About this event
"Talk the Talk" is a 3-hour educational session where participants learn about the legacy of Apartheid. There will be a speech preparation and presentation workshop to prepare our youth for the Speech Competition at the Youth Educational Weekend Retreat. The session will end with BC Black Stories: "Then and Now."
The Need
Our immediate need is for volunteers to help with event set-up and take-down (instructions will be provided)
Volunteers are welcome and encouraged to return and participate in the educational session and network at the event social on the 14th. This is an amazing opportunity to make a change. Be a part of critical systems change work that delivers programs to empower Black Youth and their families through training, recognition and access to education.
Related tasks
- Ensure Health and Safety considerations are followed during set up and take down
- Confirm your ability to help when contacted by the JRBAA Volunteer Coordinator
- Attend an onsite orientation session on the day of the event
- Log your hours in iVolunteer after the event
What you will be helping with
Ensuring a smooth start to the meeting by having the room set up and ready to start on time. Set up and take down activities include:
- Audience seating
- Registration tables
- Food stations
- Youth Resource tables
- Door Prize & Donation table
- Hospitality station
- Photo Booth station
- Event equipment set up:
- projectors, microphones, screen, lectern, and speakers
Additional information
- Please arrive on time.
- Room set-up takes approximately 2 hours.
- We welcome and encourage volunteers to return on the 14th for the educational session, networking and social hour with food and refreshments.
- Room take-down takes approximately 1 hour on the 14th from 2 - 3.
Sign-up is required. This is not a drop-in volunteer opportunity!
If you require support to sign up to help, please contact Candace
Volunteer Requirements
All volunteers must:
- complete and submit your JRBAA volunteer application https://jrbaa.org/volunteer
- complete a criminal record check for the vulnerable sector
- sign United Way British Columbia’s volunteer waiver
- have the ability to lift tables, and chairs, to set up and take down the room
- have basic knowledge of setting up audio and projector/visual equipment
Boundaries
Parents are responsible for minors. Volunteers do not supervise minors or provide child-minding services.
Benefits
- Be a part of grassroots critical systems change
- Empower black youth and their families
- Participate in the education session
- Network at event social
- Ask us for a letter of reference!
Your health and safety are important to us.
Please refer to the provincial health guidelines for current updates.
If you are unwell, please stay home and do not volunteer. If unsure of your health status, the BC Centre for Disease Control’s online self-assessment tool is available at https://covidcheck.gov.bc.ca/.
Disclaimer
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