject: One more volunteer needed for VV table at World Community Film Fest on Saturday
Looking for one last volunteer!...Don't forget you get to see a free movie or two...
Hi all,
Outreach is looking for one more volunteer to be at the Village Vancouver table for Saturday during the day for this film festival. If anyone could volunteer either for the first or the latter part of the day on Saturday (not including evening), please let either Mary or Ross know (maryradkins@yahoo.com or rmoster@flash.net) asap. We appreciate it!
Mary
(for VV Outreach Team)
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Comment by Dori Jaffé on February 9, 2011 at 4:00pm
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Sure. Day or evening? Could we figure this out by telephone? I'll be free to talk after the CCC conf call, if , in fact, I get in.
Dori
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Comment by Ross Moster on February 9, 2011 at 1:11pm
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Hi Dori,
That sounds good. Perhaps some time next week?
Ross
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Comment by Dori Jaffé on February 9, 2011 at 12:59pm
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Hi Ross,
That would be great. I've just started reading the Common Cause Report and see that some of what I was thinking about is included in it. I think it's really important stuff. I wonder if it might be best to talk about it individually at first though. What do you think?
Dori
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Comment by Ross Moster on February 9, 2011 at 11:32am
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Hi Dori,
I'd like to have this conversation with you sometime, either individually, or in a group discussion.
Perhaps we should look at scheduling a VV gathering for this?
Cheers,
Ross
VV convenor
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Comment by Dori Jaffé on January 22, 2011 at 7:28pm
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Hi,
I have some knowledge of and great interest in the values and concepts that underlie the desire for community action, interdependence, sustainability, etc. I've done a lot of reading that applies to this and believe it's a vital but, so far, rarely explored aspect of this discussion. I would really like to contribute by either joining a discussion on cognitive policy if there already is one, or by introducing some of these concepts, if someone is interested.
Sincerely,
Dori Jaffe
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